Remember Baker and Zimrie Allen
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100 Dollars Reward. Escaped out of the custody of me the subscriber at Salisbury, on the night after the 19th day of April instant, Remember Baker of Arlington, in Charlotte county, and province of New York, and Zimrie Allen of said Salisbury, being each of them under an arrest for blasphemy, committed at said Salisbury, on or about the 28th day of March last. Said Baker is about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, pretty well sett, sometjhign freckled in his face. Said Allen is near 6 feet high, slim but goes somthing stooping, dark hair; each of said fellows being arm'd with sword and poistol, and are notorious for blasphemous expressions in conversation, and ridiculing every thing sacred. Whoever will apprehend said fellows and deliver them to the custody of the subscriber, so that they may be brought to justice, shall have thirty Pounds lawful money reward, for both, and fifteen pounds for either, paid by NATHANIEL BUELL. Constable of Salisbury
Citation
Nathaniel Buell, advertisement for Remember Baker and Zimrie Allen, Connecticut Courant, April 27, 1773, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4499.