Ephraim Smith
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN-AWAY; THE 30th of June last, from Dr. ELIOT RAWSON of Middletown, in the Colony of Connecticut, an assigned Servant, Ephraim Smith, born on the East Side of the great River in said Middletown, about 26 Years of Age, of middling Stature, perhaps about 5 Feet 7 Inches high, has black short Hair, dark but not Black eyes, rather small, and when he opens them wrink'es up his Forehead and seems to strain his Eye-Lids, his Hair grows low in the Middle of his Forehead, his Teeth tolerably good, but, note well, one of his lower Teeth a little shorter than the rest, when he laughs has a large Dimple in his Cheek, when he walks, carries his Toes out more than common, talks with some Hesitation, has been used to Farming and Cooking, and has liv'd with a Shoemaker. - Whosoever shall take up said Runaway, and secure him in any of his Majesty's Goals, and give Information shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS Reward and all necessary Charges paid. Published by Order of Doct. ELIOT RAWSON. Middletown, July 7, 1768.
Citation
Eliot Rawson, advertisement for Ephraim Smith, Connecticut Courant, July 18, 1768, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4793.