Citation - New York Journal-Poughkeepsie: 1780.07.03

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Index Entry Fiddle, played by runaway Negro named Joe 
Location Oswego 
Citation
NYJ-P.780.016
3 Jul 1780:23 (1884)
Five hundred dollars reward.  Run away the third instant,
two Negro men, one named Joe or Joel, about 30 years of age,
a likely well made fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high, not
very black, has a small impediment in his speech when
talking fast, an indifferent good fiddler. . . [8 more lines
describing his clothes, and the other run-away] Three
hundred dollars as a reward, will be given for the first
mentioned Negro, and two hundred for the last. . . [2 more
lines, signed] Joseph Reynolds.  Oswego, June 3, 1780.


Generic Title New York Journal-Poughkeepsie 
Date 1780.07.03 
Publisher Holt, John 
City, State Poughkeepsie, NY 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0029061
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