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CJ-NH.776.021
3 Jul 1776:43 (455)
Six dollars reward. Deserted from the Row Galley, Whiting,
in New Haven, the 26th instant, a transient person called
William Smith, cloth'd with a brown jacket much worn, a
check'd shirt, a pair of leather breeches much patch'd, hat
bound with yellow ferrit, about 5 feet 10 inches high, a
down look, pretends to be a farmer, used to play on the
fiddle, and says he belongs to Boston government, was put
into New Haven goal some time since by the committee of
Derby, was taken out of goal by consent of Col. Fitch, on
condition of paying charges and inlisting on board said
galley. Whoever takes up said Smith, and secures him so
that the subscriber may have him again, shall be intitled to
the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid, by
[signed] John M'Cleave. New-Haven, 27th June, 1776. N.B.
He past the ferry to the eastward.
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