Laden therein Agt. James Allen
Commander of the Private Ship of War _Revenge_ and James Wimble
Commander of another Private Ship of War _Revenge_.[4]

[Footnote 2: Foster Cunliffe (1682-1758) was one of the chief
merchants of Liverpool, if not indeed the chief, thrice mayor, "a
merchant whose sagacity, honesty, and diligence procured wealth and
credit to himself, and his country", says his monument in St. Peter's
Church--and one of the first to appreciate and utilize the advantages
of the African slave trade. H.R. Fox Bourne, _English Merchants_, II.
55-57; Enfield, _History of Liverpool_, p. 43.]

[Footnote 3: The _Angola_ (the name indicates a ship engaged in the
African trade), on her way from Jamaica to Liverpool, had been
captured by the Spaniards and then retaken. Gomer Williams, _The
Liverpool Privateers and the Liverpool Slave Trade_, p. 659. For the
law in such cases, see doc. no. 150, note 8.]

[Footnote 4: Enclosed in a letter of Rear-Adm. Sir Chaloner Ogle to
the Privy Council, Feb. 19, 1744, is one of Dec. 3, 1743, from "James
Wimble, captain of the English privateer _Revenge_, lately cast away
upon Hispaniola". _Acts P.C. Col._, VI. 260.]

In a Cause of Appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court at Rhode Island to
the Lords Commissioners of Appeal for prizes.

_Aprl. 1745._

For Proctors retaining fee L0. 6. 8
For Attending Several times at the Admiralty Office and
looking up the Proceedings 13. 4
For Attending before the Lords and Exhibiting for the parties
Appellate when the Cause was Assign'd for Sentence and
Informacon next Court day 1. 6. 8
Coach hire and Expences 6. 0
For Compounding for the Process and Attending 1.18. 8
For Perusing the Process 13. 4
For making answers and Abbreviating the Acts 1. 6. 8
For Copies for Council 16. 8
Acts of Court 10. 8
Clerks and Officers 2. 6
Sportulage 2. 6
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L8. 3. 8