STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-Bay. Southern-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 James Harvey,¹ Commander of, and all concerned in the private armed Brigantine called the Fairfield,² and Ebenezer Peck, Commander of, and all concerned in the private armed Sloop called the Wooster,³ against the Brigantine Mermaid,⁴ of about 70 Tons burthen, Robert Caldwell, late Master: In behalf of Lemuel Bailey, and others, against the Sloop Ranger, of about 70 Tons burthen, Peter Jenkins, late Master. Both which Vessels, and their Cargoes, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought into the Southern-District aforesaid: And for the Trial of the Justice of said Captures, the Maratime Court for the said District will be held at Plimouth, on Wednesday, the 19th Day of August next (the Notification of the 27th of July to the contrary notwithstanding) 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 either of them, should not be condemned.