Baltimore County in the State of Maryland to wit
To the Honorable Benjamin Nicholson Esquire Judge of the Court of Admiralty erected by the Honorable the Convention of Maryland to take Cognizance of and determine the property of Captures of Vessels brought into the State of Maryland pursuant to the Resolves of the Honorable the Continental Congress
The bill of John Young Esquire Commander of the Continental Sloop of war called the Independance duly Commissioned under the Honorable the Continental Congress, who, as well for himself as the Officers, Mariners and Seamen and all others belonging to and concerned in the said Sloop in this behalf prosecuting in all humble manner sheweth; That the said Sloop was fitted out Equipped, Victualled and armed at the Expence of the united States of America and the said John Young being duly Commissioned, authorised and appointed with his officers Mariners and Seamen on board the said Sloop to cruise and Sail on thehigh Seas; did on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy within the Jurisdiction of this Court discover on the high Seas, pursue, apprehend and as a lawful Prize take the Vessel or Schooner Mary Commanded by Patrick Bower, burthen about thirty Tons together with her apparel, Tackle, Furniture and Cargoe; belonging to a Subject or Subjects of the King of Great Britain; and the said John Young doth further shew that the said Schooner Mary at the time of her Capture aforesaid and long before, and the Tackle, apparel, Furniture and Cargoe of the said Schooner did belong to Subjects of the King of Great Britain not residing in or being Inhabitants of the Bermuda, Providence or Bahama Islands; wherefore the said John Young prays this honorable Court that the said Schooner called the Mary with her Tackle, apparel, furniture and Cargo may be adjudged and condemned as forfeited to the Use of the Captors thereof and those concerned in the Sloop called the Independance according to the Resolutions of the Honorable the Continental Congress in that behalf made and provided—
David M'Meehan pro Libellant
Baltimore Town
June 23th 1777
