Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, Plimouth, ss. At a Court erected to try and condemn all vessels that shall be found infesting the sea coast of America, and brought into the counties of Plimouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Nantucket or Dukes County, to be held at Plimouth in the said county of Plimouth, on Monday the 15th day of April, 1776;at the hour of ten in the forenoon, will be tried the justice of the capture of the following vessels, viz. of a sloop called the Polly, burthen about seventy five tons, commanded by Sibeline White; of a Schooner called the Industry, burthen about eighty five tons, commanded by Charles Coffin; of a small fishing schooner, burthen about fifteen tons, commanded by one Dawsey; 2 of a ship called the HaJJPY Return, burthen about one hundred and thirty tons, commanded by James Hall; of a ship called the Norfolk, burthen about one hundred and twenty tons, commanded by Jonathan Grendal; 3 of a sloop called the Dolphin, burthen about eighty tons, commanded by Lot Norton; of a brigantine called the St. Lawrence, burthen about one hundred and sixty five tons, commanded by James Coffin; of a sloop called the Sally, burthen about seventy tons, commanded by George Middleton; 4 of a sloop called the Lively Locus, burthen about thirty tons, commanded by one [Moses] Weyman; 5 of a sloop called the Britannia, burthen about eighty tons, commanded by Joseph Hall; 6 of a sloop called the Betsey; burthen about one hundred and fifteen tons, commanded by William Heath; 7 and of a ship called the Harriot, burthen about two hundred and forty tons, commanded by Wemyss Orrock 8 ー All which vessels, said to be improved in supplying the fleet and army, employed against the United Colonies, and taken and brought into the counties of Plimouth, Barnstable, Bristol aforesaid, Nantucket, or Dukes County, together with their cargoes and appurtenances, are libelled in the Court aforesaid, and trials will be had thereon, from day to day, until the whole are tried. And notice is hereby given, pursuant to the laws of the colony aforesaid, to all persons claiming property in any of the aforesaid vessels orcargoes, or any ways concerned therein, that they may appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the vessels, or any of them, with their cargoes and appurtenances, should not be condemned.

Nathan Cushing, Judge of said Court.