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NHG-P.762.026
21 May 1762:33 (294)
Sixty Dollars Reward. Run away from Mess'rs Bodkin and
Ferrall of the Island of St. Croix, on the first day of July
1760, a Negro man named Norton Minors, is by trade a caulker
and ship carpenter and plays upon the fiddle, a black
fellow, was born and bred up at Capt. Marquand's at Newbury,
who sold him to Mr. Cradock of Nevis from whom the above
gentlemen bought him, is about 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high,
near 40 years of age, speaks good English, can read and
write, and is a very sensible smart spry fellow, has a
remarkable bright eye, he has been seen at and about Newbury
sundry times since his elopement. Whoever takes up and
secures the said Negro man, so that he may be delivered to
the subscriber, shall receive sixty dollars reward, and all
reasonable charges paid by Henry Lloyd.
N.B. All persons whatever, are caution'd against harbouring
or concealing said Negro, or carrying him off, as they may
depend on being prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law.
Boston, April 19, 1762.
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