James Lee
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run-away from the subscriber, an Apprentice-Boy, bound by the hon. selectmen of the town of Lichtfield 'till he was 20 years old, an apprentice boy named James Lee. Said boy was moored in the west part of Lichtfield, and has slipt his cable in the ship!! Dispersed from his moorings, (with saucineis to every passenger in his road!!) -- Said boy is of lightish and freckled complexion, a lightish or yellowish hair, short and curled; had on when he went away a coarse London-brown broad cloth coat, fustian overalls, a sale striped vest, one pair of cotton stockings or a linen do. one cockt-up castor hat, one felt do. Whoever will return said boy, shall have the above reward, and all necessary charges paid, by PHINEAS SMITH. N.B. All persons are forbid harbouring said boy, on penalty of the law. Lichtfield, July 11, 1790.
Citation
Phineas Smith, advertisement for James Lee, Lichtfield Monitor , July 12, 1790, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5327.