STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. |
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Middle-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 Timothy Parker, Commander of the armed Ship Oliver Cromwell,1 the Officers, Marines and Mariners on board the same, and Samuel Smedley, Commander of the armed Ship Defence,2 and Officers, Marines, and Mariners on board the same, and all others concerned, against the CYRUS, of 280 Tons burthen, Christopher Deake, late Master:—In behalf of the same, against the Ship ADMIRAL KEPPLE,3 of 200 Tons burthen, Abra. Brown, late Master:—In behalf of James Munro, Commander of the armed Ship Blaze Castle,4 and all concerned, against the Brigantine OLIVER,5 of 70 Tons, John McNeal, late Master.—In behalf of Lemuel Bishop, Commander of the armed Sloop Sally,6 and all concerned, against the Ship Louisa,7 of 240 Tons burthen, Raymond Payne, late Master:—In behalf of Robert Richardson, Commander of the armed Brigantine Terrible Creature,8 and all concerned therein, against the Schooner MOLLY, of 60 Tons burthen, —— ——, 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 said Captures, the Maratime Court, for the said District, will be held at Boston, on Wednesday, the 8th Day of July, 1778, at 10 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.