Port of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, ss. |
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To all whom it may concern. |
Notice is hereby given, that a Court of Admiralty will be held at the Statehouse, in the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday the 27th day of February instant, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of Nicholas Biddle, Esq; (who as well, &c.) against the following Negro slaves, to wit, Luke, Baile, Jack, Phil and Ben, taken on board the brig Betsey, John Rynoe, master; Jacob, taken on board the brig Elizabeth, William Ryson Johnston, master; Henry and Jacob, taken on board the ship Molly, Bridge[r] Goodri.ch, master; Sol, Moses, Charles and Jacob, taken on board the brig Maria, John Marshall, master; and Romeo, Joe and Frank, taken on board the brig Peggy, commanded by Capt. Cook: To the end and intent that the owners or masters of the said Negroes, or any or either of them, or any person or persons concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why they should not be condemned as prize according to the prayer of the said bill. By order of the Judge,
Andrew Robeson, Register.
Feb. 11, 1777.
