At a Court of Admiralty held in the city of Williamsburg the 3d day of November, 1777, the sloop Adventure, libelled in this court by James Barron, Richard Barron, Wright Wescott, and Philip Chamberlaine, having been duly proclaimed in the said court, and no person appearing to claim the same, or any part thereof, it is decreed and or­dered that the said vessel and cargo be published in the Virginia Gazette for three weeks successively, requiring any person interested therein to appear and defend the claim of the libellants.

By order of the Court.