Runaway ad for Will Rigg (sic), by Edward Dunant
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-00628
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- STOP THE RUNAWAY!
- Author
- Edward Dunant (1764-1813)
- Publication
- New-Jersey State Gazette
- Place of Publication
- Trenton
- Date of Issue
- January 23, 1793
- Date Submitted
- January 19, 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.
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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
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Runaway ad for Will Grigg, by Edward Dunant
- Mentions
- Caesar Trent (d. 1813)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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