Tim
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
May 12, 1774 RUN-AWAY Last night from Elisha Miller, of Lyme, a Negro fellow named Tim, about 28 years of Age, small of stature; had on a white Felt Hat, grey home-made Kersey Great Coat, one blue serge Jacket, and one striped Kersey Ditto, two striped Waistcoats, one striped flannel Shirt, one check'd Linen Ditto, strip'd Wollen Trowsers, snuff-colour'd Breeches, two pair Stockings, one Pair Shoes, one Ditto Pumps. Whoever will take up saif Fellow. and bring him to, or secure him so that his said master may have him, shall have Ten Dollars Reward, and all neccesary cahrges paid by Elisha Miller.
Citation
Elisha Miller, advertisement for Tim, Connecticut Gazette, June 3, 1774, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5503.