| Massachusetts Bay the southern District |
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To the Honble Nathan Cushing Esqr Judge of the Maritime Court for the Southern District |
Be it remembred that on the fourth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Six -Stephen Mascoll Commander of the Private armed Commissioned Schooner calld the General Putnam & the Officers marines & mariners on board the same the owners thereof & all Concernd therein claims a Large Part of the Ship Betsey her Cargo & appurtenances against which a Libel is filed in sd Court in behalf of Thomas Nicolson commander of the Private Armed Commissioned Sloop called the America & the truth of the facts Containd in said Libel is to be Tried in Sd Court on the Second Tuesday of November Currant &the said Mascoll says he &his Company in sd Schooner & sd Nicolson and his Company in sd Sloop at the time & for the Causes set forth in said Libel did jointly take said Ship in manner aforesaid Wherefore he prays the same Ship her Cargo & appurtenances may be decreed to be forfeited and such Part thereof assignd to the Claimant for his own use and the use of Others Concernd therein as the Law directs —
A True Copy
attest Bartlett LeBaron Regr
1. FDRL.
