Boston
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ran away from the subscriber, the Evening next following the 8th instant, a negro man named Boston, a stout, thick-set fellow, of middling stature, about 30 years old, very black: Carried away with him one striped tow shirt, one old check'd ditto, one old holland ditto, a new great coat, and close bodied ditto, both brown, and home-made, the great-coat trimm'd with flowered pewter buttons; and a snuff coloured velvet jacket. - Whoever will take up said Negro, and return him to me the subscriber at Plainfield, in Connecticut, or secure him in any of his Majesty's goals, shall have FIVE DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid by ISAAC COIT. Aug. 9th, 1770.
Citation
Isaac Coit, advertisement for Boston, Connecticut Gazette, August 24, 1770, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5410.