August
1836:
Eli Middleton fails to return from an errand
$100
Reward.
Ran away from the subscribers, on the 11th instant, a Negro man by the
name of Eli Middleton. He is about 24 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high,
a dark brown color, sleepy look, talks very slow and droneish, and rarely
speaks without being spoken to. He was sent to Nanjemoy Neck, Charles county,
Md. with a large bay mare and colt, which he delivered on the 6th, and
left there on Thursday, the 11th, at night.
The
said Negro ran away about four years since, (at which time he was the
property of the heirs of Mr. Askins, of this place) was taken and lodged
in Montgomery county jail at Rockville, Md., passing under the name
of Harris. We are apprehensive he has a forged pass or free papers.
The
above reward, with all reasonable charges, will be paid to any one
who will deliver him to us in Alexandria, or secure him so that we
get him again.
J.
& W. H. Irwin.
Aug 16.
Source:
The Globe (Washington, D.C.),
24 August 1836. |
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