James Simons
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. DESERTED from my company, in Colonel Alden's regiment, about the 19th of July last, from Fort Stanwix; JAMES SIMONS a Soldier, about five feet eight inches, dark complexion, black hair, and between thirty and forty years of age; belongs to Colrain in the Massachusetts state, and is supposed to have gone that way. Any person who will apprehend said Simons, secure and send him to General STARK at Albany, or to his regiment wherever it shall be; shall receive the above reward and necessary charges, paid by ASA COBURN, Capt. Fort Stanwix, July 24 1778.
Citation
Asa Coburn, advertisement for James Simons, Connecticut Courant, October 13, 1778, accessed September 12, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4637.