Jeremiah Rogers, James Burdick, and James Reynolds
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
BROKE goal in Northampton and escaped the last evening, the following prisoners viz. Jeremiah Rogers late of Colchester or Milford or Lebanon in Connecticut a well set fellow about five feet nine inches high twenty six years old; he was committed for theft, had on a blue coat; alsoJames Burdick late of Lainsborough about six feet eight inches high, dark complexioned about 27 years old, also James Reynolds near six feet in heighth, 22 years old the two last were taken at Bennington. It is hoped the friends to the happiness of their country will exert themselves, if they have opportunity to apprehend and secure the said persons, so that they may be brough to justice for which they shall be rewarded. JOSEPH COOK, Goaler, Northampton, March 14, 1778.
Citation
Joseph Cook, advertisement for Jeremiah Rogers, James Burdick, and James Reynolds, Connecticut Courant, March 17, 1778, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4624.