Bristor
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Rahway, Middlesex County, State of New Jersey, on the 4th instant; a NEGRO MAN named BRISTOR - he is about Twenty-Seven years old, but has a younger apperance - He is five feet, three or four inches high, heavy made, black round face, short curled hair, and has a rolling walk - he is fond of smoking and chewing tobacco, has a large scar across the back of one of his Hands, and has a small Scar on his Right Foot, a little below the Instep. What Cloaths he had with him is uncertain, but he had on, or carried with him, a Short Blue Broad Cloth Coat, and White Vest and Striped Trowsers. Whoever will take up said NEGRO, and return him to the Subscriber, or secure him in any Goal so that he may be got again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges. WILLIAM EDGAR, Junr. Or application may be made to P. W. Gallaudet, Hartford. Rahway, New-Jersey August 19, 1802.
Citation
William Edgar Jr., advertisement for Bristor, Connecticut Courant, April 27, 1803, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4924.