Frank or Francis
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
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Reward
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STOP THE RUNAWAY. RUN AWAY, on the 6th inst. a Negro Man, of a pretty dark complexion, named FRANK or FRANCIS, about 27 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout and acrive, speaks both low Dutch and English, has a scar above one of his eyes, shews his teeth very much when laughing, is very fond of taking care of gentlemen's horses, at taverns: had on when we went away, a greenish colored twilled great coat and trowsers, a dark mixt short coatee, a striped swansdown vest, and a stout pair of laced shoes: took with him a pair of pantaloons, the color of his coat, with some other clothes. A reward of 20 dollars and all reasonable charges will be paid to any person who shall detect said negro and deliver him to his master, or secure him in any goal so that his master may get him again. GARRIT VAN DER VEER, at Flatbush, King County, Long Island, or at No. 63, Maiden-Lane, New-York. All persons are forbid harboring said negro at their peril. April 13.
Citation
Garrit Van Der Veer, advertisement for Frank or Francis, Connecticut Courant, April 30, 1806, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4934.