Peter
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
RAN away from the subscriber, on the night of the 21st instant, a NEGROE BOY, 20 years of age, named Peter, a very short thick set fellow; wore away a black and white mixt colour'd coat and vest, deer skin breeches, check'd woolen shirt, dark black and blue stockings, strings in his dhoes, and a new felt hat; he also carried away, a blue and white mixt colour'd coat, another woolen shirt, dark colour'd great coat, and black everlasting breeches, and some other articles. Any person who will take up said Negro and return him to his master, or secure him, and give information so that his master can find him, shall have a handsome reward and all reasonable charges paid by MOSES PLATT. Huntington, Connecticut 22d Feb. 1791.
Citation
Moses Platt, advertisement for Peter, Litchfield Monitor, March 9, 1791, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5539.