Jeffrey
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run-away from Stephen Goodwin of Goshen, in the county of Litchfield, in the evening of the 2d of June instant, a negro servant about 25 years of age, named Jeffrey, speaks tolerable good English---He took with him one check linnen shirt; one pair strip'd linnen trowsers; one pair brown plain bloth breeches; one mix'd colour'd plain cloth coat; one brown plain cloth waistcoat; one blue broadcloth waistcoat; one pair turn'd pumps; one pair double soled shoes. Said Negro also at the same time stole and rode away from his master, a small iron grey horse, three years old, no brand. Said Negro was born in Colchester, and is a short thick well set fellow. Any person that will take up said fellow, and confine him in any of his Majesty's goals in this colony, so as the his master can have him again or return him to his said master, shall be entitled to Six Dollars reward, for the said Negro, and Four Dollars for said Horse and all necessart charges paid, by Stephen Goodwin. Goshen, June 3, 1774.
Citation
Stephen Goodwin, advertisement for Jeffrey, Connecticut Courant, June 21, 1774, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4522.