Cato
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. Ran away from the subscriber, in Lyme on the 7th Instant, a NEGRO MAN named CATO, about 25 years of Age about five feet and a half high, thick set, yellow Complexion; carried away with him a considerable large Pack of Wearing Apparel, among which were a mixt coloured blue and white full'd Cloth ditto, blue Ratteen Vest and Breeches, two checkt woollen Shirts, two chekt linen ditto &c. Whoever will take up said Negro, and return him to me, shall have the above Reward, paid by JONATHAN WARNER Lyme, Nov. 14, 1789. N.B. Said fellow has with him a forged Pass--the Person who secures him, is requested to secure that likewise.
Citation
Jonathan Warner, advertisement for Cato, Litchfield Monitor, December 5, 1789, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5313.