Frenchmen
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
LAST Saturday night 5 prisoners run away from the several place where they were at work in this town: They were Frenchmen taken at the northward, are dark complexioned and speak very little English. Whoever will secure either or all of said fellows in any goal shall have 5 dollars reward for each and chrages paid by Ez'l. WILLIAMS, D. C. P. Hartford, Aug. 11, 1778.
Citation
Ez'l. Williams, advertisement for Frenchmen, Connecticut Courant, August 18, 1778, accessed December 18, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4635.