Pero
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ten Dollars Reward. RUnaway from the subscriber, the night after the 22d instant, a Molatto fellow named PERO, about 23 years old, well set his short curl'd hair lately cut, about 5 feet 4 inches high, had on when he went off a light brown coat, a stript linnen waistcoat, shoes and stockings, a white tow shirt, a strip'd woolen ditto, a Pair of two trowsers, a newish felt hat, and some other cloathing. whoever will take up said Fellow, and deliver him to me, or confine him in any of his Majesty's goals, and send me word, shall have the above reward, and all necessary charges paid, by me SAMUEL TURNER. Hartford, August 23d. 1773. All Masters of Vessels and others are forbid harbouring, concealing, or carrying off said Fellow at their Peril.
Citation
Samuel Turner, advertisement for Pero, Connecticut Courant, September 28, 1773, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5500.