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NHG-P.767.061
31 Jul 1767:42 (565)
15 Dollars Reward. Runaway from their masters Mr. John
Mills, Mr. Richard Mills, and Mr. Jonathan Ayers, of
Portsmouth, last Sunday evening, three servant boys, viz.
Joseph Lewis, about 20 years of age, five feet four inches
high, thick set; had on a light colour'd lapell'd bearskin
coat, black callimanco jacket, what breeches is
uncertain.--Benjamin Walton, about 18 years of age, five
feet four inches high, has black strait hair, had on a blue
camblet coat, red cloth jacket, strip't cotton shirts, &c.
has a fiddle with him and is fond of the musick; both of the
above deserters are chairmakers--And Samuel Arekinson, in
his nineteenth year, about five feet six inches high, strait
limb'd fellow,wears his own hair; had on a blue serge coat,
black cloth jacket, green serge breeches, but it is
apprehended he will change his dress, as he has with him a
short blue jacket, and short wide trowsers, is a shoemaker
and has some tools with him.--Whoever takes up said
runaways, and conveys them to their masters in Portsmouth,
New-Hampshire, shall receive fifteen dollars, for the three,
or five for either of them.--All masters of vessels, and
others are forbid harboring or carrying off said servants,
as they would avoid the penalty of the law in that case
provided. Portsmouth, July 23d 1767.
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