James Steward
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
10 Dollars Reward. Runaway from the subscriber, on Tuesday night last, An indented servant, named James Steward, he is 17 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches high, stocky built, has a scar on his upper lip; Wore or took with him one Caster Hat, one felt do. one Long Blue Coat, one Short Brown do. one White Dimity Vest, one Nankeen do, two Holland shirts ruffled at the bosom, two Checked Woolen do one Frock, three pair shoes, one pair Booteys, two pair Cotton stockings and a number pair woolen do with many other articles of wearing apparel. It is supposed he has gone off with a Mulatto fellow, about 20 years of age, and a Mulatto girl about the same age.
Citation
Josiah Phelps, advertisement for James Steward, American Mercury, July 26, 1798, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5296.