31Interrogatories for Doane: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, 1768 (Adams Papers)
1. Was you on Board a Whale Boat with Asa Nickerson, on or about the 21st. of June 1765, in the...
32Interrogatories for Gage: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, 1768 (Adams Papers)
Interrogatories In the Behalf of Lot Gage and Partners In the Case of Joseph Doane and others...
33Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The majority of John Adams’ cases in the Court of Vice Admiralty involved breaches of the British...
34Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In February 1761 John Adams was present at an event which his later descriptions have firmly...
Gridley. The Constables distraining for Rates. More inconsistent with English Rights and...
36Adams’ “Abstract of the Argument”: Ca. April 1761 (Adams Papers)
On the second Tuesday of the Court’s sitting, appointed by the rule of the Court for argument of...
37Thomas Hutchinson’s Draft of a Writ of Assistance: December 1761 (Adams Papers)
Know ye that whereas in and by an Act of Parliament made in the thir fourteenth year of the reign...
38Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In this, Adams’ earliest known appearance in an Admiralty action for a violation of the Acts of...
James Athern Esqr. Joshua Gardiner. Folger has entered and cleared Vessell I am concerned in to...
The Affairs and Transactions of the Customs and Revenue, are very loose. Customs and Duties and...
Timothy Folger vs. Sloop Cornelia and Eighteen Casks Tea. On this information the Advocate...
42Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In November 1768 Adams undertook the defense of John Hancock in what, politically, was his most...
43Adams’ Copy of the Information and Draft of His Argument: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, October 1768–March 1769 (Adams Papers)
Prov. &c. Before the Honorable Robert Auchmuty Esqr. Be it remembered, that on the 29 day of...
44Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
While the affair of John Hancock’s Liberty (No. 46 ) drew public attention, a steady flow of...
45Adams’ Copy of the Libel and Report of the Trial: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, October 1768-March 1769 (Adams Papers)
Be it remembered that on the 26 October 1768 Joseph Dowse of Salem in the County of Essex Esqr.,...
46Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The documents that follow tell all that is known about this forfeiture proceeding in Admiralty....
47“A Journal of the Times”: 24 October 1768 (Adams Papers)
This day the brig Tryton, owned by Mr. D——s, a merchant of this town, was seized by order of the...
48Minutes of the Customs Commissioners’ Proceedings: 27 October 1768 (Adams Papers)
Read a Letter of the 25 Instant from the Collector and Comptroller of Boston. Ordered that the...
49Vice Admiralty Court Minute Book Entry: 29 October 1768 (Adams Papers)
Wm. Sheaffe, Esqr., Dy. Collector &c. vs. Brigt. Triton. Sewal His Honor the Judge gave his...
Otis . 15. C. 2, c7, §. 8. In JA ’s hand. Adams Papers, Microfilms , Reel No. 185. 15 Car. 2, c....
51Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
September 1768 was a busy month for Joseph Dowse. On the night of 6 September, in which he seized...
52Adams’ Copy of the Information and Statutes Involved: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, December 1768 (Adams Papers)
For that the same Molasses on 19 Aug. last, was imported and brought into the Port of Salem and...
53Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In this forfeiture proceeding, as in Folger v. The Cornelia , No. 45 , Adams argued in favor of...
14. Car. 2d, c. 11, §.15. Seizures confined to Officers of his Majestys Customs, for the Time...
55Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
On 14 October 1772 George Dawson, an officer of the royal navy, who since at least 1768 had been...
56Adams’ Notes of Statutes and Authorities: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, February 1773 (Adams Papers)
This Vessell was seized merely for the omission of an Indorsement upon her Register. 7. & 8. W....
This Libel is bottomed on the Act of the 7. & 8. Will. 3 Cap. 22. Those parts therefore of the...
58Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The Jenny , owned by Elisha Doane, long one of Adams’ clients, was stopped inward bound to Boston...
Blowers. Libel, claim, 15 Car. 2, c. 7, §.6. Hillman, and Cato. Certificates. Goods claimed,...
60Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
On 25 March 1774, aroused at the presumption which Boston had earlier displayed in dumping the...