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PC.771.058
12-19 Aug 1771:1203 (240)
Run away, last night, from the subscriber's plantation,
about 10 miles from Baltimore, two convict servants. . . [6
lines, David Toole.]
John Roberson, an English convict boy, about four feet
high, and about fourteen or fifteen years old, has very
black hair, black eyes, and a good complexion, he is a very
smart talkative boy, and can read and write pretty well . .
. [11 lines, clothing taken and worn.] Whoever takes up
said servants and secures them, so that their master gets
them again, shall have thirty shillings, if taken about
twenty miles from home. . . [3 lines, further terms, signed]
John R. Holliday. July 25, 1771.
N.B. The boy has a good voice, and is fond of singing.
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