Cyrus
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ten Dollars Reward! RUN-away from the subscriber the 3d instant, a Negro man, named CYRUS, about 22 years of age, near six feet high, well built, speaks good English; had on and took with thim a felt hat, a home-made light brown great coat, a straight bodied coat and vest much the same colour, also a dark brown coat and blue vest, a short red soldiers coat, 2 shirts and 3 pair trowsers made of new tow cloth, 1 apir blue and white woolen stockings, 1 pair pale blue do.----Whoever will take up said Negro, and return him to his master, or give information where he may be found shall have the above reward and all necessary charges paid, by JONATHAN ROOT. Southington, July 9, 1784.
Citation
Jonathan Root, advertisement for Cyrus, Connecticut Courant, July 20, 1784, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4725.