Dick
Newspaper
Date
Runaway(s)
Location
Reward
Transcription
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscriber the 7th inst. a MOLATTO fellow, named DICK, 22 years of age, about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, middling thick, pitted with the small pox, walks wide with his knees, pretty surly look: had on when he went away a tow shirt and trowsers, took with him an old chock'd shirt and leather breeches, which he may have since put on. Whoever will secure the said fellow so that I may have him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges paid, by
JOB MULFORD.
Staatsburgh, (State New-York) Oct. 8, 1782.
N.B. It is likely he will offer to enter on board some vessel to go to sea, or attempt to get within the enemy's lines - All masters of vessels are cautioned against carrying him off; and those who live near the sound, are desired to prevent his going to Long Island.
RUN away from the subscriber the 7th inst. a MOLATTO fellow, named DICK, 22 years of age, about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, middling thick, pitted with the small pox, walks wide with his knees, pretty surly look: had on when he went away a tow shirt and trowsers, took with him an old chock'd shirt and leather breeches, which he may have since put on. Whoever will secure the said fellow so that I may have him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges paid, by
JOB MULFORD.
Staatsburgh, (State New-York) Oct. 8, 1782.
N.B. It is likely he will offer to enter on board some vessel to go to sea, or attempt to get within the enemy's lines - All masters of vessels are cautioned against carrying him off; and those who live near the sound, are desired to prevent his going to Long Island.
Citation
Job Mulford, advertisement for Dick, Connecticut Journal, October 24, 1782, accessed June 7, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/5625.