Libels Filed in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District, April 9, 1778

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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 and their Cargoes, viz.— In Behalf of Peter Pollard, Commander of the armed Sloop called the Independence,¹ and all concerned therein, against the Ship Annapolis,² of about 350 Tons burthen, James Hamrick late Master: In Behalf of William Rogers, Commander of the armed Brigantine called the General Washington,³ and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Swift, of about 60 Tons burthen, Thomas Parks late Master: In Behalf of Edward Fettyplace, jun. Commander of the armed schooner Dolphin,⁴ and all concerned therein, against the Ship Canso, of about 50 Tons burthen, Samuel Ingersol late Master: In Behalf of John Fletcher, Commander of the armed Schooner Success, and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine William and Polly,⁶ of about 80 Tons Burthen, Edward Simons late Master: In Behalf of John Conolly, Commander of the armed Schooner Terrible,⁷ and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Dove, of about 45 Tons Burthen, John McGray late Master: In behalf of Thomas Simmons, Commander of the armed Schooner Lively,⁸ and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Edward, of about 65 Tons Burthen,———Taylor late Master. All which Vessels, and their Cargoes, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought 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 5^thDay of May, 1778, at Ten O'Clock in the Forenoon, when and where the Owners of said Captures, or any Persons concerned therein, may appear, and shew Cause, (if any they have) why the same, or any of them, should not be condemned.

N. CUSHING, Judge of said Court.

Independent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser (Boston), 9 Apr. 1778.

1. Massachusetts privateer sloop Independence, Peter Pollard, commander, mounting 10 carriage guns, crew of 55 seamen, owned by Isaac Sears and Paschal Nelson Smith, of Boston, commissioned on 31 Dec. 1777. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 6, pp. 131, 134.

2. Ship Annapolis, J. Hendrick, master, 300 tons burthen, mounting six 6-pounders and eight 4-pounders, built at Ipswich, England, in 1767 with thorough repairs in 1777, owned by Eden & Co., of London. Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1777–1778. For more on this capture, see NDAR 11: 834–35.

3. Massachusetts privateer brigantine General Washington, William Rogers, commander, of Boston and Wilton, Conn., 120 tons burthen, mounting 18 carriage guns, crew of 130 seamen, owned by Isaac Sears and Paschal Nelson Smith, of Boston, and Samuel Broome, of Wethersfield, Conn., commissioned on 10 Nov. 1777. M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 139, p. 150. It had been captured on 18 Jan. 1778 by H.M. frigate Seaford off Barbados. For more on her capture, see NDAR 11: 157, 278, 285, 329.

4. Massachusetts privateer schooner Dolphin, Edward Fettyplace, Jr., commander, mounting 10 carriage guns, crew of 60 seamen, owned by Samuel Russell Gerry and others, of Marblehead, commissioned on 26 May 1777. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 5, p. 190.

5. Massachusetts privateer schooner Success, John Fletcher, commander, mounting 2 carriage guns and 8 swivel guns, crew of 14 seamen, owned by Nathaniel Tracy, of Newburyport, commissioned on 15 May 1777. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 7, p. 155.

6. Brigantine William and Polly, E. Symonds, master, 160 tons burthen, built in Great Britain in 1751, owned by W. Spurrier, of London, bound from London to Newfoundland. Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1777– 1778.

7. Probably, Massachusetts privateer schooner Terrible, John Conway, commander, mounting 4 carriage guns and 10 swivel guns, crew of 35 seamen, owned by Thomas Gerry and Samuel Trevett, of Marblehead, commissioned on 28 Nov. 1777. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 7, p. 225; Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 168, p. 50.

8. Massachusetts privateer schooner Lively, Thomas Simmons, commander, mounting 2 carriage guns and 14 swivel guns, crew of 40 seamen, owned by Samuel Page and Walter Price Bartlett, of Salem, commissioned on 22 Dec. 1777. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 6, pp. 193, 195.

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1778 April 9

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Volume 12

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American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Libels Filed in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District, April 9, 1778

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