[8] St. Louis, on the south side of the western or Haitian end of the island.
[9] L'Ile à Vache, a small island lying off the shore a few miles southwest of St. Louis.
[10] Les Cayes, perhaps better known as Aux Cayes, now a town of some importance on the south shore of Haiti, some ten miles west of St. Louis. Torbeck and Le Vieux Bourg, next mentioned, are near it.
THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE.
165. Record of Trial (Libel, Bill of Sale, Owner’s Letter, Bills of Lading, Declaration, Affidavit, Portledge Bill, Depositions). June 11, 1741.[1]
At the Court of Vice Admiralty held at Philada. for the Province of Pensilvania the 11th day of June in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second, Annoque Dom'i 1741.[2]
Before the Hon'ble Andrew Hamilton, Esqr., Judge of the said Court.
A Libel exhibited by John Sibbald[3] formerly Lieut. now Capt. of the Sloop of War named the George was read in these words.
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Pensilvania, in the Court of Vice Adml'ty ss. |
To the Hon'ble Andrew Hamilton, Esqr., Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty for the Province of Pensilvania.[4] |