Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1775.08.30

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Index Entry Alderton, John, runaway servant, plays fife and drum 
Location Wilmington 
Citation
PG-P.775.023b
30 Aug 1775:23 (2436 Supplement)
Wilmington, New-Castle County, July 11, 1775.  Run away,
last evening, from the subscriber, an English servant man,
named John Alderton, a barber by trade, about 22 or 23 years
of age, . . .[3 lines] pretends to play on the fife or beat
a drum.. . . [6 lines and then] and it is believed that he
will endeavour to pass for a free man, and offer himself to
some of the militia companies for a fifer or drummer.. . .
[4 lines].
[signed] William Brobson, Barber


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1775.08.30 
Publisher Hall and Sellers 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0037185
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