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Indentured Servant Ads
Four slaves/indentured servants missing; one of them belonged to the late Major William Tate. An advertisement primarily for a runaway Irish indentured servant, who was in jail but escaped, along with a runaway slave. Irish indentured servant, named Thomas Macoun, who ran away along with a slave. Ad fears that the runaway slave will be sold by his companion, possibly in Pennsylvania. Irish servant, run away, suspected of having gone on to New York, has changed his name. It's feared that he's being harbored by other Irish people. Irish servant and a slave, who may have run away together. Slave and an Irish man (James Tobin) captured.
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