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" ."UARY 22 - 21,1.14 TH CITIZE
PAG NINE
U derground Railroad-Its Emancip to
d Its Fugitiv
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Twenty-eight fugitives girl-the girl has a thumb
had escaped from the east-, or fmger 0 her left hand
ern shore of Maryland and (part of it) cut off,· the
this letter is written un- children are from 9 months
knowingly by the slave to 8 years old. (The
ow r to th« Underground youngest a boy 9 months
Railroad- agents. Bounty and the oldest whose name
hunt�rs W6'e common then, is Uoyd is about 8 years
and this slav« owner, in his old). The husband of Susan
. hast� to recover his "prop- (Joe Viney) started off with
erty, II did not check the her. He is a slave belongin
source of the inquiry. to gentleman in Alexan-
dria D.C. He is about 40
Part VI of T eI e Parts years old and dark chestnut
coller rather slender built
L. W. Thompson.=-Sir, and about five feet seven or
this morning I received eight inches high, he is also
your letter wishing an ac- the Father of Henry, Joe
curate description of my and Tom. A reward of S400
egroes which ran away on will be given for his ap
the 24th of tat month and prehension. Leah is about
the amt of reward offered 28 years old, about five feet
&c &c. The description is as high, dark, chestnut coller,
follows. Kit is about 3S with t!!tee children. 2 boys
years old, five fet, six: or and 1 girl, they are from
seven inches high, dark one to eight years old, the
chestnut color and has a oldest boy is called Adam,
scar on one of his thumbs, Leah is the . fi of Kit, the
he has a very quick step and first named man in the list.
walks very straight and can Sarah Jane is about 25
read and write. Joe is about years old, stout built and
30 years old. very black and chestnut coller, uick and
about five feet eigh inches active in her wal. aking
high, has a very pleasing in all IS head, me ,women
appearance, he has a free and children bel . g to
wife who left with him she me; or' 16 head' luding
is a light molatoo, she has a Joe Viney, the band of
child not over one year old. my woman Susan. I
Henry is about 22· years A reward of S22S0 will
ld, five feet, ten inches be given for my negroes if
high, of dark chestnut col- �
ler and large front teeth, he
stoops a �ttle in his walk
and fuls a downward look.
Joe is· about 20 years old,
about five feet six inches
high, heavy built, and has a
grum look and a YO ice dull,
and blac . Tom is about 16,
years old, about five feet
high, light c estnut coller t
small active boy, swaggers
in his walk. Susanis about
3S years old, dark chestnut U IVERSITY A CAD
coller and stout built, 51277 Old U.S .. 31 N;, South Bend, In.
- speaks rathe slow and has' ,(Aero th. street from 0 nooyer 0 Ion)
with her four children, I!::================�
three' �oys and one
,
EO GA
LL
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taken out of the State of
Maryland and lodged in
Cambridge or Baltimore
jail, so that I can get them
or a fair proportion for any
part of them. And in
cluding Joe Viney's reward
$2650.00.
At the same time eight
other negroes belong to a
neighbor of mine ran off,
for which a reward of
$1400.00 has been offered
for them ..
If you Should want any
information, witnesses to
prove or identify the
negroes, write inlmediately
to me. Or if you should
need any' information with
regard to proving the
negroes, before I could
reach Philadelphia, you can
call on Mr. Burroughs at
Martin & Smith's store,
market Street, o. 308.
Phila and he can refer YQU
to a gentleman who kno s
the negroes.
Yours &c Saml. Pattison.
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