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424 To be SOLD, the Time of a CLOCK and WATCHMAKER, Who has about Three Years to serve. For further Particulars, enquire at the Pain TING-OFFICE. Yalbot County, December 26, 1767. AVING been lately robbed of a considerable Sum of Money, and am informed, by good Authority, that a Negro Man, commonly known by the Name of Berry’s Abel, with the Affitance of his reputed Wife, (already in Custody) hath committed the Theft. Idoereby offer a Reward of Turez Pistones,,to be paid to any Person or Persons that shall —, and bring him before John Galdsbo rough, Efgs one of the Magistrates for this County. Said Negro is about 30 Years of Age, 5 Feet 9 Inches high, rather lofty than otherwise: Had on, and took with him, a Castor Hat, almost new, a blue Cloth Coat, and a Country Cloth Jacket, Buckskin Breeches, a Pair of Boots, and a Great Coat. He likewise took with him a light gre coloured Horse, about 14 Hands high. is bilow, I’m told, was for merly a Slave, the Property of Mr. Fopd Berry, but lately received his Freedom, as a Step judged Neces sary to be, in order to quiet effectually some Scru les of Conscience, the Owner religiously entertained, in consequence of his keeping Negroes in Slavery ; yet, nevertheless, it is now presumed, that said Ne gro, hath, since his Change of Condition, had the principal Direction of all the Roguery carried on by the Negroes of his Acquaintance ; seeing his present Situation encourages him to offer for Sale (with greater Boldness) the Effects unjustly obtained by them, as the Produce of his own Labour. 6 ANDREW MEIN. COMMITTED to Kent County Jail, on Suspi cion of being Runaways, a certain William Hudson, and James Smith, who say they are Ser vants to William Groves of Baltimore County. = — Their Master is desired to take them out of Jail, or they will be sold for their Fees. ( 6) J. NICHOLSON, Sheriff of Kent County, Annapolis, February 3, 1767: HIS is to give Notice to all Gentlemen, and others, That the Subscriber, who has, for several Years past, serv’d Mr. William Reynolds, as Hostler, has now rented his Stables, where he pro fes (as he is furnished with every necessary Article in that Way) to keep a LIVERY STABLE; and hopes he will be enabled to give the utmost Satis faction to any Person that may please to employ him in the above Way. 16 ) PETER HARTLAND, Baltimore Town, January 11, 1768* OMMITTED to my Custody, on Suspicion of being Runaways, and are now lying in Joppa ail, the following Persons, wiz. A Negro Fellow, who calls himself JACK, about Feet 4 Inches high, appears to be 50 Years old, is of a yellowish Complexion, and can hardly speak to be understood. He says his Master’s Name is George Cros, who lives near Queen Anne. ELISABETH BRYAN, a thin visage d Woman, of Small Stature, has a high Nose, and is very handy at her Needle. She says she served her Time in Philadelphia, to one of the Name of Tolly. MICHAEL CBILDER, about 5 Feet 2 or 3 Inches high, he is full faced, and about 20 Years of Age; and says he bound himself to a certain William Green field, in Patapsco Neck, in Baltimore County. Now lying in the Jail in BALTIMORE Town, JOHN HINES, an Irifoman, says he is a Servant to William Hide, near Bladensburg, is about 35 Years of Age, 5 Feet 8 Inches high, and has been lately shot in the left Thigh, near his Ham, which he says was done in Virginia, when he formerly ran away . He wears a grey Wig, has a new white Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and Country Stockings and Shoes. A Negro Fellow, about 30 Years of Age, is 5 Feet 8 Inches high . He appears to be a new Negro, and seems to say he belongs to Addison, near the Water. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, alias MALONE, a Painter by Trade, and appears to be the same as is advertis’d in the Philadelphia Papers, by John Gratton, of Brox’s Gap, in Augusta County, Virginia. Whoever owns any of the above Servants or Slaves, are desired to come, and fetch them away, within the Time limited by Law, and to pay Fees and Charges, otherwise they will be sold for the same, as the Law directs. (8 ) DANIEL CHAMIER, Sheriff of Baltimore County.
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Annapolis Maryland Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Thu, Feb 18, 1768
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