Noco
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
Ten Dollars Reward ! RUNAWAY, ON Sunday night last, from the subscriber, a negro boy named Noco, aged about 18 years; pretty slim built, about 5 feet 8 inches high, walks with his toes turned out very much. Wore and carried away a great coat of foxest cloth, drab color, nankeen jacket and overalls; an old felt hat and new shag hat; one white and one striped shirt; two pairs of shoes, and a pair of half boots. Any person who will return said boy to me, or safely lodge him so that I can obtain him, shall have Ten Dollars reward and necessary expenses. All persons are forbid employing, trusting or harboring said boy on penalty of the law. WALT S. AVERY Waterford, October 2, 1804
Citation
Walt S. Avery, advertisement for Noco, Connecticut Gazette, October 3, 1804, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5563.