Elijah Plummer and Bass
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Deserted from Capt. Ezekiel P. Belden's troop, in Col. Elisha Sheldon's regiment of Dragoons, Elijah Plummer, a pretty well built and good looking fellow, about 23 years of age 5 feet 1 inches high dark complexion and a little pitted with the small pox; also went with him one Bass belonging to Capt. Webb's troops, it is supposed they are gone on board the Oliver Cromwell. Any person that will secure said fellows in any public goal and give notice to the subscriber, shall receive forty dollars for both or twenty for either and necessary charges paid by EZEKIEL P. BELDEN, Capt. L.D. April 30th 1718.
Citation
Ezekiel P. Belden, advertisement for Elijah Plummer and Bass, Connecticut Courant, May 12, 1778, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4625.