Harry P. Gorson
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
3 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber in July last, an indented boy, named Harry P. Gorson, about 15 years of age: wore away a cotton shirt, a pair of settinett pantaloons, a yellowish vest, mix’d stockings, a pair of coarse shoes, and a palmetto hat. Whoever will return said boy shall receive the above reward. All person are forbid harbouring or trusting said boy on my account.
Elisha Case
Canto, August 17, 1830
RANAWAY from the subscriber in July last, an indented boy, named Harry P. Gorson, about 15 years of age: wore away a cotton shirt, a pair of settinett pantaloons, a yellowish vest, mix’d stockings, a pair of coarse shoes, and a palmetto hat. Whoever will return said boy shall receive the above reward. All person are forbid harbouring or trusting said boy on my account.
Elisha Case
Canto, August 17, 1830
Notes
Incongruency of the dates
Citation
Elisha Case, advertisement for Harry P. Gorson, Connecticut Courant, August 18, 1829, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5015.