| Index Entry | Negro, runaway named Sam, plays violin |
| Location | New York |
| Citation | NYM(G.776.013 19 Feb 1776:41 (1271) Forty shillings reward. Run-away from Col. John Reid, on Wednesday the 30th day of January, inst. a Negro man named Sam, born in New-Jersey, formerly lived in Doctor Mercer's family: [12 lines of physical description] He carried with him a violin, on which he plays. . . [4 lines about capture] |
| Generic Title | New York Mercury (Gaine) |
| Date | 1776.02.19 |
| Publisher | Gaine, Hugh |
| City, State | New York, NY |
| Year | 1776 |
| Bibliography | B0030339 |