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Description: Servant Named Peter WISELY Runs Away From His Master, Daniel CHESTON.
Date: August 26 1742Newspaper published in: Philadelphia, PA
Run away the 28th of July, from Daniel CHESTON, of Chester Town, Maryland, a servant man, named Peter WISELY, he is an Irishman, and speaks as such, a middle sized, dark complexion'd active fellow. Had with him a large bundle or bag of cloaths, particularly an old superfine blue drab coat, with brass buttons, lined with blue alapeen, and the collar lined with velvet, an old beaver hat the brims capp'd, three or four shirts, check, white and ozenbrigs, two or three pair of new ozenbrigs trowsers, one pair of blewish cloth breeches, snuff-colour'd ditto, Welsh cotton jackets, laced before, new shoes, with mettal buckles in them. Whoever takes up said servant and brings him to his Master, in Chester Town, Maryland, shall have forty shillings reward, and reasonable charges, if brought from any other part of the continent.
N. B. He was a servant to Mr. POSTLETHWAITE, about two years and a half ago.
Phila. August 26. 1742