Daniel Squier or David Johnson
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run away from the subscriber, a young man about sixteen years of age, a well-set fellow, about five feet high, with short black hair; had on when he went away, an old deep blue coat, a striped linsey woolsey jacket, a streaked linsey-woolsey shirt, an old pair of leather breeches, pale blue stockings. He stole a peice of butternut coloured men's ware, a brown coat lined with redish shalloon, a woollen shirt, a pair of streaked tow trowsers, mixt coloured stockings, a check silk handkerchief, a stampt linen ditto, some flax and some cash; he called his name David Johnson, but his name is Daniel Squier. Whoever shall take up said theif and bring him to the subscriber, shall have five dollars reward, and all necessary charged paif, by me NATHANIEL PARKER. Deerfield, April 15, 1776.
Citation
Nathaniel Parker, advertisement for Daniel Squier or David Johnson, Connecticut Courant, May 13, 1776, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4561.