John Alger
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Five Dollars Reward. RUN-AWAY from the subscriber on the 23d of December last, an indented lad named John alger, about nineteen years of age, he is about five feet ten inches high, of a light complexion, light hair, has worked with me at the shoemakers business.---He took with him a new light coloured great coat, two pair breeches, three vests, three pair of stockings, two pair shoes, one napt hatt. Whoever secures the lad so I may have him again shall have the above reward; or if the lad will return of his own accord directly and faithfully serve out his indentures, I will forgive him the past error and do well by him. The subscriber wishes to employ one or two good Journeymen Shoe and Boot-makers. JONATHAN HAND. Wethersfield, Jan. 1, 1796.
Citation
Jonathan Hand, advertisement for John Alger, Connecticut Courant, January 4, 1796, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4869.