Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1763.03.31

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Index Entry Lippett, Christopher, owner of runaway Negro named Newport who plays violin 
Location Providence 
Citation
NYGWPB.763.033
31 Mar 1763:13 (1056 Supplement)
Ten Dollars Reward.  Run away from his master, Christopher
Lippett, of Providence, in the colony of Rhode Island, a
Negro man, named New-Port: He is about five feet two inches
high, very thick set, a comely, sensible fellow, speaks very
good English, has a scar under one of his eyes, has been a
house Negro, and waiter to a gentleman, has a forged pass
with him, obtain'd of some bad person; took away with him
money and some good cloaths, among them a scarlet cloath
jacket & breeches: He plays on a violin very well. . .  [8
lines, instructions for receiving the reward]


Generic Title New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy 
Date 1763.03.31 
Publisher Holt, John 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1763 
Bibliography B0026766
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