Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1755.08.14

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Index Entry Deserter, American drummer, named Williams, Edward 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.755.138
14 Aug 1755:52 (1390)
Philadelphia, July 31, 1755,  Absented themseves from his
majesty's service, the two following recruits, belonging to
the regiment of his late excellency General Braddock, viz.
George Alcorn . . . [4 lines]
  The other named Edward Williams, born in Portsmouth, five
feet five inches high, about 18 or 19 years of age, has blue
eyes, fair complection, very talkative, beats on the drum,
and is supposed to go towards Kent on Delaware and Maryland. 
Whoever brings the said recruits to Adolph Beneel, at the
Indian King, in Philadelphia, shall have a guinea reward for
each, and reasonable charges.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1755.08.14 
Publisher Franklin, B., and D. Hall 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1755 
Bibliography B0036126
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