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Virginia Gazette (Hunter),
Williamsburg, July 17, 1752.

Petersburg, July 15, 1752. RAN away from the Subscriber, a Negroe Man, named Emanuel, about 25 Years of Age, about 6 Feet 2 Inches high; had on when he went away, a Pair of Shoes with Buckles, no Stockings, a Pair of short brown Cloth Breeches, a check 'd Shirt, a dress'd Buckskin Vest, without Sleeves, he carried with him a Book or two: He lately came from New-York, in the Sloop Henry, and talks good English; and pretends to talk Spanish, and to be a Frenchman. Whoever secures him, so that I may have him again, shall have Three Pistoles Reward, and all charges paid, by John Brown.

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  • Reprint: Windley, vol. 1, p. 28.

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