David Purdie, Peter Patterson, Edward White, and Silas Fay
Newspaper
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DESERTED from Stockbridge December and January, David Purdie, belonging to the Nine Partners, 23 years of age, 5 feet 10 light complection, light hair and eyes. Peter Patterson, a High Dutchman, speaks broken English, has a down look, 5 feet 10, 50 years of age. Edward White, of Beckit, 5 feet 4, dark complection, dark hair and eyes. Silas Fay, of Beckit, 5 feet 7, dark hair and eyes, 21 years of age, all ofo capt John Chadwick's company, col. Brewster's regiment, at Ticonderoga. Whoever shall take up one or all of the above deserters, and return them to their regiment, or confine them in goal in any of the United States, shall receive 10 dollars reward for each, and all necessary charges paid by THEOPHILUS MANSFIELD, Lieut. May 10, 1777.
Citation
Theophilus Mansfild, advertisement for David Purdie et al., Connecticut Courant, May 12, 1777, accessed September 11, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4609.