Robert Smith and Dick
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the night after the 15th inst. a Servant Boy, named ROBERT SMITH, about 18 years of age, about 5 feet 4 inches high, dark hair and eyes, had on and carried with him a light coloured great Coat, two brown homespun body Coats, two Vests do. two pair Breeches do. one pair speckled calicoe Breeches, one Vest do. one pair speckled calicoe Breeches, one Vest do. two check'd Shirts, one white do. two pair blue yarn Stockings, one pair white do. one furr Cap, and one caster Hat.---Also, a Negro Man named DICK, about 5 feet high, thick set, talks broken, one of his toes on each foot grows above the rest, had on and took with him, two brown homespun Coats, two Vests do. two pair Breeches do. one velvet Vest, one old great Coat, two check'd woolen shirts, one pair blue yarn stockings, one pair white do. one old hat. Whoever will take up and return to me in Hartford, or secure in any goal in this state, said Boy and Negro, and give me notice, shall be entitled to a reward of Ten Dollars and all reasonable charges paid, or Five Dollars each. ISAAC SHELDON. Hartford, Dec. 21.
Citation
Isaac Sheldon, advertisement for Robert Smith and Dick, Connecticut Courant, December 31, 1782, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4699.