Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1776.06.17

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Index Entry Buckley, Peter, Jr, owner of runaway Negro named Sye who plays violin 
Location Colchester 
Citation
CC-H.776.018
17 Jun 1776:32 (595)
(Twenty dollars reward)  Run away from the subscriber, a
mustee fellow named Sy, about 5 feet 5 inches high, about 25
years of age, has short curl'd hair nearly resembling a
Negroes, well built, had on when he went off, a thick jacket
of a mix't colour, black and white, striped trowsers,
buckles in his shoes, a striped flannel under jacket, a
check linen shirt blue and white, a white holland shirt, a
felt hat, has a fiddle with him, his upper lip very short,
and has altered his name to Joseph Symonds.  Whoever takes
up said Negro, and secures him, or returns him to his
master, shall have twenty dollars reward, and all accessary
charges paid by 
[signed] James Rogers, late of New London, Great Neck. New
London, March 8, 1776.


Generic Title Connecticut Courant 
Date 1776.06.17 
Publisher Watson, Ebenezer 
City, State Hartford, CT 
Year 1776 
Bibliography B0012786
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