Sy
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(Twenty Dollars Reward) RUN AWAY from the subscriber, a Mustee Feltow named SY, about 5 Feet 5 Inches high, about 25 years of age, has short curl'd Hair nearly resembling a Negroes, well built, had on when he went off, a thick Jacket of a mix'd Color, black and white, striped trousers, Buckles in his shoes, a striped flannel under jacket, a check linen shirt and blue and white, a white holland shirt, a felt hat, has a fiddle with him, his upper lip very short, and has altered his name to Joseph Symonds. Whoever takes up said Negro, and secures him, or returns into his Master, shall have TWENTY DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by JAMES ROGERS, late of (New London, Great neck.
New London; March 8, 1776.
New London; March 8, 1776.
Citation
James Rogers, advertisement for Sy, Connecticut Courant, June 17, 1776, accessed June 9, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4568.