Bristo
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Middletown, norwest part, March 27 day, 1769.
RUN-away about two months ago, from his master, a negro man named BRISTO, a good Fidler and has a Fiddle with him a short thick negro, above 30 years old, and had on a mix't coloured coat, blue and black, a black waistcoat and breeches, and can talk good English, and read well, and once had five fingers on each hand, one on each hand were cut off, and a small scar to be seen and holes in each ear, and can tell an ample story for being from home, if any person will take up said negro and bring him to said master, shall have TWO DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid, by me
DANIEL WILCOX.
RUN-away about two months ago, from his master, a negro man named BRISTO, a good Fidler and has a Fiddle with him a short thick negro, above 30 years old, and had on a mix't coloured coat, blue and black, a black waistcoat and breeches, and can talk good English, and read well, and once had five fingers on each hand, one on each hand were cut off, and a small scar to be seen and holes in each ear, and can tell an ample story for being from home, if any person will take up said negro and bring him to said master, shall have TWO DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid, by me
DANIEL WILCOX.
Citation
Daniel Wilcox, advertisement for Bristo, Connecticut Courant, April 10, 1769, accessed September 10, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4455.