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PG-P.779.042
24 Nov 1779:23 (2580)
Two Hundred Dollars Reward. Ran away from the town of
Reading, Berks county, in the night of the 13th instant, a
Negroe man named Jack, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8
inches high; had on, when he went away, a red cloth coat, a
white jacket, leather breeches, and scollopt hat, but as he
has sundry other clothes with him, it is likely he may
change his dress; he plays on the violin and other
instruments of music; speaks the English and French
languages, has a sprightly walk, and is remarkably
complaisant when spoken to. He eloped some time ago from
his master at Baltimore, and passed for a freeman, until
apprehended and put in the work-house at Philadelphia, from
whence he was lately purchased; he is a cunning designing
fellow, and it is likely he may forge a pass, and travel the
country as a freeman. Whoever secures said Negroe in any
goal in the continent, shall have the above reward, and all
reasonable charges, paid by [signed] Mark Bird.
Birdsborough, Nov. 14, 1779.
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