Peter and Harry
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN-away from Isaac Smith, of Dutchess County, State of New-York, on the 8th day of May last, a Negro Man named PETER, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high, black but not of the blackest sort, thick lips, he was at Deerfield about the first of June last, and proposed going down Connecticut to look for work. Run-away at the same time a Negro man belonging to Lewis Graham, a middle-size fellow, about 30 years old, some marked with the small pox. very talkative, he was lately in the State of Vermont and very narrowly escaped being taken, and now supposed to be gone to look for the above-mentioned Negro, his name is HARRY. Ten Dollars reward and all reasonable charges shall be paid for either of them, by ISAACH SMITH, and LEWIS GRAHAM. Dutchess County, November 15, 1782.
Citation
Isaac Smith and Lewis Graham, advertisement for Peter and Harry, Connecticut Courant, November 26, 1782, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4697.