Telegraphe and Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD)
21 March 1799
WAS committed to the gaol of Baltimore county, on the 24th of October last, as a runaway, a negro man by the name of James, as belonging to David Lewis, living in Loudon county, Virginia, near the Gum Spring (but since his confinement, says his name is Tomsybottom, and belongs to the widow Short, living in Prince William county, Virginia, near Harper's ford--about 27 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high; had on when committ4ed, coarse linen shirt and trousers, light colored cloth coat, one thichset and one linsey jacket, coarse shoes, and old hat. Unless released by his owner, he will be sold for his gaol fees according to law.
C. H. Gift, Sheriff
December 25 619 12w
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