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Elias Dowling, runaway, worked on canal, 1850

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ItemID
wmsl011
IDEntry
7462
Creator
Genius of Liberty
Date
1850-06-15
Collection Location
Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1800-1864
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COMMITTED,

TO the jail of Loudoun county, as a runaway, on the 3d inst. a negro man, who calls himself ELIAS DOWLING. He is supposed to be 25 years of age, is about 6 feet high, not very black, has a scar on his forehead, and a blemish on the sight of his left eye. —Says he belongs to Charles Dickinson, of Louisa county, Va. and has been hired to William Boxler, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, otherwise he will be disposed of according to law.

EDWARD HAMMETT,
Jailor Loudoun co.
June 5, 1850.—

Notes

This advertisement is from the collection of announcements run in the Genius of Liberty, Leesburg, VA, and made available by the Genius of Liberty Runaway Slave Advertisements, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Va.