Runaway ad for Sam and Jim, by John Schenck and John Dye

Runaway ad for Sam and Jim, by John Schenck and John Dye
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-01159
Source Type
Runaway Advertisement
Headline
Sixty Dollars Reward
Author
John Schenck
John Dye
Publication
Dunlap & Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Issue
April 29, 1795
Date Submitted
April 29, 1795
Page
2
Description
Note that the surname of the first subscriber, listed in the newspaper as John Schinck, is presumed to refer to the Schenck family of Princeton.
Transcript
Sixty Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscribers, two Negro men; one named Jim, about twenty years of age, five feet ten inches high, a little lame in one of his feet, occasioned by some of the small bones being displaced, and has a small lump on the outside of his foot; had on a green coat, striped overalls, grey great coat, blue stockings, and a rorum hat. The other named Sam, about nineteen years of age, five feet ten inches high, had on a grey linsey coat and jacket, corduroy breeches, an old rorum hat, grey great coat, and black or grey stockings. They were traced from Trenton to Philadelphia, and are supposed to be lurking about the city, or gone towards Baltimore. Whoever will take them up, and secure them in any gaol, so that the subscribers get them again, shall have the above reward and all reasonable charges.
JOHN SCHINCK,
JOHN DYE.
Princeton, New Jersey, April 29
Language
English
URL
https://slavery.princeton.edu/sources/sam-and-jim
Record Contributor
Princeton & Slavery Project
Kayra Guven
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