Uriah Cross
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUN AWAY the night after the first inst. from the subscriber in Toland, an apprentice boy named Uriah Cross, about 20 years of age, 5 feet and 4 inches high, thick set, wears his own dark colour'd hair, his left hand something withered, a scar on the same, and another on his left elbow, had with him when he went away a great coat, a straight bodied coat, and a loose vest, all gray homespun kearsey, a black Searge vest, two ditto wove with a wale, striped, one red and blue, cross-barr'd with white, the other blue and white, a check'd linen shirt, a woollen ditto, two pair of blue stockings, a pair of new shoes, and a pair of
sheepskin breeches. Whoever takes up said apprentice and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, or returns him to his master, shall have Ten Dollars reward, and all necessary charges paid by me, ADRONIRAM GRANT- N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid carrying off said apprentice, on the penalty of the law.
sheepskin breeches. Whoever takes up said apprentice and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, or returns him to his master, shall have Ten Dollars reward, and all necessary charges paid by me, ADRONIRAM GRANT- N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid carrying off said apprentice, on the penalty of the law.
Citation
Adoniram Grant, advertisement for Uriah Cross, Connecticut Courant, March 5, 1770, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4463.