Hartford county, July 11, 1778.
PUBLICK notice is hereby given to all to whom it doth, or may concern that a libel is filed before Jabez Hamlin Esq: judge of the county court in the county of Hartford, against the sloop Jenny,1 burthen about ten tons Philip Milligan late master, her tacklin apparel and cargo in favor of Ebenezer Egleston2 commander of the armed schooner called the Hawk, and his associates who took her upon the high seas and sent her into the county of Hartford and for the tryal of the justice of said capture the maritime court for the county of Hartford, will be held at the Court House in Hartford on Tuesday the eighteenth day of August, 1778 at which time all persons claiming property may appear and shew reason if any they have why the said sloop with her apparel and cargo should not be adjudged as lawful prize to the captors and setters forth agreeable to the prayer of the libellant.3
Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford), 28 July 1778.
1. Sloop Jenny (or Jenney) was captured on 9 July near Montauk Point, Long Island, N.Y. Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut 2: 115.
2. That is, Ebenezer Eaglestone, commander of Connecticut privateer schooner Hawk. Ibid.
3. Because it was proven that Jenny was bound for New London on a peaceful mission and was assisting two American prisoners to get home from New York, the sloop was not found to be a lawful prize and was restored to its captain. Ibid.
