State of Connecticut, ss.

New London County

A Libel is filed before Richard Law, Esq; against the Schooner Hannah & Elizabeth, Burthen about 45 Tons, lately commanded by Ronald Bruce, said to belong to the Subjects of the King of Great-Britain, and fitted out by the Subjects of the said King of Great-Britain, from the Island of Barbados, in the British West Indies, loaded with Rum and Sugar, and bound to Halifax; which said Schooner, &c. was taken and brought into the Port of New London, by Robert Niles, in the armed Schooner Spy, belonging to the State of Connecticut. ー The Court erected to try and condemn all such Captures, will be held at Norwich, in the County aforesaid, on the 6th Day of November 1776, at 2 o'clock in the Afternoon, to try the Justice of said Capture; of which this Notice is given pursuant to the Laws of this Colony, that the Owners of said Ship [sic], or any Person concerned therein, may appear and shew Cause, if any they have, why the said Schooner and her Tackle Apparel and Furniture, with her Cargo, should not be condemned as lawful Prize.

New London, Sept 21, 1776.