Benjamin Wilcox
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from me the subscriber, last night, one Benjamin Wilcox, a bound servant to me, in the 17th year of his age, pretty large of his age, something of a brownish complexion, black eyes, brownish curl's hair on his head, if not cut off. Had with him when we went away, a blue strait bodied coat, a black waistcoat, and one red broad cloth waistcoat, one pair leather breechces, two check linnen shirts, one pair check trowsers, a pair of white cotton stockings, a bever hat, better than half worn, and sundry other things. Whoever will take up said servant boy, and return him to me in Simsbury, shall have one Dollar reward, and all reasonable charges paid be me, ELISHA CORNISH. September 20, 1773.
Citation
Elisha Cornish, advertisement for Benjamin Wilcox, Connecticut Courant, September 21, 1773, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4507.