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Title	1811, Run away notice of Philip of Mamakating, N.Y.
Creator	Cornell, Thomas; Sears, Elnathan H.
Date.Original	1811-05-07
Publisher.Original	The Plebeian Newspaper
Description	Notice dated May 7, 1811 that a 22 year old slave named Philip ran away in October, 1810. A thirty dollar award is being offered to the person who delivers him to Thomas Cornell or Elnathan H. Sears.
Subject.LCSH	Slaveholders
Subject.TGM	Slavery Fugitive slaves Clippings
Subject.Local	Cornell family Sears family
Personal Name	Cornell, Thomas Sears, Elnathan H.
Location	Mamakating - Sullivan County - New York
HRVH Topic	African Americans
Language	eng
Format.Original	newspaper clipping
Resource Type	Text
Source	The Plebeian Newspaper, December 31, 1811
Resource Identifier	Dec31_1811_ThirtyDollarReward.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	2007
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/aa07
Digital.Collection	African American Presence in the Hudson Valley
Transcript	Thirty Dollars Reward. RAN away in October last, a yellow man, by the name of PHILIP, 22 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches high, broad shouldered, stoops very much in his walk, one of his little toes has been cut off, speaks English and low Dutch, uses tobacco: he was bought as his own particular request, and was to have had his liberty in three years. Whoever will deliver him to THOMAS CORNELL, at New York, or to ELNATHAN H. SEARS, at Mamakating, Sullivan county, shall receive the above reward. May 7th, 1811.
Metadata Creator	Stessin-Cohn, Susan

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