Index Entry | French horn, played by runaway Negro named Pompey |
Location | Burwell's Frry |
Citation | VGW(HU.773.046 15 Apr 1773:42 (1133) Run away from Burwell's Ferry, about the 1st of February last, a Negro boy named Pompey, about eighteen years old, five feet three inches high, remarkably black, and proportionately made; he is a native of Africa, speaks English tolerably, stoops when he walks, and plays on the French horn. . . [8 lines] [signed] John Goodrich, Junior. |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
Date | 1773.04.15 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1773 |
Bibliography | B0048606 |