Joseph Sherry
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Run-away from the subscriber, on the night of the 30th of September last, and apprentice boy named Joseph Sherry, aged about nineteen years, small of stature, and dark complexion. Whoever shall take up and return to me said boy, shall have a gerous reward. And all masters of vessels and others, are forbid harbouring, concealing, or carrying off said apprentice, on penalty of the law. ELIJAH METCALF. East-Haddam, October 10, 1787.
Citation
Elijah Metcalf, advertisement for Joseph Sherry , Connecticut Journal , October 24, 1787, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5535.