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SCAGG.777.017
8 May 1777:33 (756)
Deserted from the Comet Brigantine of war, the following
men. . . [15 lines, runaway slaves:] George Rogers, a
Negro, passes for a free man, speaks good English, and is a
short, thick, well made fellow; Black Sam, belonging to
Thomas Savage, Esq., and is a good drummer and fifer; also
another Negro man named Joe, the property of Mr. Savage,
pretty old, and has sailed formerly in the brigantine
Defence. A reward of ten pounds currency will be given on
the delivery of each of the above mentioned men to me; and
for an[y] information of their being harboured or enticed
away by any person whatever, the same reward shall be paid
the informer. I hereby publickly acquaint all persons who
keep houses of entertainment for seamen, that I am fully
determined to prosecute with the utmost rigour of the law
all persons who shall be found harbouring or enticing away
from the service (in which they have freely and voluntarily
engage[d]) the above men. Edward Allen.
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