[Annapolis] Monday September 30th 1776
Commission granted to James Tibbitt of the Sloop Independence, as a Letter of Marque, he giving Bond according to resolve of Congress. ー2
1. Council of Safety Journal, 29 August 1775 to 20 March 1777, Md. Arch.
2. "James Tibbitt Commander of the Sloop called The Independence of The Burthen of Seventy Tons, belonging to David Stewart, Wm Lux, Danl Bowley and others of Balti-more Town in the Colony of Maryland, mounting ten Carriage Guns, and navigated by Forty men. I hereby certify that the above is a true Account of the Sloop called The Independence. This 30th Day of September Anno Dom: 1776, James Tibbitt," Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, VIII, NA.