Runaway ad for Nell (alias Bets), by John P. Poillon

Runaway ad for Nell (alias Bets), by John P. Poillon
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-00665
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Headline
Fifteen Dollar Reward
Author
John P. Poillon
Publication
Guardian, Or, New-Brunswick Advertiser
Place of Publication
New Brunswick
Date of Issue
May 31, 1810
Date Submitted
May 28, 1810
Page
3
Transcript
Fifteen Dollars Reward.

Ran away from the subscriber, on Sunday last, a negro woman by the name of Nell, and has also called herself Bets, about 32 years old, an Indian looking mulatto, a square built wretch of middling size and has a scar on her upper lip, had on a black chip bonnet and callico gown, brought up to all kinds of house work, the above reward and reasonable charges shall be paid any person who may apprehend said wench and return her, or secure her so that her master gets her again.

JOHN P. POILLON.

Richmond County, Staten Island, May 28 1810.
Language
English
Archive
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival Collection
Loose Newspaper Collection (Ac. 3193)
Archival Location
Box 27, Folder 15.
Record Contributor
Xandria McKinley
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