Prince
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUN-away from the subscriber on Monday night last a Negro Boy named Prince, about 5 1/2 feet high, a scar in his right temple reaching into the hair a little higher than the eye, has broad shoulders, spindle shanks, a very long foot, and speaks broken English; had on when he went away a light coloured homespun coat new, with large metal buttons; carried away a blue coating surtout and fiddle, stole sundry articles of cloathing-some money, and other things are missing. Whoever will take up said boy who is nearly 20 years of age, and return him to me in East-Windsor, shall receive Ten Dollars and all necessary charges paid, by John Watson. East-Windsor, May 3, 1795. N.B. 'Tis supposed he has steared his course towards Boston, or into Rhode-Island state.
Citation
John Watson, advertisement for Prince, Connecticut Courant, May 4, 1795, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4852.