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PC.768.122
26 Sep-3 Oct 1768:2962 (90)
Nineth Month 232, 1768.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
In seventeen hundred and sixty-eight,
Of a runaway servant I'll relate;
In the eighth month the twenty-first,
Which is commonly called August,
He from his master ran away,
It being on a Sabbath-day;
Some particulars I will relate,
The first his hair is dark and strait,
His eyes and visage both are dark,
And the small-pox hath left its mark;
He has a hobble in his walk,
And a mutter in his talk;
His age I don't exactly know,
But I believe near thirty-two;
An Englishman both born and bred,
And a barber is by trade;
William Tyler was his name,
But I have heard he chang'd the same;
About five feet six inches high,
And very apt to swear and lie.
He has been much used to the sea,
And had a shot went thro' one knee,
Which makes that leg less than the other,
And something shorter than the t'other;
By his account when got that scar,
He was on board a man of war;
In diverse places he has been,
And great part of the world hath seen;
A scholar good, and for his clothes
They homespun are, as I suppose;
An old felt hat and bearskin vest,
With a striped ditto, when he's drest,
And good strong shoes; with strings to tie,
Which he is apt to tread awry;
He takes tobacco and strong drink,
When he can get 'em, I do think.
Whoever secures said servant man,
And sends him home soon as they can,
Shall receive the above reward,
Which I will pay upon my word,
With charges all that may accrue,
Which shall be paid as soon as due;
In Bradford township where I dwell,
And so my name I think to tell,
Therefore in print I'll let it stand,
Which you may see at your right hand.
[signed] JOHN TOWNSEND.
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