| Ad Date | 18310308 |
|---|---|
| County | Talbot |
| Fugitive Age | abour 35 |
| Fugitive Date of Birth | – |
| Fugitive First Name | Jacob |
| Fugitive Gender | M |
| Fugitive Surname | Howard |
| Owner County | – |
| Owner First Name | – |
| Owner Surname | – |
| Owner Location | – |
| Owner State | – |
| Press Date | 18310328 |
| Reward Amount | – |
| Run Date | – |
| Details | Ad Duration: w Date Committed: 18310301 Fugitive Alias: Jacob Washington Fugitive Caste: Claims to be a freeman but held as a runaway. Jail Committed: Easton Jail Notes: 'Was committed to the Easton Jail in Talbot County, on Tuesday the 1st day of March inst. by Henry Thomas, Esq. a Justice of the Peace, a negro man by the name of Jacob Howard (but since calls himself Jacob Waters) as a runaway -- Jacob is five feet sic and a quarter inches high, about 35 years of age, has a scar on the right side of his forehead, and a stout hair mole on his left cheek. Had on when committed, a black cloth coat and vest, marten skin cap, corduroy pantaloons and old boots -- he says he is a blacksmith by trade, that he served his time with a certain Mr. Isaac Spangler (who is not foreman at Old Point [illegible] in the State of Virginia) in the city of Baltimore, at the corner of Liberty and Fayette Streets, and has been traveling with Mr. Richard Whitney to sell his patent right making screws of iron and other metals and whim him Mr. Whiteney's patent granted the 10th day of April1830. He states he was free born.' Reprinted regularly through May 24, 1831. Source: Republican Star Source Page: 4 Type: com_not |
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