Will
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Language Skills
Reward
Transcription
RUN away from the subscriber the 22d instant, a negro man named WILL, 22 years of age, talks something broken English; had on a red scarlet broad cloth coat, one old scarlet soldier coat, the buttons marked with the number 40, two brown vests, two pair leather breeches, one pair white ditto, one pair blue ditto, one pair new trowsers, five pair stockings, 2 pair deep blue others pale blue, one pair shoes, one pair half boots, a fiddle, oen new black Barcelona handkerchief, one spotted ditto, one grey surtout coat, and sundry other articles. Whoever will take up said negro and return him to me, or secure him so that I may have him again, shall receive TEN DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid, by ALEXANDER McNIEL. N.B. Said Negro is supposed to be made off towards the enemy. Litchfield, May 23, 1777.
Citation
Alexander McNiel, advertisement for Will, Connecticut Courant, May 26, 1777, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5516.