Citation - Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia: 1780.02.05

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Index Entry Bird, Mark, owner of runaway Negro named Jack who plays violin 
Location Buck's County 
Citation
PP-P.780.024
5 Feb 1780:41
One Hundred Pounds Reward.  Ran away from the subscriber,
living in Reading, Bucks County, on the night of the 15th of
November last, a Negro man named Jack, about twenty-four
years of age, about five feet nine inches high, has a
remarkable swagger in his walk, very complaisant, plays on
the violin, speaks the French and English languages well,
and can read and write:
. . . [8 lines on clothes worn and reward terms]
[signed] Mark Bird.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Packet-Philadelphia 
Date 1780.02.05 
Publisher Dunlap, John 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0040548
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