State of Massachusetts-Bay,}
Southern District. }
To all whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That Libels are filed before me, against the following Vessels and Cargoes, viz.— In behalf of Isaac Freeburn, Commander of the armed Sloop Revenge,1 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Mary Ann, of about 50 Tons burthen, Edward Dikins, late Master: In behalf of John Leech and Silas Smith, Commanders of the armed Schooners Dolphin2 and Cutter,3 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner Neptune, of about 50 Tons burthen, William Wallace, late Master: In behalf of Edward Bube, Commander of the armed Sloop Adams,4 and all concerned therein, against the Brigantine Active, of about 80 Tons burthen, George Clarke, late Master: In behalf of John Rathburn, Commander of the armed Sloop Providence,5 in the Service of the United States, and all concerned therein, against the Ship Mary, of about 250 Tons burthen, Henry Johnson, late Master:6 In behalf of John Hopkins, Esq; Commander of the Ship Warren,7 in the Service of the United States, and all concerned therein, against the Snow Robert, of about 180 Tons burthen, James Hall, late Master:8 In behalf of Nathaniel Bently, Commander of the armed Schooner Hornett,9 and all concerned therein, against the Ship Neustra Senora del Carmen, of about 200 Tons burthen, William Stacey, late Master, taken as a Prize by the British Ship Carysford,10 and retaken by the Hornett,11 and also against the Schooner Henry, of about 60 Tons burthen, John Shephard, late Master.12 All which Vessels, and their Cargoes, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought into the Southern District aforesaid; and for the Trial of the Justice of said Captures, the Maritime Court, for the said District, will be held at Plymouth, on Tuesday, the 19th Day 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.
