Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1755.06.23

NYGWPB.755.031
23 Jun 1755:31 (647)
A mulatto Negro, named Tom, ran away from Joseph Harris, of
Beekman's precinct, in Dutchess county, being the same
fellow formerly advertised, that then belonging to the heirs
of Barent Van Kleck, deceased . . .can read, write and
cipher, play well on a violin:  Whoever takes up said Negro,
and secures him in any goal shall receive five pounds, York
currency . . . [signed] Joseph Harris.