Citation - New York Weekly Journal: 1740.07.07

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Index Entry Eagon, alias of John Higgins, runaway Irish servant, singer 
Location New York 
Citation
NYWJ.740.015
7 Jul 1740:41 (344)
Run away about a month ago one John Higgins alias Eagon a
servant man about 27 years of age, of a middle stature thin
faced; had on a gray jacket with trowsers thin black hair;
an Irish man who served part of his time with one Wright, in
Long Island, is apt to get in liquor and then delights much
in singing, he was seen here at New York, this week with a
black eye Whoever secures the said Higgins alias Eagon and
delivers him to me at New York, shall have a pistole reward
and all reasonable charges paid by.  New York, July the 5
1740: [signed] William Cosby[,] Sheriff.


Generic Title New York Weekly Journal 
Date 1740.07.07 
Publisher Zenger, John Peter 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1740 
Bibliography B0031447
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