Simon
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
25 Dollars REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Montgomery, Orange county, on the night of the 13th inst. a NEGRO MAN, named Simon, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, stout built and very black, plays very well on the violin and took one with him - he also had on and took with him, two pair of trowsers, one of nankeen and the other of thickset; two waistcoats, one swansdown and the other white dimity, one muslin shirt, a blue broadcloth coat, a new fur hat, a good pair of calfskin shoes, two pair of stockings, one of white cotton the other of mixt linen, and a bandanae handkerchief on his neck. Whoever will appregend said negro and return him to the subscriber or confine him in any jail so that he may be had again by his owner, shall be entitled to the above reward, and necessary charges. MAHER WIGTON. Montgomery, Nov. 15, 1803.
Citation
Maher Wigton, advertisement for Simon, Connecticut Courant, February 16, 1803, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4922.