STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. |
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Middle-District. |
{To all whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That Libels are filed before me, against the following Vessels, their Cargoes and Appurtenances, viz.— In behalf of Jeremiah Hibbert, Commander of the private armed Schooner Hawke,1 and all concerned therein, against the Snow Mary,2 of about 100 Tons burthen, William Ashweek, late Master; against the Brigantine Wensleydale,3 of about 100 Tons burthen, Atkinson Wynn, late Master, and against the Brigantine Dove, of about 160 Tons burthen, John Mudge, late Master: In behalf of Isaac Soames, Commander of the armed Brigantine Fair-Play,4 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Exeter-Galley,5 of about 250 Tons burthen, William Black, late Master: In behalf of William Preston and John Blackley, Commanders of the armed Schooners Washington6 and Lizard,7 and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Sally, of about 65 Tons burthen, John Williams, late Master: In behalf of Nathan Brown, Commander of the armed Brigantine Montgomery,8 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Olive-Branch,9 of about 100 Tons burthen, Thomas Goldsmith, late Master: In behalf of John Conway, Commander of the armed Schooner Terrible,10 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Three-Partners,11 of about 120 Tons burthen, ——— ———, late Master: In behalf of Christopher Babbidge, Commander of the Brigantine Joseph12 (a Letter of Marque) and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Chatham, of about 45 Tons burthen, Andrew Petticron, late Master: In behalf of Jeremiah Rolls, Commander of the armed Schooner Taphnabush,13 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Peggy, of about 50 Tons burthen, ——— ———, late Master: In behalf of Francis Bowdin Dennis, Commander of the armed Schooner Harlequin,14 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Peace and Plenty, of about 40 Tons burthen, Amos Sheffield, late Master: In behalf of James Dennis, Commander of the armed Schooner Spring-Bird,15 and all concerned therein, against a Shallop of about 20 Tons burthen, ——— Bowdin, late Master: In behalf of Elijah Luce, Commander of the armed Brigantine Eagle,16 and all concerned therein, against the armed Sloop Dolphin, of about 40 Tons burthen, James Hyland, late Commander,17 In18 behalf of James Munroe, Commander of the Ship Blaze Castle,19 and all concerned, against the Schooner Grey Hound, of about 25 Tons burthen, ——— Rowe, late Master: and against the Brigantine Maria,20 of about 130 Tons burthen, William Johnson, late Master: In behalf of Jonathan Greely, Commander of the armed Brigantine Speedwell,21 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Sisters,22 of about 130 Tons burthen, Alexander McCall, late Master: In behalf of ——— Kendricks, Commander of the armed Brigantine Fanny,23 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Shelelah,24 of about 60 Tons burthen, Richard Puller, late Master; and in behalf of Samuel Ingersoll, Commander of the private armed Schooner called the Saint te Pee,25 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Buck, of about 30 Tons, Robert Bell, late Master. In behalf of John Conway, Commander of the private armed Schooner Terrible, and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Adventure,26 of about 50 Tons burthen, Philip Ballian, late Master; and against the Bilander Sukey,27 of about 50 Tons burthen, Moses Cutler, late Master; and against the Brigantine Revenge,28 of about 65 Tons burthen, Peter Clement, late Master———.All which Vessels, and their Cargoes, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought into the Middle-District aforesaid: And for the Trial of the Justice of said Captures, the Maritime-Court for the said District, will be held at Boston, on Thursday, the 9th Day of July next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, when and where the Owners of said Captures, or any Persons concerned therein, may appear, and shew Cause (if any they have) why the same, or any of them, should not be condemned.
N. CUSHING, Judge of said Court.