Job Francis
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber the 23d of September last, an apprentice Lad, named Job Francis, 19 years of age, […] feet 8 or 9 inches high, well set, long black hair, dark eyes - carried away with him a peach coloured coat and vest and […] pair of black breeches, he can work at the blacksmith's business. Whoever will take up said apprentice and return him to his master, shall have One Penny reward and no charges paid. WILLIAM BURRIT. N. B. All masters of vessels and others are forbid harbouring him on penalty of the law. Woodbury, March 9, 1785.
Citation
William Burrit, advertisement for Job Francis, Connecticut Courant, March 29, 1785, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4735.