Runaway ad for Will Rigg (sic)

Item

Identifier
NJS-SRC-00628
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Item
Runaway ad for Will Rigg (sic)
Headline
STOP THE RUNAWAY!
Publication
New-Jersey State Gazette
Place of Publication
Trenton
Date of Issue
23 January 1793
Date Submitted
19 January 1793
Page
3
Description
Note that the name printed in this advertisement "WILL RIGG" is a typographical error. Another version of the same advertisement was printed concurrently in the newspaper the Guardian, or, New Brunswick Advertiser. That other version prints the name of the man as "Will Grigg," which is believed to indicate a connection with the Griggs family.
Transcript
STOP THE RUNAWAY!

ABSCONDED on the 12th instant, an indented black man named WILL, but calls himself WILL RIGG, after a former master. He lately belonged to Caesar Trent, a negro in Princeton—is a likely active fellow, pleasant countenance, about five feet five inches high, has a defect in one of his legs, wears a false queu and his hair frized at the temples—speaks good English—had on a round hat, blue surtout with white metal buttons, a light drab cloth coat with covered buttons, a corduroy waistcoat, fustian breeches, rib'd worsted stockings much darn'd, and large white metal buckles in his shoes—he is well known at Trenton, Princeton and Flemington, and has been seen at these places with a bundle, the contents unknown.—Any person apprehending the said fellow and bundle, and conveying them to the subscriber at Philadelphia, shall receive a reward of EIGHT DOLLARS, and all reasonable charges—and those who harbour or conceal him, may rely on being prosecuted.

EDWARD DUNANT

Philadelphia, January 19, 1793 20 5w
Language
English
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker

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