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Elijah Metcalf

Whereas my infamous false husband, Elijah Metcalf, has been pleased to say in your former papers, that I wilfully eloped from his bed, which is altogether false, for with his approbation I came from home, which I can prove by Capt. Pratt and Wife, of…
Newspaper: Connecticut Courant
Date: February 26, 1771
Location: Suffield, CT

Ben

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Waterbury July 22, 1771. Run-away from the Subscriber, on the 20th Instant, a Molatto fellow named BEN, of a Copper complexion, about 17 Years of Age, wellset and sprightly, he has a black bushy Head of Hair, speaks good English and is adicted to…
Newspaper: Connecticut Journal
Date: July 26, 1771
Location: Waterbury, CT