Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank]

1825-10-26 Notice.jpg

Title

Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank]

Description

Two black men, Tom and Frank, were captured as suspected runaways on October 10, 1825, and confined to the Perth Amboy jail.

Date

1825-10-26

Language

English

Text (Transcript)

Notice.
WERE taken up on Tuesday the 10th inst. on suspicion of being runaways and committed to Jail in Perth-Amboy,
Two Negro Men,
who say their names are Tom and Frank, and that they belong to Job Throckmorton and Wycoff Conover of Monmouth County. The owners are requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take them away.
Joseph Bonnington.
Oct. 18, 1825. 58-3t

Publication

Place of publication

Page

3

Geolocation

Citation

Bonnington, Joseph, “Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank],” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed October 10, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/67.