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 cargoes, viz. In behalf of George Wait Babcock, commander of the private armed ship Marlborough,1 and all concerned therein, against the Ship John,2 of about two hundred tons burthen, James Ogilvy, late master:—And against sundry articles of merchandize, fire arms, powder, &c. taken on the high seas from British subjects. In behalf of William Steward, commander of the armed sloop Montgomery,3 and all concerned therein, against the schooner Hope,4 of about 60 tons burthen, ——— ———, late master. Which vessels and their cargoes, so libeled, are said to have been taken and brought into the Middle District afo[re]said, and for the trial of the justice of the captures aforesaid, the Maritime Court for said District, will be held at Boston, on Friday the 10th day of July next, 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 either of them, should not be condemned.
N. CUSHING, Judge of said Court.