A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51470 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: May 26 1726 Article Description: Two Sailors, John HALL and Archiba HALL, Desert from the Ship Betty. Article Text: Two sailors deserted from the ship, Betty, Timothy WILLIAMSON, on Monday the 16th at 6 in the evening, both Scotch men, the one named John HALL, a short black man, his own black short hair, wearing a light coloured pea jacket, a pair of large silver buckles on his shoes. The other named Archiba HALL, his own brown hair, a think complection, and pitted with the small pox, he has on a dark pea jacket, both aged about 28 years. Whoever takes up and secures them so that they may be had again, shall have 40 shillings as a reward for each, and reasonable charges. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com