Peter
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 105 Location: Gosport, Hampshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: Just a Snippet |
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Run-Away From The Subscriber About Eight Weeks Ago
A young Negro man named John, of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 4 inches in height; he has been in the habit [of] serving the Newspapers about the country sometimes from which circumstances he is pretty generally known. Tippy is a name by which he is also known. It is supposed he is harboured at the Canaries Estate, where he has a wife, or at the estate of G. W. Mardenbrough. Esq. at Monkey-Hill, where he has a brother.
All persons are Cautioned not to Harbour or Employ, and Masters of Vessels against carrying him off the Island. A suitable Reward will be paid on his apprehension and delivery to the subscriber, from whose service he has absented himself without any cause whatsoever.
G. Cable
28 September 1813
St. Christopher Advertiser & Weekly Intelligencer. No. 325, Vol.VII, 5 October 1813 |
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