Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1755.06.30

NYGWPB.755.034
30 Jun 1755:41 (648)
A mulatto Negro, named Tom, ran away from Joseph Harris, of
Beekman's precinct, in Ditches 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.