A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Kent http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=640 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51477 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: February 23 1725 Article Description: Richard BURK and Peter BARBER, Servants, Run Away from Thomas PARKE of Kent County. Article Text: Run away the 19th of January last, from Thomas PARKE of Kent-County, two servant men, the one named Richard BUR, an Irish man, aged about 26 years, of short stature, short dark brown hair, fresh complection, he had on him a yellowish drugget vest, and under it a course blue serge wast-coat, with eylit holes laced to his body, a pair of leather breeches, an old hat, round toe'd shoes, white yarn stockings, and two new ozenbrigs shirts. The other named Pater BARBER, an English man, aged about 22 years, of short stature, short black hair, and fresh complection, his apparel is a dark colour'd drugget vest and a striped Holland vest and breeches, and a striped tickin vest, a pair of new ozenbrigs trousers, & a new shirt of the same, an old hat narrow brim'd, round toe'd shoes and a pair of new dark colour'd yarn stockings. They have stolen a new dark colour'd kersey jockey coat, a large silver spoon, and several other things. Whoever secures the said servants so that I may have them again, shall have 5 pounds reward, or 50 shillings for each of them, paid by me Thomas PARKE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com