To all whom it may concern:

New-jersey, ss. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty will be held at the house of Gilbert Barton, in Allentown, on Tuesday the fourteenth of July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bills of John Brooks (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Palm, the brigantine or vessel called the Speedwell, and the sloop or vessel called the Jenny.—Of Timothy Shaler,¹ (who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel called the Speedwell.—Of John Potts, (who as well, &c.) against the ------lately taken by the armed boat called the Dove, near Philadelphia, with their respective tackle, apparel, furniture and cargoes: To the end and intent that the owner or owners of the said vessels respectively, or any person or persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said vessels and their cargoes should not be condemned according to the prayer of the said bills.

June 17, 1778