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Pennsylvania
TO BE SOLD
Likely Mulatto Wench, about 19 years of age, has been registered according to law-She is an excellent cook, and perfectly acquainted with all kinds of housework. Inquire of the Printer.
January 8, 1787
Source: The Pennyslvania
Herald and General Advertiser
January 10, 1787 No. 49 of
Vol. IV. Philadelphia, PA.
20 DOLLARS REWARD
Ranaway on the _____,
from the subscriber, residing in the borough of Lancaster, (Penn) a hound
Negro servant lad named LESTER, but sometimes calling himself BILLY JONES, aged
about 20 years. He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, pretty well limbed, and
likely in the face. He took with him an olive coloured ribed, nankeen
Coatee new, an old cost of superfine brown cloth, a while Marseilles, and a
cotton-stripe waistcoat, white dirty pantaloons and brown ______ trowfers, good
shoes, and a good castor hat but it is probable he has other clothes besides
these. It is supposed he will endeavor to get a place as a waiter or
attempt going to sea. All masters of _____ are therefore cautioned against
carrying him off; and any person who shall secure him so that his master may
have him again, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges.
William Barton
Lancaster, June 23,
1803
Source: National
Intelligencer, 1803, Washington, DC.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 20th ult. mulatto JOE. JOE is a stout, well made, dark mulatto fellow, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, about 30 years of age-has several large scars on his hands and body-lisps a little. Had on and took with him, a tow linen shirt and trowsers, one pair of nankeen trowsers, also one old surtout coat and an old fur hat much worn. Joe can write a tolerable good hand, and has ran away before, when he was taken up and put in the Fredericktown jail, and sold out by George Greager, in 1805.
Any person taking up said fellow, and securing him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive, if taken within the county, 20 dollars, and if out of the state, the above reward-if brought home all reasonable charges will be paid by the subscriber, living in Frederick County, Md. near new Market.
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Source: The
General Advertiser
June 5, 1807 Philadelphia, PA.
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