Derry and Dan
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
RAN away on Monday Night the 28th Instant, a negro Man named DERRY, about 27 years of age, six feet and about 2 inches high, pretty slim, looks a little cross eyed, his feet very extraordinary large and long, carried with him one caster Hat, two checked woolen Shirts, one old checked holland Do. one white homespun Do. one streaked linen So. two pair of old brown linen Trowsers, one pair of striped linen Do. one darkish brown woollen Vest and one dark do. one short outside dark woolen Jacket with white lining, one darkish woolen Coat with white lining without pocket lids, one mixed Surtout, one pair of brown wolen Breeches, and striped cotton Vest, one pair of pale blue Stockings, one pair of white cotton Do. one pair of mixed blue and white Do. one bark silk stampt Handkerchief, one checked linen Do. marked D, and one fiddle, and plays some but not well. And another negro man named DAN, about 5 feet 8 inches high, pale complexion, about 22 years old, took with him two checked woolen Shirts, a calf-skin under Jacket, a knapsack, brown under Jacket, and one pair blue seemed wolen Stockings.---Whoever will take up said negroes, and return them to the subscribers in Chatham, shall have a generous reward and necessary expenses. JOSEPH BLAGUE. JONATHAN BUSH. N. B. They have had a mind to go to sea, and it is supposed that they have ran away for the same purpose. This is therefore to forbid all masters of vessels and others harbouring them on their peril. October 29th.
Citation
Joseph Blague and Jonathan Bush, advertisement for Derry and Dan, Connecticut Courant, November 19, 1782, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4695.