Prince Perkins
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
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Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. MADE his escape from NEW-GATE Prison, on the 23d of June instant, a Negro man named Prince Perkins, sentenced to said Prison for burglary, about 35 years old, about five feet ten inches high, of a yellow black, a thick stout built fellow, had a scar on his head occasioned by a blow, had on a brown tow Cloth Frock and Trowsers, a pair of old Shoes and an old felt Hat, has a pass from Henry Dagget Esq. of New-Haven, which he may probably shew. Whoever will apprehend said negro, and secure him in any Goal in the United States, and give information, or return him to said Prison, shall have the above reward and necessary charges paid by PETER CURTISS, PRISON KEEPER. Granby, June 24, 1791.
Citation
Peter Curtiss, advertisement for Prince Perkins, Connecticut Courant, June 27, 1791, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4797.