Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1771.04.29

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Index Entry Fiddle, played by runaway Negro named Ishmael, kept rosin in trunk 
Location Albany 
Citation
NYM(G.771.069
29 Apr 1771:24 (1018)
Run-away from the subscriber living in Ball-Town, in the
patent of Kayaderosseros, alias Queensborough, in the county
of Albany, on the 26th of August last, a Negro man named
Ishmael, about 6 feet 3 inches high, about 30 years of age:.
. .  [5 lines describing clothing and what he carried away,
including:] a fiddle which he carried in a red bag, and a
small hand-trunk where he kept his rosin; he plays on the
fiddle, and is supposed to have got a forged pass, and is
remarkable for the largeness of his feet; said Negro
formerly belong'd to Capt. Samuel Richards, of Norwalk, in
Connecticut. . . [4 lines about reward and contact, signed:]
Eliphelet Kellog.


Generic Title New York Mercury (Gaine) 
Date 1771.04.29 
Publisher Gaine, Hugh 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0030083
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