old patch'd Jacket, lightish colour d Great Coat, ozenbrigs Trowsers, good Shoes, and a Pair of Shoe-Packs. The other named Richard Lane, this Country-born. . . . Whoever secures the said Servants, so that their Master may have them again, shall have Four Pounds Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Benjamin Thompson.
N. B. They took with them two Guns, one long the other short, and a middle siz'd Dog, that goes by the Name of Gunner, and when he's travelling paces. — The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 8, 1743. . . .
Trenton, March 25, 1745.
Taken up, about 6 Months ago, as a Runaway, and now is in Trenton Goal, one John Parra, a well set Fellow, about 24 Years of Age, and pretends to know something of the Hatter's Trade. If no Person claims him before the first Day of May next, he will be sold for defraying his Charges. By Order of the Court.
William Brown, Under Sheriff.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, April 4, 1745. . . .
Strayed or Stolen on the 15th of April past, off the Commons of this City, a black Horse, about 15 Hands high, eight Years old last Spring, a little Star in his Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder B L. Whoever brings the said Horse to the Subscriber, shall have Ten Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
George Miller.
— The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 27, 1745. . . .
RUN away, the 24th of last Month, from Bennet Bard, of Burlington, a Mulatto Spanish Slave, named George, aged about 24 Years about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, smooth-faced, well-set, and has his Hair lately cut off, speaks tolerable good English, born at the Havanna, says he was several Years with Don Blass, and is a good Shoemaker : Had on when he went away a corded Dimity Waistcoast, Ozenbrigs Shirt and Trowsers, no Stockings, old Shoes, and a new Hat. Whoever takes up and secures said Fellow, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Forty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by
Bennet Bard.
—The Pennsylvania Gazette, August, 1745. . . . .
