Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1773.04.15

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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
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