To be Sold at Public Auction, at the House of Mr. Benjamin Burdick, in Marblehead, the 18th Day of July, Instant, The Ship Hope, burthen about 280 Tons, with her Boats and Appurtenances, now lying at Boston; and her Cargo, consisting of Powder, Fire-Arms entrenching Tools, of all Kinds, Carpenters Tools, of all Kinds, some Cordage, with a Vari[e]ty of other Articles, too Large to enumerate: Also, the Brigantine William, about 100 Tons, lying at Lynn, with her Cargo, consisting of Fayal Wines.
Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, Middle District, ss.
Libels are filed before me in Behalf of the Officers, Marines and Mariners of the Continental armed Vessels, Hancock, Lee, Lynch, Warren and Franklin, against the Ship named the Lord Howe, of about 200. Tons burthen, commanded by one Robert Park; ー against the Brigantine named the Annabella, of about 180 Tons burthen, commanded by one Hugh Walker; ー and against the Ship named the George, of about 220 Tons burth'en, commanded by one Archibald Bog. ー Another Libel is filed before me, in Behalf of the Officers, Marines and Mariners of the Continental armed Vessels, Lee, Warren and Lynch, against the Ship named the Anne, of about 223 Tons burthen, commanded by one John Dennison. ー Which Ships and Brigantine, are said to have been taken carrying Supplies to the Fleet and Army employed against the United Colonies, and armed Soldiers infesting the Sea-Coast of America, and brought into the Counties of Suffolk and Essex.
Another Libel is filed before me, in Behalf of John Adams, Commander of the armed Sloop called the Chance, and his Company of Marines and Mariners, and the Owners of the same Sloop, against the Ship named the Lady Juliana, of about 240 Tons burthen, commanded by one Christopher Stephenson, and taken and brought into the County of Essex; which Ship, her Cargo and Appurtenances, are said to have been, at the Time of Capture, the Property of, and owned by divers Inhabitants of the Island of Great-Britain.
And for the Trial of these Captures, the Maritime Court for the Middle District of the Massachusetts-Bay, will be held at the Court-House in Boston, on Tuesday, the Twenty third Day of July, 1776, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon: ー Of which, this Notice is given, pursuant to the Laws of the Colony aforesaid, that the Owners of the Vessels taken as aforesaid, or any Persons concerned, may appear and shew cause, (if any they have) why the same Vessels, or any of them, and their Cargoes and Appurtenances, should not be condemned.
Tim. Pickering, jun. Judge of said Court.
Note. Persons claiming the Whole, or any Part or Share, either as Owners or Captors of any Vessels taken and libelled, must by Law, file their Claims before the Judge of the Court five Days before the Day set for the Trial, or they will be forever barred therefrom.