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MJ.779.006
5 Oct 1779:23 (6/41 315)
Ran away from the subscriber, in Westmoreland county,
Virginia, on Thursday the 26th of August a likely Negro
fellow named Billy, 20 years of age, about 5 feet high,
stout made, remarkably bow legg'd, lisps a little, looks
very sullen when accused of any thing, plays well on the
fiddle, has been brought up in the capacity of a house
servant from his childhood, he carried with him a new
fiddle, a new coat made of superfine green cloth. . . [16
lines on clothing and reward terms.]
[signed] Catesby Jones
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