A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Bucks http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1749 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51876 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: November 18 1731 Article Description: Servant Named John WOOD Runs Away From His Master, Issac NORRIS Article Text: Run away the 19th of this instant October, from Isaac NORRIS of Fairhill, a servant man named John WOOD, a slender active man, about 22 years of age, his hair cut off, thinish but lively vasage, born as he says at Birmingham in Great Britain, came a servant from Bristol in 1730. He is a Carpenter and Sawyer, and has been a sailor, and about two weeks ago cut his leg with an ax, above and on one side his instep, is well cloathed, and has taken away much others, fiz. a good leather jacket and breeches with brass buttons, a fine but worn Sagathee coat without cuffs, several, perhaps four or six white and spekle shirts, a good broad cloth coat with no cuffs, a riding coat, a new lightish brown druggett jacket lin'd with shalloon, strip'd Holland jacket and breeches, a pair of duroy breeches the pure white silk, a new fine hat, and light brown wigg & cap, & is supposed several other things. Also black trotting gelding about seven years old, mark'd E on the near shoulder, and a ! notch in the far ear, no white about him, save a snip on his upper lip, a good whole skirted saddle, bridle and spitt boots. Whoever shall take up the said servant and horse, and brings them to me, or secures them that I may have them again, shall have forty shillings reward, besides reasonable charges, paid by Issac NORRIS. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com