Colony of Rhode Island
Providence, ss.
At a Court erected to try and condemn all Vessels, that shall be found infesting the Sea Coasts of America, and all Vessels belonging to any of the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, [and] brought into said Colony, ー to be holden at Providence, in the County of Providence, in said Colony, on the 4th Day of July, AD. 1776, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon, will be tried the Justice of the Capture of the Ship called the True Blue, of the Burthen of about 200 Tons, late commanded by James Stable, laden with Rum, Sugar, Coffee, Cotton, Pimenta, &c. taken upon the high Seas, and brought into the Port of Providence aforesaid, and said to belong to some of the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, and to have been employed for the Purpose of supplying the British Fleets and Armies now acting against the United American Colonies; and therefore the said Ship, her Appurtenances, Cargo and Guns, are libelled in the Court aforesaid, and will be tried at the Time and Place above appointed. This public Notice is given, pursuant to the Law of said Colony, that the Owner or Owners of the said Ship and her Cargo, or any Person or Persons concerned therein, may appear at said Court and shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Ship, her Appurtenances, Cargo, and Guns, should not be condemned.
John Foster, Judge of said Court
