PUBLIC notice is hereby given, to all whom it doth or may concern, that a libel is filed before the Hon. JABEZ HAMLIN Judge of the County Court in the county of Hartford, against the sloop Liverpool,¹ burthen about 45 tons, Jabez Cobb late master, her tackle, apparel and cargo in favor of Asa Fuller and Joshua Griffith, and their associates the captors, who took her upon the high seas and sent her into said county. And also against the schooner True Love,² burthen about 50 tons Charles Moulton late master, her tackling, apparel, and cargo, in favor of Asa Fuller, commander of the armed Schooner called the Retaliation, and his associates the captors and setters forth of said Schooner, who took her upon the high seas and sent her into said county. And for the tryal of the justice of said captures, the maritime court for the county of Hartford, will be held at Hartford in said county on the 23d day of June A. D. 1778, at which time all persons claiming property may appear and shew reason If any they have why the said Sloop Liverpool and Schooner True Love with their apparel and ca[r]goes, should not be adjudged as lawful prizes to the captors and setters forth, of said vessel of war, agreable to the prayer of libellants
By Order of the Judge.