Dunstable
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber, on the 23d Instant, a Negro Boy named Dunstable, about fifteen Years of Age, pretty large and somewhat pitted with the Small Pox on the Nose, which is to be seen if carefully observed; had on when he went off a blue Coating Jacket, lined with blue Bays, with small Pewter Buttons, a Pair of Raven Duck Trowsers, pretty much worn, and an Oznabrigs Shirt. Whoever will take up said Boy and bring him to me the Subscriber, shall have three Dollars Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid by ASHABEL BURNHAM. N.B. It is supposed that the Boy went off with another Boy, belonging to Capt Willis of this Place, as they were see together the Evening he went off. Middletown, October 26, 1774.
Citation
Ashbel Burnham, advertisement for Dunstable, Connecticut Journal, November 4, 1774, accessed June 6, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5510.