State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Providence, ss.
A Libel is filed before me, in Behalf of Daniel Bucklin, of Providence, in the County of Providence, in the said State, Mariner, and Commander of the private Sloop of War called the Montgomery, duly commissioned by the Hon. Nicholas Cooke, Esq; Governor of said State; and also in behalf of John White, Mariner, and Commander of the private Sloop of War called the Revenge, belonging to Salem, in the State of Massachusetts Bay, also duly commissioned with Letters of Marque and Reprisal, to cruize against the Enemies of the United States of America, against the Brigantine called the Harlequin, of the burthen of about 180 Tons, with her Appurtenances, late commanded by Capt. John Goodwin; and also against the Cargo of the said Brigantine, consisting of about 119 Hogsheads, 137 Tierces and 20 Barrels of Sugar, 62 Hogsheads of Rum, 2 Boxes of Shellwork, &c. bound from the English Island of Nevis, in the West Indies, to the Port of London, in the Kingdom of Great Britain; which said Brigantine, her Appurtenances and Cargo, as 'tis said, were lately taken and captured upon the high Seas, by the said Daniel Bucklin and John White, their respective Officers and Men, belonging to said Sloops of War, and brought into the port of Providence aforesaid, and at and before the said Time of Capture, belonged to and were the Property of some of the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and were used for the Purpose of carrying Supplies to the British Fleets and Armies now acting against the said United States.
The Justice of the above Capture will be tried, at the Court erected in and for said State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, for Trial of maritime Causes, to be holden at Providence on the 19th Day of August, A.D. 1776, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon. This Notice is given, pursuant to Law, that the Owner or Owners of the said Brigantine, her Appurtenances and Cargo, or any Person or Persons concerned therein, may appear and shew Cause, if any they have, why the same should not be condemned.
John Foster, Judge of said Court.
