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Ad in Torch Light, 1830 - "30 Dollars Reward" by Anthony Rowe

30 dollars reward

RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living near Baker'sville, Washington county, Maryland, on Thursday the 15th September last, a negro boy, named

SMITH,

between 17 and 18 years of age, about 5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, stout made, very black complected, has a down look when spoken to, slow of speech, and voice varying from coarse to fine while speaking, has rather a sluggish movement for his age. Had on when he went away, a blue cloth frock coat, a gray cloth vest, a muslin shirt, then pantaloons, coarse shoes and a white wool hat.