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NYGWPB.766.044
26 Jun 1766:33 (1225)
Five pounds reward. Ran away about the 12th of August,
1764, from the subscriber in Morris County, Roxbury
Township, New Jersey, a Negro man named Joe, but has called
himself, and is since known by the name of Lewis, a
sprightly nimble fellow, about 20 years of age. . . [2 more
lines] speaks good English, and plays on the fiddle. . . [12
more lines] Whoever takes up the said Negro, and brings him
to me in Roxbury, or to Mr. Hugh Gaine, in New York, or
secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, giving due
notice, shall receive five pounds New York money reward, and
all reasonable charges.
[signed] Augustin Reid. . . [3 more lines warning ship
captains]
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