Phillis
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Five Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on the 4th inst. a Negro Girl, named PHILLIS, aged twenty-three years, had with her a large bundle of clothes, is tall, and slender, (except about the waist) has large prominent eyes, and flat nose. Whoever will secure said wench, so that the owner may obtain her, shall receive the above reward, and all necessary charges paid. All persons are forbid harboring said wench, on penalty of the law. GARRIT De WITT. Milford, August 5, 1805.
Citation
Garrit De Witt, advertisement for Phillis, Connecticut Herald, August 13, 1805, accessed June 6, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5384.