State of the Massachusetts-Bay, Middle District, ss.
To all whom it may concern.
Notice is hereby given, that Libels are filed before me, against the following Vessels, their Cargoes and Appurtenances; to witt ー in Behalf of Captain Joseph White and his Company, and the Owners of the privateer Sloop Revenge, against the Ship Anna Maria, William Pringle late Master; and against the Ship Polly, of about 170 Tons Burthen, Tobias Lear late Master: ー in Behalf of the Captains Tucker and Skimmer and their Companies, of the Continental armed Schooners Hancock and Franklin, against the Brigantine Perkins, burthen about 140 Tons, William Jenkins late Master: ー In Behalf of Captain Wingate Newman and his Company, and the Owners of the Privateer Brigantine Hancock, against the Ship Nancy, burthened about 220 Tons, George Keys late Master; and against the Sloop Two Friends, burthened about 95 tons: ー In Behalf of Captain John Phillips and his Company, and the Owners of the Privateer Sloop Warren, against the Ship Isaac, burthened about 400 Tons, George Ashburn late Master: And in Behalf of Caleb Hog and James West, against the Schooner Deborah, burthened about 45 Tons, Samuel Nickerson late Master: All which Vessels, their Cargoes and Appurtenances, so libelled, are said to have been taken and brought into the County of Essex. And Another Libel is filed before me by Bartholomew Putnam and Andrew Cabot, against the Ship Lord Dartmouth, of about 300 Tons Burthen, her Boats, Sails, Cables, Anchors, Rigging and Appurtenances, and a Chest of English Goods on board her; all which, lately in the Possession, and under the Care and Command of Captain ---- Lee, were they say, by them seized and taken in Danvers, in the County of Essex, on a Part of the Sea, between high water and low-water Mark. And for the Trial of the Justice of these Captures, the Maritime Court for the said Middle District, will be held at Salem, in the County of Essex, on Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day of September, 1776, at ten o'clock in the Forenoon; when and where the Owners of said Captures, or any Persons concerned, may appear and shew Cause, if any they have, why the same, or any of them, should not he be condemned.
Tim Pickering, Jun. Judge of said Court.
