State of Massachusetts-Bay Middle District, ss } To all whom it may concern.
Notice is hereby given, That Libels are filed before me, against the following Vessels, their Cargoes and Appurtenances; to wit: ー in Behalf of the Officers, Marines and Mariners of the armed Sloop called the Rover, and the Owners thereof, against the Sloop James, of about sixty Tons burthen, laden with Tobacco and Turpentine, and commanded by one Thomas Barker, an Officer of the Ranger Sloop of War, by which the said Sloop James had been before taken from some of the Inhabitants of the United States of America: ー In Behalf of Captain Sampson and his Company of the armed Brigantine Independence, in the Service of the State of the Massachusetts-Bay, against the Brigantine called the Nabby, burthened about 150 Tons, Jonathan Mason, late Master: ー In behalf of William Cows [sic Coas] and Company of the armed Schooner Warren, and the Owners thereof, against the ship Picary, burthened about 300 Tons, Breholt Cleveland, late Master; and against the Brigantine Swallow, burthened about seventy Tons, Benjamin Griffiths, late Master: ー In Behalf of the Officers, Marines, Mariners and Owners of the Privateer Schooner Washington against the ship Georgia Diana, Peter Regan, late Master: ー In behalf of Capt. Nathaniel Perley and his Company, and the Owners of the armed Schooner Success against the Sloop Hero, of about seventy Tons, Jabez Perkins, late Master; and against the Sloop Lord Howe, burthened about 60 Tons, Elisha Coffin late Master: ー In behalf of Capt. John Fisk and his Company, in the armed Sloop Tyrannicide, in the Service of this State, against the Snow Anna, of about 90 Tons Burthen, Jonathan Dudfield, late Master: ー In Behalf of Capt. Daniel Waters and his Company, in the Continental armed Schooner Lee, against the Sloop Betsey, of about 60 Tons burthen, which has been before taken by the Milford Man of War from some of the Inhabitants of the American States. All which Vessels, their Cargoes and Appurtenances, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought into the Middle-District aforesaid.
And for the Trial of the Justice of these Captures, the Maritime Court for the said Middle-District, will be held at Salem, in the County of Essex on Tuesday, the Fifteenth Day of October, 1776, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon; when and where the Owners of said Captures, and any Persons concerned, may appear and shew Cause, if any they have, why the same, or any of them, should not be condemned.
Timothy Pickering, jun. Judge of said Court.
[Boston, September 26]
