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Davis, Ignatius.
Thirty dollars / reward. / Ran away, on the
22d of August last, a handsome Negro lad, / named
/ Arch, / about twenty years of age - the property
of the sub- / scriber - of a yellow complexion,
talks sensible and artful, but if close / examined
is apt to tremble; he is rather under the size of
a man, active - / made, with small legs, and has
a ridge, or scar on the back of his neck. He had/
on and took with him, a new Russia-sheeting shirt,
an old Irish linen, and an old / country linen
ditto, a pair of old black everlasting breeches,
a pair of oznabrig / trousers, and an old hat,
though he probably will part from his cloathe,
and pro- / cure others if an opportunity offers,/
I live in Maryland, near Frederick-Town, and will
pay the above reward, / if the said fellow be
taken sixty miles, or any further distance from
homo; or a / half dollar per mile, for any distance
under, in case he be secured in any goal [1] / so
that I get him again; and if brought home reason-
able charge, by / [signed] Ignatious Davis. /
Frederick-county, September 7, 1791. / [double
rule] /
Prederick-Town : Printed by John Winter,// [1791]
broadside. 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm.
"This appears to have boon an annual event in
Arch's life. He so far succeeded as to reduce
the amount of the reward to ten dollars in 1793. "
Evans.
Evans 23314.
NHi, NN.
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