James M'Even
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run away from the subscriber in the evening of the 1st instant, an apprentice in the shoe-makers trade, named James M'Even, about 20 years old, he is of a slender make, has something of a round face, and is about 5 feet 5 inches high, he says but little, had on and took with him, a grey surtout, jacket with sleves of the same colour, a light coloured broad-cloth under-jacket, leather breeches, blue yarn stockings, he had one check'd woollen shirt with him, besides the one he had on. Whoever shall take up and return said apprentice, shall have twollars reward, paid by JAMES MORGAN. New Milford, Dec. 3, 1776.
Citation
James Morgan, advertisement for James M'Even, Connecticut Courant, January 6, 1777, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4582.