State of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. Middle-District.

To all whom it may concern.

NOTICE is hereby given, That a Libel is filed before me, in Behalf of Capt. Marine,¹ Commander of the armed Schooner Congress,² and all concerned therein, against the Sloop Elizabeth, of about 70 Tons burthen, James Littlefield, late Master. Which Vessel, with her Cargo and Appurtenances, is said to have been taken and brought into the Middle-District aforesaid; and for the Trial of the Justice of said Capture, the Maratime-Court for the said District, will be held at BOSTON, on Wednesday, the 18th Day of March, 1778,when and where the Owners of said Capture, or any Persons concerned therein, may appear, and shew Cause (if any they have) why the same should not be condemned.