William Bostwick
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
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Reward
Transcription
DESERTED from Capt. Beardslee's company in Col. Swift's regiment, one Wm. Bostwick, an Englishman, 24 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, light complexion, black hair, light coloured eyes, had on a round brim'd hat with a red and blue cockade, a pepper-and-salt coat, a red and white flowered vest, good leather breeches, gray stockings, flowered asilver shoe buckles. Whoever takes up said deserter secures him so that he may come to justice, shall receive five dollars reward and all necessary charges paid, by PHINEAS BEADSLEY, Capt. New Fairfield, April 24, 1777.
Citation
Phineas Beardsley, advertisement for William Bostwick, Connecticut Courant, May 12, 1777, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4606.