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=50978 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: July 30 1724 Article Description: Richard BRUSTALL, Robert CLARK, and Benjamin HERRING Have Runaway From Service on the Ship London Hope. Article Text: Whereas Richard BRUSTALL, a short thick sett man, having a bluber lip with a rume or watter continually running from his mouth, had very bad teeth, drest in a short pea jacket and no hair. Robert CLARK, of a midle stature, having black hair somewhat waiving, aged between 40 and 50 years, goes in a short pea jacket. Benjamin HERRING, a little man with white eyebrows, short curled hair of a light sandy couler, aged about 20 years, being all covenanted servants to John ANNIS, Commander of the ship called the London Hope (now lying at Jonathan DICKINSONS Wharfe) have absented themselves and run away from the said John ANNIS's service, and whereas the said John ANNIS's Executors is accountable at the ships return to England for the said servants, these are herefore to desire all persons, as well as masters of ships and other vesels, not to imploy or entertain the aforesaid persons, or either of them, but to apprehend, take up, and secure the said persons, or either of them, and! at a reward for so doing, William and Thomas ANNIS doth hereby promise to pay, for each person secured, the sum of 20 shillings, and reasonable charges. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com