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VGR(DN.780.009
16 Aug 1780:41 (76)
Forty pounds hard money reward. For taking and delivering
to me near Fauquier court-house, the four following Negroes,
who run away the 9th instant, viz. . . [descriptions of 2
men]
Mark, about 25 years old, a stout able black fellow, about 5
feet 8 inches high, born in the island of St. Jago, and
speaks the Portuguese language; by his talk is easily
discovered to be foreigner, very active, and remarkable for
his ingenuity; and although he has worked with a stone mason
and brick layer, has no particular trade by being capable of
doing something at almost every kind of business, blows the
French horn, can play on the fiddle, whistles many tunes
well, and to be heard at a surprising distance, is fond of
marches and church music, particularly that belonging to the
Roman Catholick religion, which he professes; carried with
him a twilled woollen jacket, a pair of red trousers, one or
more white shirts, and some of brown linen, and a wool hat.
I cannot give a particular description of his dress which I
expect his inginuity will vary as often as he finds it
necessary. He has the mark of a cut on the outside (I
believe) of his left hand. . . [description of another man,
signed] William Allason. Fauquier, July 12, 1780.
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