Silvanus Merit
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
ONE CENT REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber on the 28th of April, an indented apprentice boy by the name of SILVANUS MERIT; had on when he went away, a light coloured coating great coat, coates, and trowsers, striped vest, and brown felt hat; light complexion, eighteen years of age. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to the subscriber, shall have the above reward and necessary charges paid. All persons are forbid trusting or harboring said boy on penalty of the law. CHARLES CAMBOURG. Hartford, May 5, 1800.
Citation
Charles Cambourg, advertisement for Silvanus Merit, Connecticut Courant, May 12, 1800, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4902.