Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1771.08.26

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Index Entry Holliday, John R, owner of runaway servant named Roberson, John, singer 
Location Baltimore 
Citation
PC.771.059
19-26 Aug 1771:1243 (241)
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.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Chronicle 
Date 1771.08.26 
Publisher Goddard, William 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0033591
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