Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New Haven: 1762.09.25

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Index Entry Chapman, Samuel, owner of runaway Negro named Newport who plays violin 
Location Tolland 
Citation
CG-NH.762.019
25 Sep 1762:42 (390)
Run away from his master Samuel Chapman of Tolland, on
Friday night last, a Negro man servant, named Newport. . .
[9 lines describing appearance of servant]. . . speaks good
English, and can play well on a violin. . . [4 lines
describing terms of return] Sept. 6, 1762.  [signed] Samuel
Chapman. . . [2 lines forbidding ship masters from "carrying
off said Negro."]


Generic Title Connecticut Gazette-New Haven 
Date 1762.09.25 
Publisher Parker, James, and Co. 
City, State New Haven, CT 
Year 1762 
Bibliography B0013460
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