CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 16th,
1857.
L. W. THOMPSON:— SIR, this morning I received your letter
wishing an accurate description of my Negroes which ran away on the 24th of
last month and the amt of reward offered &c &c. The description is as
follows. Kit is about 35 years old,
five feet, six or seven inches high, dark chestnut color and has a scar on one
of his thumbs, he has a very quick step and walks very straight, and can read
and write. Joe. is about 30 years
old, very black and about five feet eight inches high, has a very pleasing
appearance, he has a free wife who left with him she is a light molatoo, she
has a child not over one year old. Henry
is about 22 years old, five feet, ten inches high, of dark chestnut coller and
large front teeth, he stoops a little in his walk and has a downward look. Joe is about 20 years old, about five
feet six inches high, heavy built, and has a grum look and voice dull, and
black. Tom is about 16 years old
about five feet high light chestnut coller, smart active boy and swagers in his
walk. Susan is about 35 years old.
dark chesnut coller and stout built, speaks rather slow and has with her four children, three boys and one girl —
the girl has a thumb or finger on her left hand (part of it) cut off, the
children are from 9 months to 8 years old. (the youngest a boy 9 months and the
oldest whose name is Lloyd is about 8 years old) The husband of Susan (Joe
Viney) started off with her, he is a slave, belonging to a gentleman in
Alexandria D. C. he is about 40 years old and dark chesnut coller rather
slender built and about five feet seven or eight inches high, he is also the
Father of Henry, Joe and Tom. A reward of will be given for his apprehension. Leah is about 28 years old about five
feet high dark chesnut coller, with three children. 2 Boys and 1 girl, they are
from one to eight years old, the Oldest boy is called Adam, Leah is the wife of
Kit, the first named man in the list. Sarah
Jane is about 25 years old, stout built and chesnut coller, quick and
active in her walk. Making in all 15 head, men, women and children belonging to
me, or 16 head including Joe Viney, the husband of my woman Susan.
A Reward of $2250. will be given for my negroes if taken out
of the State of Maryland and lodged in Cambridge or Baltimore Jail, so that I
can get them or a fair proportion for any part of them. And including Joe
Viney‘s reward $2650 00.
At the same time eight other negroes belonging to a neighbor
of mine ran off, for which a reward of $1400.00 has been offered for them.
If you should want any information, witnesses to prove or
indentify the negroes, write immediately on to me. Or if you should need any
information with regard to proving the negroes, before I could reach
Philadelphia, you can call on Mr. Burroughs at Martin & Smith's store,
Market Street, No 308. Phila and he can refer you to a gentleman who knows the
negroes.
Yours &c
Sam. Pattison.
SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A
Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 101-2
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