Henry Smith, Samuel Sherman, and Ithamer Granger
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DESERTED from the subscriber, HENRY SMITH, SAMUEL SHERMAN AND ITHAMER GRANGER, soldiers inlisted and mustered for the three year's service, in the American army: Said Smith is twenty years old, five feet six inches high, light complexion, redish hair, a resident of Pittsfield, has a little of the Dutch pronunciation in his speech; Sherman is forty-two years old, five feet [...] inches high, grayish eyes, short gray hair, dark complexion, a resident of Pittsfield, is an excellent singer and dancer. Granger is twenty-three years old, five feet eleven inches high, lightish eyes, black hair, light complexion, a resident of Worthington. --- Whoever will take up said deserters, and return them to the subscriber, or secure them in any of the public Goals, and notify the subscriber of the same, shall receive TEN HARD DOLLARS for each or either, and necessary charges paid by WILLIAM WALKER. Superintendant for the county of Berkshire. Lenox, March 21, 1781.
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William Walker, advertisement for Henry Smith, Samuel Sherman, and Ithamer Granger, Connecticut Courant, April 17, 1781, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4678.