Boatswain
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber the 24th instant, a Negro BOY, named Boatswain, 16 years of age, large of his age, very black, born in this state, had on and took with him a dark homemade coat, jacket in overhalls, a mixed homemade great coat, an old beaver hatt, one check woolen and one striped linen shirt, a pair of new shoes with a large square buckles. Whoever will take up said Negro and return him to his master, shall receive Four Dollars reward and reasonable charges paid, by EBENEZER PLUMMER. Glastonbury, April 30, 1785.
Citation
Ebenezer Plummer, advertisement for Boatswain, Connecticut Courant, May 10, 1785, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4737.