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g. 28, 1755.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD
And all reasonable charges shall be paid to any Person that secures and
brings to William Kelly, of the City of New York, merchant a Negro man
named Norton Minors, who ran away from his masters Messrs. Bodkin and
Ferrall of the Island of St. Croix, on the 1st day of July last; is by
trade a Caulker and ship-carpenter; has lived at Newbury, in New-England;
was the property of Mr. Mark Quane, who sold him to Mr. Craddock of Nevis,
from whom the above gentlemen bought him about three years ago; is about 5
feet 8 inches high; age about 37 years; SPEAKS GOOD ENGLISH, CAN READ AND
WRITE; AND IS A VERY SENSIBLE FELLOW: And his masters suspect he came off
in the sloop Boscawen, Andrew Ford, Master, who sailed from the above
Island the very day this fellow eloped, bound for Louisbourg.
_The New York Gazette_, Nov. 10, 1760.
RAN AWAY on the 9th Instant, October, in the Morning from the Subscriber, a
Negro Man named JACK, a well set Fellow, about 5 feet 8 Inches high, full
fac'd, much pitted with the Small-pox, snuffles when he speaks, READS
ENGLISH, PRETENDS MUCH TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES. Had on when he went
away a Pair of Course Trowsers, stripped Jacket, and a Frock over it.
Whoever takes up said Fellow and brings him to the subscriber shall have
_FORTY SHILLINGS_ and all reasonable Charges paid.--All Masters of Vessels
&c. are desired not to harbour him, or carry him off, as he or they may
depend on being prosecuted as the Law directs.
MANUEL MYERS,
Linging in Stone Street.
_The New York Gazette_, Nov. 10, 1760.
RAN AWAY in August last from the Subscriber, living in Northampton County,
Virginia, a Molatto Man Slave, about Five Feet Nine Inches high, and hath
a large Scar on one Side of his Face. IT IS PROBABLE HE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO
PASS FOR A FREE MAN, AS HE CAN WRITE. Whoever takes up, and secures the
said slave, so that the Subscriber can have him again, shall have TWENTY
DOLLARS; and if delivered to me, at Northampton, FORTY DOLLARS Reward paid
by
MICHAEL CHRISTIAN.
_The Maryland Gazette_, Oct. 27, 1769.
St. Mary's County, January 16, 1776.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD
Ran away from the subscriber near Chaptico, the 4th instant, a small Negro
Man named _Dickison_, otherwise _Joe_, he has been frequently used to both
names, he is about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high: Had on when he went away
three country cloth jackets, the under one lappelled
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