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=51473 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: May 26 1726 Article Description: Two Servant Lads, Richard TICKUM and Evan EDWARDS, Run Away From Their Masters. Article Text: Run away from their Masters two servant lads, viz. one on the 19th of May, from Joseph BUCKLY of Philadelphia, Merchant, named Richard TICKUM, born in Malbrough in Wiltshire, about 18 or 20 years of age, by trade a Baker, he has dark coloured short hair, a pea jacket, an ozenbrig shirt, jacket and breeches, a dark grey pair of stockings, a pair of wooden heel'd shoes, and a fine hat much torn in the brim. The other run away at the same time, from Benjamin RHODES, Brick-layer. He is about 17 or 18 years of age, named Even EDWARDS, a saddle-tree maker by trade, pretty tall and full fac'd, with short black hair, he had on an old felt hat, a brown drugget coat, no jacket, a pair of old leather breeches, and a pair of light grey worsted stockings. Whoever takes up said run away or either of them, so that they may be had again, shall have forty 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