York
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RAN-away from Josiah Willabie, of Goshen, in Litchfield County, on or about the 19th of October last, a NEGRO MAN, named YORK (formerly belonged to Colonel Pitkin, of Hartford) he is about 51 Years of Age, and of a middling Stature; had on, as is suppos'd, a pale red Duffil Great Coat, a blue strait bodied Ditto, and an old Pair of Shoes. Whoever shall take up said Negro, and confine him in the nearest Gaol, and send Word to said Willabie, shall have One Dollar Reward, and all necessary Charges paid. Nov. 4, 1776.
Citation
Josiah Willabie, advertisement for York, Connecticut Journal, November 20, 1776, accessed June 6, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5290.