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Title	1783, Run away notice of William, Harry and John of New Paltz, N.Y.
Creator	Hasbrouck, David; Lefever, Nathaniel; Lefever, Andries
Date.Original	1783-08-18
Publisher.Original	New York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury
Description	Notice dated August 18, 1783 offering a reward of five dollars each for the return of three run away slaves, named William, Harry, and John. The slaves ran away together from David Hasbrouck, Nathaniel Lefever, and Andries Lefever, Jr.
Subject.LCSH	African Americans Slaveholders
Subject.TGM	Slavery Fugitive slaves Clippings
Subject.AAT	clothing
Subject.Local	Hasbrouck family Lefever family Lefevre family
Personal Name	Hasbrouck, David Lefever, Nathaniel Lefever, Andries
Location	New Paltz - Ulster County - New York
HRVH Topic	African Americans
Language	eng
Format.Original	newspaper clipping from microfilm
Resource Type	Text
Source	New York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury, August 25, 1783
Resource Identifier	Aug25_1783_FiveDollarsRewardaHead.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
Holding.Institution	Historic Huguenot Street
Contact.Information	Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information.
Transcript	Five Dollars Reward a Head, RUN-away from the subscriber, on Saturday the 16th inst. three negro men, who is likely will keep together; one of them is named William, a slim fellow, 27 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, has a remarkable scar across his nose, speaks very good English and Low Dutch: Had on when he went away an old brown coloured coat, and a blue cloth jacket, a pair of new spotted breeches, and linen stockings. Another fellow goes by the name of Harry, about 5 feet 7 inches high, about 30 years of age, had on a linsey Woolsey coat coloured grey, a white jacket of ditto, striped over-hawls, and new shoes; took with him a pair of white linen breeches. The third is called John, about 39 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, well set, has a remarkable scar on his upper lip; Had on a brown cloth coat, a blue cloth jacket, linen breeches, and black trowsers. Whoever secures the above negroes, so that their masters may have them again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by us, DAVID HASBROUCK NATHANIEL HASBROUCK ANDRIES LEFEVER, JUN. New-Paltz, in Ulster County, August 18, 1783.
Metadata Creator	Stessin-Cohn, Susan

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