Cato and Jack
Newspaper
Date
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN-away from the subscriber in Wethersfield, on the 11th inst. a clumsy negro boy, named Cato, about 19 years old, of a yellowish complexion, had on a short light brown homespun Coat, black Vest, and linen Trowsers, a brown home-spun great Coat. Whoever will return said negro to me in Wethersfield, or secure him, where I can have him, shall be generously rewarded. Elisha Williams. N. B. He is supposed to be in company with a negro named Jack, who went off with him. Wethersfield, May 12, 1793.
Citation
Elisha Williams, advertisement for Cato and Jack, Connecticut Courant, May 13, 1793, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4826.