Boston
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber the 4th of Dec. a negro man named BOSTON, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, had on an old brown camblet coat mixt blue and white woolen jacket, check'd woolen shirt, blue and white mixt stockings, calf skin pumps an old beaver hat, speaks very quick and polite, and plays well on the fiddle. Whoever takes up said Negro and returns him to me, shall have ten dollars reward, and all charges paid by JOSIAH SMITH. Great Barrington, Jan. 6, 1777
Citation
Josiah Smith, advertisement for Boston, Connecticut Courant, January 20, 1777, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4583.