an Apprentice Boy and a Negro Man
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RUN-away from Josiah Griswold, of Weathersfield, the Night after the 24th Instant, an Apprentice Boy about 17 Years of Age, about 5 Feet thre Inches high, dark Complexion, wears his own long black Hair, had on, and carried with him, a light colour'd old Great Coat, an new Castor Hat, with a very wide Brim a short, pale blue Coat, a cut-velvet Waistcoat, a Pair of Deerskin Breeches, and a Pair of black Stockings. - Also a Negro Man about 19 Years old, had on a long brown Coat, and carried with him a Pair of thin Sheepskin Breeches, and a Pair of black ditto, a Pair of black Stockings, and an old blue Great Coat. Whoever shall take up and secure said Run-aways in any of his Majesty's Goals, or return them to the Subscriber in Weathersfield, shall have Five Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid, by JOSIAH GRISWOLD.
Citation
Josiah Griswold, advertisement for an Apprentice Boy and a Negro Man, Connecticut Courant, October 27, 1766, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4441.