Runaway ad for Charles, by William Van Ort
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01381
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- Ten Dollars Reward
- Author
- William Van Ort
- Publication
- Trenton Federalist
- Place of Publication
- Trenton
- Date of Issue
- December 2, 1805
- Date Submitted
- November 28, 1805
- Transcript
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Ten Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, living at Monmouth Court-house, New Jersey, on the night of Tuesday the 26th inst. a NEGRO MAN named Charles, 23 years old, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, black complexion, thin visage, limps a little in walking, has a sore or lump under his right ear; Had on or took with him a rorum hat half worne, a brown broad cloth coat with yellow buttons, blue nankeen coat, two summer waistcoats, one spotted and the other striped, one pair homespun striped pantaloons of a lightish colour, buttoning at the bottom, a pair blue nankeen breeches, stockings and shoes. Whoever will take up said runaway and return him to the subscriber, or secure him in any goal in New Jersey, so that his master may get him again, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges. All persons are forbidden harbouring or employing said Negro on the penalty of the law.
WILLIAM VAN ORT.
Monmouth, N.J. Nov. 28, 1805.
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N.B. The said Negro lately belonged to Mr. John Anderson, innkeeper in Trenton. - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
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