Giles Richards
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ten Dollars Reward. Last Night run away from the Subscriber, in Waterbury, an Apprentice named GILES RICHARDS, about 19 years of age, about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, middling felshy, well educated, light coloured Eyes, light brown Hair, commonly tied or clubbed, of a fair Complextion, has with him a good blue Coat and Vest, with double washed yellow metal Buttons, a blue Coat, partly worn, with common metal Butons, and a red Vest, a light brown coating Surtout, a white felt Hat, a black Ditto, a pair of leather Breeches, 1 pair blue Stockings, 1 pair white Ditto, and a pair black worsted Sit. good Shoes, and a pair white sale carved Shoe Buckles, has had the Care of my goldsmith's Shop some Years, and is a workman at that Business, how much money he has with him, is not known. Whoever will secure said Apprentive, and give me Notice, or return him to me, shall have Ten Dollars reward, and Charges paid, by JOSEPH HOPKINS. Waterbury, 5th November, 1772.
Citation
Joseph Hopkins, advertisement for Giles Richards, Connecticut Courant, November 10, 1772, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4497.