342 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



9chooner Hero, but was wholly without any fault on the part of said 

 schooner, or any poison thereof, but an act of piracy committed on 

 the hiuli seas w ithout a pretence of authority. 



In faith whereof, I, the said notary, have hereunto set my hand 

 and affixed my seal of office the day and year first above written. 



Solomon Thayer, Notary Public. 



Harding Clark. 



William H. N. Brown. 



Ephraim Clark. 



[Inclosure 2 in Memorial No. 3.] 



United States of America, 



State of Maine, Washington, ss. 

 To all whom it may or doth concern : Know ye that on the twenty- 

 third day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and 

 twenty -four, before me, Solomon Thayer, notary public, by legal 

 authority duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, and dwelling in 

 Lubec, State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Charles Tab- 

 but, master of the fishing schooner William, of Addison, and noted his 

 protest ; and now, on the twenty-third day of August, anno Domini 

 eighteen hundred and twenty-four, he again appears to extend the 

 same, and with him also appear Thomas Wright, Benjamin Reynolds, 

 and Josiah W. Perry, fishermen belonging to said schooner William, 

 who, being severally sworn, do declare and say: That, on the first 

 day of July, now last past, they sailed in said schooner William on 

 a fishing cruise in the Bay of Fundy, and anchored between what is 

 called Mur-ground and the Grand Menan Banks, a distance from 

 nine to fifteen miles from land; that they continued there at anchor 

 and fishing till the fourteenth day of said July, when, having only 

 fifteen gallons of water on board, and that unfit for use, it was 

 thought prudent and necessary to run into Gull Cove, Grand Menan, 

 and obtain a supply. Arrived at Gull Cove on the fifteenth of said 

 July, at 2 p. m., and came to anchor, the fog being extremely dense. 

 The sails of the William were not handed, as it was intended to obtain 

 water with all possible despatch and return to the fishing ground. 

 They had gone below and were taking dinner, and not more than ten 

 minutes from the time of anchoring, the boat not having been 

 launched from the deck to go on shore, when they were boarded by 

 an armed launch, commanded by one Jones, an officer of the English 

 gun brig Dotterel, who demanded their business, their papers, and 

 took forcible possession of the vessel. Jones sent his men below to 

 examine the water casks and ascertain what quantity of water there 

 was on board the William. They reported there were three half casks 

 of water below, one empty barrel, and one with the hoops off. Mr. 

 Jones was then told by these declarants that the report of his men 

 was incorrect, that one barrel only had any water in it, and that but 

 fifteen gallons, completely unfit for use; that besides this there was a 

 half barrel of molasses and a barrel with five or six gallons of beer. 

 Mr. Jones ordered the William under way, took her in nearer the 

 shore, moored her in a dangerous place and stripped her, and took 

 the William's boat, carried it on shore, and gave out word that if any 

 of th<* WiUiam's crew attempted to go on shore, or if any boat was 

 called alongside, or if he heard any noise on board, he would shoot 



