John Hough, Derick Sliter, and Peter Johns
Newspaper
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DESERTED from Capt. Woodbridge's company in Col. Swift's regiment, about the 10th of April, one JOHN HOUGH, 24 years of age, red complexion, sandy hair, grey eyes, 6 feet high, belongs to New-Concord in New-York State. DERICK SLITER, 35 years of age, light complexion, light colour'd hair, blue eyes, 6 feet and 1 inch high, lives when at home in Amenia Precinct, in the State of New-York, and is supposed to be about hish own house. PETER JOHNS, an Indian molatto, 28 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, black hair, tied in his neck, one white eye, is supposed to be near the State of Rhode Island, in the east part of Connecticut. Any person that will secure said deserters in any goal so they may be had, or bring them to New-Milford to join their regiment, shall have five dollars reward for each, and all necessary charges paid, by REUBEN CALKIN, Lt. May 23, 1777.
Citation
Reuben Calkin, advertisement for John Hough, Derick Sliter, and Peter Johns, Connecticut Courant, May 26, 1777, accessed September 11, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4616.