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Forgerson, destitute of money or clothing, excepting what clothing 

 they had on their backs. We, the said William Stover and Josiah 

 Stover, further protest, affirm and declare, that we were detained 

 on board the said schooner Charles on a cruise of nine days in the Bay 

 of Fundy ; during which cruise she took two fishing vessels belonging 

 to the United States and carried them into St. John's, and was there 

 again victualed for another cruise of twenty days; and after laying 

 one day at St. John's she then sailed on her second cruise ; and on the 

 22d day of May last we were landed from said schooner at Campo 

 Bello, where ail the fishermen's clothes were given up to the said 

 master or skipper. 



We further declare and say, that after we sailed from York, on the 

 4th day of May, as before named, till we were boarded and taken 

 possession of by the said brig Argus, no person was on board our said 

 schooner, except our said crew, nor were any of the said crew of said 

 schooner on shore at any place, and our boat was not taken from our 

 deck after leaving York till it was taken off by order of the officers 

 of the brig Argus, nor was any article taken out of said schooner, 

 from the time we left York till she was taken possession of as before 

 named. 



Therefore the said William Stover and his said crew, to-wit: Josiah 

 Stover, Theodore Webber, jr., William Simpson, jr., Solomon Avery, 

 and Hanson Forgerson, did declare and protest, as by these presents 

 they do most solemnly protest, against the commander and crew of 

 the said brig Argus, and against every person concerned in the cap- 

 ture of said schooner Charles, for arbitrarily, unlawfully, unjustly 

 and cruelly taking said schooner, as no just or legal .cause existed to 

 justify said taking and detention. 



William Stover 

 Theodore Webber, jr., 

 William Simpson, jr., 

 Josiah Stover, 

 Solomon Avery, 



bis 



Hanson X Forgerson 



mark 



State of Maim:, York, ss : 



The within named William Stover, Theodore Webber, jr., William 

 Simpson, jr., Josiah Stover, Solomon Avery and Hanson Forgerson, 

 personally appeared before me, Alexander Mclntire, notary public 

 within ami cor the county of York, and entered the foregoing public 

 declarations and protest by them severally subscribed, and made 

 solemn oath that all the facts therein stated by them severally are 

 true. 



Tn witness whereof, 1 have hereunto subscribed my name and 

 affixed my notarial 3eal, this LOth day of June, in the. year of our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. 



(L. S.) Alexander McIntire, 



Notary Public. 



A true copy from the original, 



Attest: 



Au\ win l: M< I vi iiu . 



Notary PuoUo, 



