STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
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 John Skimmer, Commander of the armed Brigantine General Gates, in the Service of the United States, and all concerned therein; and in behalf of Jonathan Oakes, Commander of the private armed Brigantine Hawke,1 and all concerned therein, against the Ship Jenny,2 of about 300 Tons burthen, James Cummings, late Master; and against the Brigantine Thomas, of about 180 Tons burthen, John Robinson, late Master: In behalf of Samuel Rogers, Commander of the armed Schooner Resolution,3 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Earl Percy, of about 35 Tons burthen, Jonathan Card, late Master; and against the Schooner Polly, of about 15 Tons burthen, Bersilla Amers, late Master: In behalf of William Preston and John Blackler, Commanders of the armed Schooners Washington4 and Lizard,5 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Susanna, of about 30 Tons burthen, Cornelius Turner, late Master: In behalf of Benjamin Chapman, Commander of the armed Schooner Viper,6 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Two Friends, of about 40 Tons burthen, Stephen Atwood, late Master: In behalf of James Dennis, Commander of the armed Schooner Spring-Bird, and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Adventure,8 of about 100 Tons burthen, William Snow, late Master, against the Snow Dolphin,9 of about 100 Tons burthen, John Cabot, late Master; and against a Shallop, of about 18 Tons burthen: In behalf of Thomas Doliver, Commander of the armed Schooner Snow-Bird,10 and all concerned therein, against a Shallop, of about 20 Tons burthen; and against a Shallop, of about 18 Tons burthen: In behalf of Nathan Brown, Commander of the armed Brigantine Montgomery,11 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Agnes,12 of about 150 Tons burthen, William Monteith, late Master: In behalf Robert Brookhouse and William Monday, Commanders of the armed Schooners Lively13 and Lark,14 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Hope,15 of about 100 Tons burthen, John Neal, late Master: In behalf of Francis Bowdin Dennis, Commander of the armed Schooner Harlequin,16 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Guadalquiver,17 of about 100 Tons burthen, John Matthes, late Master: In behalf of Jeremiah Rolls, Commander of the Schooner Fatnabush,18 and all concerned therein, against a Shallop, of about 15 Tons burthen, — Black, late Master: In behalf of Nathaniel Coit Webb, and others, Inhabitants of the State aforesaid, against a Shallop, of about 15 Tons burthen, taken near the American Shore, by them, in an armed Boat: In behalf of Jonathan Greely, Commander of the Brigantine Speedwell,19 and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Molly, 50 Tons burthen, Robert Tully, late Master: In behalf of Gilbert Ash, Commander of the Ship Mars, 20 and James Magee, Commander of the Brigantine General Arnold,21 and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Safety, 80 Tons burthen, Constant Baker, late Master: In behalf of William Stewart of the armed Sloop Montgomery,22 against the Sloop Sally, about 35 Tons burthen,——, 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 Salem, on Wednesday, the 12th Day of August next, at 10 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.