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VGW(HU.777.044
17 Oct 1777:21 (1385)
Bland's Ordinary (Prince George) Oct. 4, 1777. Run away
from the subscriber last night, a likely young Negro wench
named Hannah (daughter of Sykes's doctor) 18 or 19 years of
age, a middle stature, a good deal like her father, the well
known fiddler. This is the third time of her elopement
since the spring, and I am satisfied she was formerly
harboured by ill disposed persons, who may do so again,
unless made aware that I am determined to prosecute them, if
detected, and therefore promise a reward of ten pounds on
conviction of the offender, if a free person. Hannah was
dressed in a fine Virginia cloth jacket, bound at the skirts
and sleeves with pieces of calico and Virginia cloth, linen
handkerchief, a black chip hat, and shoes and stockings, she
is fond of dress, and has other clothes that I cannot
describe. Her hair was lately cut in a very irregular
manner, as a punishment for offences, and may now be easily
discovered. She is very insinuating, a notorious thief, and
liar, and will endeavour to pass as a free person, or frame
some plausible excuse for her absence. If brought home to
me by any person (white or black) I will give eight dollars
reward. [signed] Thomas Fenner.
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