Note 150 — Chapter I · (continued 2)
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Sewall says that the first admiralty court was held July 5, 1686, and that several ships had been seized for trading contrary to the acts (Letters, i. 34). Dudley was inaugurated May 26, 1686, and soon got to the work of enforcing the laws. See also Andros Tracts, iii. 69.