Runaway ad for Jim, by John Durling
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01385
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- Twenty-five Dollars reward
- Author
- John Durling
- Publication
- Trenton Federalist
- Place of Publication
- Trenton
- Date of Issue
- September 22, 1806
- Date Submitted
- September 16, 1806
- Transcript
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Twenty-five Dollars reward.
Ranaway from the subscriber, living in the township of Hardwick, county of Sussex, State of New Jersey, on the 28th August last, a NEGRO MAN, named Jim, about five feet, seven or eight inches high, thick lips, speaks slow, dark yellowish complexion. In the 23rd year of his age, his left fore finger stiff, occasioned by a cut on the joint; had on when he went away, a tow shirt and trousers and swansdown waistcoat; took with him a drab green coat half worne. Any person who will take up said runaway and return him to his master, or secure him in any gaol so that he can get him again, shall receive above reward and all reasonable charges.
JOHN DURLING
Hardwick, September 16, 1806. 95-3w pd - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
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