Runaway pickup notice for Matthew Fairfax and Levi Brown, by Peter Keenon

Runaway pickup notice for Matthew Fairfax and Levi Brown, by Peter Keenon
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-00663
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Headline
TWO NEGROMEN
Author
Peter Keenon (d. 1814)
Publication
Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser
Place of Publication
New Brunswick
Date of Issue
March 27, 1801
Date Submitted
March 4, 1801
Page
4
Description
Matthew's last name was printed as FAIKFAX in the newspaper, but this seems to be a typographical error intended to represent the name Fairfax.
Transcript
TWO NEGROMEN,

WERE Committed to my custody on the first day of January last, —MATTHEW FAIKFAX, black, about five feet eight inches high, and about 25 years old, speaks quick, and plays on the violin, had a forged pass, from Fairfax county in Virginia, and from his dialect, supposed to be from Maryland or Virginia. —LEVI BROWN, a mulatto, says he is from Pennsylvania, about five feet eight inches high, stout made, and about 20 years old, both say they have been brought up to the farming business —If they are not claimed by their masters on or before the 26th instant, they then will be sold to pay charges and goal fees.

PETER KEENON, Keeper of the prison of Middlesex county

New-Brunswick, New-Jersey, March 4, 1801. } 19--4w
Language
English
Archive
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival Collection
Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193)
Archival Location
Box 27, Folder 15
Keywords
Pickup notice
Record Contributor
Kate Jackson
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