When where and by whom was the said Brig taken, from whence and to what Port was She bound, what Tonage is She what are the Contents of the Cargo of said Brigg: and who are the owners of the said and Cargo?ー

The said Brig and her Cargo upon the Twenty first Day of August AD: 1776 was taken upon the High Seas, by Jabez Whipple Commander of the private Sloop of War called the Independence in Latitude 33. her Cargo consists of 118 Hogsheads 3 Tierces 14 Barrels 15 Bags of Sugar 5 Barrels of Oyle 10 Barrels of Limes about 300 lbs of Indego 1 Cask of Rum. the said Brig & Cargo were bound from the Island of Antigua to London. ー the said Brig is owned one Quarter part by myself One Quarter part by William Lightbourn of Bermuda ー One Quarter part by William Malcom of New York, and the other Quarter part by Cook Muligen of New York late deceased, the said Cargo belongs to Inhabitants of Great Britain Said Brig is of the Burthen of about 146 Tons.