Giles Hollister
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber on the first instant an apprentice boy named GILES HOLLISTER, 18 years old, light complexion, about 5 feet 10 inches high, carried with him a brown hat, green the under side, two check'd shirts, one white do. two pair of trowsers, one pair of nankeen breeches, one dark brown coat, one drab coloured do. one jane do. one eleastic vest, one brown do. one do striped cotton, one frock, two pair of stockings, one pair shoes. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to me shall receive a generous reward, but no charges paid. All persons are forbid harbouring or employing said boy on penalty of the law. CHARLES SMITH. Glastenbury, Aug. 2, 1796.
Citation
Charles Smith, advertisement for Giles Hollister, Connecticut Courant, August 8, 1796, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4881.