New-York, March 3.
Since our last, the Brune Frigate, Captain [James] Ferguson, arrived from Chesapeak Bay with five Prizes. One of them is a fine new Ship laden with above 500 Hogsheads of Tobacco, from Baltimore, on the Congress's Account as usual, and valued at near £20,000 Sterling. She had been but a few Hours from the Harbor, and was taken by the Preston, Commodore Hotham, in Company with the Brune.1
1. Farmer, Benjamin Dashiell, master, with tobacco, staves, etc., taken January 20, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
