346 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



At 1 o'clock the next morning, these declarants, knowing that the 

 rim had violated no law, nor any treaty or convention between 

 the United States and Great Britain, and that they were detained 

 without the pretence of authority on the part of the officer of the 

 armored boat, got said Pilgrim under way without orders, and stood 

 for Lubec, where they arrived on the said 22d day of June, with the 

 loss of boat, papers, a fowling-piece, a pistol, and a great quantity 

 of powder and shot, which were plundered from them by said armed 

 boat. 



Wherefore they do protest, and I, the said notary, in their behalf, 

 do solemnly protest against said armed boat and the officer and men 

 on board thereof; against pirates and unlawful captures on the high 

 Beas; against winds, tides, and whatsoever else caused the detention 

 of said schooner Pilgrim, and the loss of her papers, boat, &c. ; and I, 

 the said notary, do aver that it was not by reason of a violation of 

 any revenue law of Great Britain, committed by said schooner Pil- 

 grim, or any of her crew, but a wanton insult upon the American flag, 

 on the high seas, without a shadow of excuse, by an officer of the 

 British Navy. 



James Woodward, Sr. 



Jacob Winslow. 



James Woodward, Jr. 



In faith whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal 

 of office, this seventh day of August, [l. s.] in the year of our Lord 

 one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. 



Solomon Thayer, Notary Public. 



Mr. Brent to Mr. Addington, dated September 21, 1821+. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you copies of some additional 

 papers which have been received at this office, upon the subject of the 

 interruption, likewise given by the same armed British brig Dotterel, 

 to vessels of the United States, employed in the prosecution of the 

 fishery in the bay of Passamaquoddy, and elsewhere in the same 

 neighborhood, as particularly exemplified in the cases of the two 

 schooners, William and Rebecca, which are fully stated in the in- 

 closures, and to pray the interposition of your good offices in behalf 

 also of the owners of these vessels towards obtaining for them the 

 indemnity to which they may be justly entitled. 



I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient 

 and humble servant. 



Daniel Brent. 



[Inclosure No. l.J 



State of Maine, County of Washington. 



Columbia, September 6, 1824- 

 Sib: Inclosed is a protest on account of the capture of the fishing 

 schooner William, of Addison, in the county aforesaid, belonging to 

 and owned by the subscribers, citizens of the United States. These 



