State of Massachusetts-Bay
Middle-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 John Fisk, Commander of the armed Brigantine Massachusetts, in the Service of this State, and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine King George, of about 160 Tons burthen, John Watmough, late Master: And against the Brigantine Catharine, of about 200 Tons burthen, John Gard­ner, late Master: In Behalf of Philemon Haskell, Commander of the armed Schooner Speedwell, and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Dolphin, of about 40 Tons burthen, John Potbury late Master: And against the Brigantine Phaenix, of about 45 Tons burthen, Owen Neil late Master: In Behalf of Silas Smith and John Conaway, Commanders of the armed Schooners Cutter¹ and Terrible,² and all concerned therein, against the Schooner John, of about 50 Tons burthen, John Willis late Master: In Be­half of Silas Smith and John Leach, Commanders of the armed Schooners Cutter and Dolphin,³ and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Betsey of about 80 Tons  bur­then, Robert Grant late Master: In Behalf of Thomas  Truxtori,  Commander of the armed Ship Mars,⁴ and all concerned therein, against the Ship Ferryboat, of about 300 Tons burthen, William Channel late Master: In Behalf of Ishmael Hardy, Comman­der of the armed Brigantine Lyon,⁵ and all concerned therein, against the Ship Maseg­wyn, of about 200 Tons burthen, William Room, late Master: In Behalf of Nathan Nick­ols, Commander of of the armed Sloop Patty,⁶ and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Dolphin, of about 50 Tons burthen, Oliver White, late Master: In Behalf of Silas Smith, Commander of the armed Schooner Cutter, and all concerned therein, against the Schooner  Polly, of  about 60 Tons burthen,  Thomas  Clough,  late  Master: In Behalf of John Leach Commander of the armed Schooner Dolphin, and all  con­ cerned therein, against six hundred and one Quintals of Codfish and twenty Barrels of Mackarel, taken on the high Seas, out of the Schooner Edward, of 50 Tons burthen, Ralph Taylor late Master: In Behalf of Thomas Stevens, Commander of the armed Brigantine Bellona, and all concerned therein, against the Sloop John, of 90 Tons bur­then, John Smith late Master: In Behalf of John Colston, Commander of the armed Brigantine Gloucester,⁷ and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Spark, ofabout 60 Tons burthen, Thomas Man, late Master: In Behalf of Moses Lewis, Commander of the armed Schooner Bunker-Hill, and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Hope, of about 25 Tons burthen, James Godfrey, late Master: In Behalf of Thomas Parker, Commander of the armed Brigantine Hawke⁸  and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Friendship, of about 120 Tons burthen, Henry Appleton late Master: In Behalf of William Coles, Commander of the armed Brigantine Oliver Cromwell⁹ and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Little Betsey, of about 190 Tons burthen, Thomas Freeman late Master: In behalf of Joseph Vincent and others, against the Shallop Relief, of about 10 Tons burthen, Samuel Norwood late Master, said to be taken between high Water and low Water Mark: In Behalf of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, by Samuel Whitmore, Naval Officer for the Port of Gloucester, against the Shallop True Blue, of about 20 Tons burthen, Over, late Master: In Be­half of Nathaniel Coit Webber, Commander of the armed Sloop Revenge,¹⁰ and all con­cerned therein, against the Schooner Fair Wind, of about 30 Tons burthen, Joel Webber, late Master. All which Vessels and their Cargoes, so libelled, are said to have been taken and carried into the Middle-District aforesaid; and  for the Trial of the Justice of these Captures, the Maritime Court for the said District, will be held at Boston, on Tuesday the 25th Day of November, 1777; when and where the Owners of said Cap­tures, and all concerned, may appear and shew Cause (if any they have) why the same or any of them, should not be condemned.