John Strong
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away from Elisha Hale, Constable, on the 2d instant, JOHN STRONG, under an arrest for passing counterfeit eighty dollar bills, continental currency of the emission of January 1779; is a thick set fellow, has short black hair, about 5 feet 9 inches high. Whoever will take up said prisoner and return him to me, or secure him in any goal and give me intelligence so that I can have him again, shall have the above reward and necessary charges paid, per ELISHA HALE Constable. Glastenbury, July 10 1780.
Citation
Elisha Hale, advertisement for John Strong, Connecticut Courant, July 18, 1780, accessed June 9, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4674.