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The Texan schooner Independence was one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy (1836–1838). In 1836, Charles Hawkins, a veteran of the United States and Mexican navies, visited Texas Governor Henry Smith, seeking a commission in the new Texas Navy. Smith was impressed with his credentials and sent him to New Orleans, where he was given the task of acquiring the United States Revenue cutter Ingham for the Texas Navy, which he did in early January, 1836, for $1,710.

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  • The Texan schooner Independence was one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy (1836–1838). In 1836, Charles Hawkins, a veteran of the United States and Mexican navies, visited Texas Governor Henry Smith, seeking a commission in the new Texas Navy. Smith was impressed with his credentials and sent him to New Orleans, where he was given the task of acquiring the United States Revenue cutter Ingham for the Texas Navy, which he did in early January, 1836, for $1,710.
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  • The Texan schooner Independence was one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy (1836–1838). In 1836, Charles Hawkins, a veteran of the United States and Mexican navies, visited Texas Governor Henry Smith, seeking a commission in the new Texas Navy. Smith was impressed with his credentials and sent him to New Orleans, where he was given the task of acquiring the United States Revenue cutter Ingham for the Texas Navy, which he did in early January, 1836, for $1,710. After the Texas victory at the Battle of San Jacinto in April, 1836, Independence carried the Texas President and his captive, General Santa Anna, to Velasco, where the Treaty of Velasco was negotiated and signed. While being refitted in New Orleans in early 1837, her skipper died and a new Captain was appointed. When next she sailed in April, 1837, Independence was attacked and surrendered to a superior Mexican force and her officers and passengers were imprisoned. The ship was later commissioned in the Mexican Navy where she served against her former masters.
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