"The Cochran Letter of Marque, Bolton Commander, belonging to Glasgow, mounting twenty-two carriage-guns, and twenty swivels, has brought in here an American schooner, called the Independence, laden with tobacco from Maryland, bound to France. She was taken in lat. 45. long. 6 30 West, and is reckoned, according to present price of tobacco, a very rich prize."1
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser (London), 6 Apr. 1778.
1. "Last night arrived at Port Glasgow, the schooner Independence, Pattent, Master, a prize taken the 19th inst. in the Bay of Biscay, by the Cochran letter of marque, Thomas Bolton, Master, belonging to this place. The Independence was from Baltimore, in Maryland, bound for Bourdeax, and is laden with tobacco. This is the second prize the Cochran has taken in those seas." "Extract of a Letter from Glasgow, March 30," in Lloyd's Evening Post, 4 Apr. 1778. See also "Extract of a Letter from Dublin, Feb. 12," above.
