Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

April 3, 1746 - Lee, Huggins

Since our last, the Ship Christian, Capt. Lee, is arriv’d in Rappahanock, from London: by whom we have English Prints to the 18th of January; which contain the following material … Dantzick … Hambourg … Dresden … Frankfort … Rotterdam … Cork

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Ran away last June, from the Subscriber, in Glocester County, a short, well-set Negroe Fellow, named Pompey: He is about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, talks good English, and is of a yellow Complexion: Had on when he went away, a Cotton Waistcoat, dy’d yellow, a striped Virginia-Cloth Jacket and Breeches, a Virginia Cotton Shirt, an old Pair of Shoes and Stockings; but I am since informed he has changed his Apparel.

Whoever secures the said Negroe, so that I many have him again, shall have Two Pistoles Reward, besides what the Law allows, paid by

William Huggins.
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