[Halifax, Nova Scotia]
CAUSE
Jones Fauson and [blank] Commanders of the Armd Sloops the Howe and Gage, VS the Sloop Packet & Schooner Fox American Privateers
Libel filed & Entered & Order made therein, as on file—
The Evidence and Papers as on file. 17 July. Court opened by making Proclamation as usual. the Libel Order and Return thereon read, the Evidence & Papers read, Proclamation made for all persons Claiming property in the Sloop Packet & Schooner Fox and their Appurtenances to Appear and Assert their Claims, & defend their Rights to the same, none Appeared.
William Nesbitt Esqr. Advocate General
moved for Decrees against the said Sloop and Schooner & their Appurtenances, which the Judge then Ordered to be pronounced as on file, whereby they were both Condmd. as Lawfull Prize to the Captors.
Court Adjourned without Day.
D, CaNSHP, Vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 6 (1777–1782), p. 147.
1. Nova Scotia Province armed sloops Howe and Gage, which were active against Massachusetts privateers. See Maj. Gen. Eyre Massey to Gen. Sir William Howe, 2 Jan. 1778, NDAR 11: 16-8.
