Bud, Nabey, and Lettice
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Three Hundred DOLLARS Reward. LAST night ran away from the subscriber, a Negro man and Negro girl, the man about 25 years old, thick, well built, speaks low, and shews his teeth when he speaks, has a down look, this country born, his name is BUD, the girls name is NABEY a short thick sett full faced girl, about 20 years old, low spoken, a subtle crafty creature; it is most likely their design is to get on board some privateer, and its probable the girl may be dress'd in mens cloaths; the man is about 5 feet 8 inches high, both well cloathed. Whoever shall take them up and return them to me, or give such notice of their being secured, as I can obtain them, shall have the above reward of three hundred dollars, two hundred for the man only or one hundred for the girl only, and reasonable charges paid, by EDWARD HINMAN. Woodbury, May 31, 1779. FIFTY dollars reward will be given to any one who will return to the subscriber in Woodbury, a Negro girl named LETTICE, about 24 years of age, trim built and speaks good English, who it is supposed went away with the above Negroes. EPHRAIM HINMAN.
Citation
Edward Hinman and Ephraim Hinman, advertisement for Bud, Nabey, and Lettice, Connecticut Courant, June 8, 1779, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4651.