Tom
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber on the 9th March last, a black indented Boy named Tom, 18 years old last October, about five feet nine or ten inches high, stout made, very black, but good looking. Had on when he went away a dark London brown great-coat, an almost new homespun mixed colored coat, vest and trowsers old, with some patches on coat and trowsers, a small old wool hat, thick boots. Whoever will take up said boy and return him to the subscriber, his master, shall be entitled to the above reward. MARTIN LAWRANCE. Northeast, Dutchess County, N.Y. April 2, 1818
Citation
Martin Lawrance, advertisement for Tom, Connecticut Courant, April 7, 1818, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5266.