Runaway ad for Harry, by Lambert DeCamp (Centinel of Freedom)
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-01524
- Source Type
- Runaway Advertisement
- Headline
- TEN DOLLARS REWARD
- Author
- Lambert DeCamp (1733-1814)
- Publication
- Centinel of Freedom
- Place of Publication
- Newark
- Date of Issue
- January 12, 1802
- Date Submitted
- January 12, 1802
- Page
- 3
- Description
- Note that the date of submission date written at the bottom of the advertisement says January 2, 1802, but this is presumed to be a typographical error, and most likely should be January 12. The events described took place on "2d or 3d" of January, and the ad was certainly written by the subscriber after January 3. The ad first appeared in the January 12, 1802, issue of the Centinel of Freedom.
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TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Rahway, near Bridge-Town, Middlesex County, the 2d or 3d instant, a NEGRO MAN, named HARRY, about 21 years of age, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout made, middling dark complexion, with a scar on his left hand a little back of his thumb, occasioned by inoculation for the small pox — had on and took with him, a great-coat, tight-coat, waist-coat and trowsers, all of mixed homespun, black and white, all new; also, a new roram hat; also, a striped thin under waistcoat; also, two pair of stockings and two pair of shoes, one pair of thin calf skin; also, a striped woolen shirt, blue and white, one ditto white linen. Whoever will apprehend said Negro and deliver him to the subscriber, or confine him in any gaol and give information so that he may be had, shall be entitled to the above reward and all reasonable charges paid by
LOMBERT DE CAMP
January 2, 1802.
76-3w. - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
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