State of Connecticut, ss.

A Libel is filed in the County Court for the County of New-London, against the Ship John, and her Cargo with all her Boats, Sails, Rigging and Appurtenances, James Dunbar, Master, the Property of the Subjects of the King of Great Britain, and not Inhabitants of Bermudas nor the Bahama Islands, being taken on the high Seas by the armed Brig Defence, belonging to the State of Connecticut, manned and set forth by said State and commanded by Seth Harding, Esq; and by him brought into the County of New-London, for Trial, praying for condemnation of the same as lawful Prize, to be disposed of for the Benefit of said State and Captors as the Law directs. This is therefore to give publick Notice to all Persons having any Claim or Demand on said Ship John, of her Appurtenances, or on the Cargo taken on Board, or any part thereof, that said County Court will sit in Norwich in the County of New-London, on the 7th Day of November next for the Trial of said Capture, when and where it is expected that all Persons having any lawful Claim or Demand on said Ship, &c. will appear and make the same good, or be forever debarred. Per Order.

Wint. Saltonstall, Register.²