Spring Estate, Trelawny, May 28, 1801.
RAN AWAY, about two years ago, OLIVER, a Congo boy,
sixteen or seventeen years of age, of a slim make, 5 feet 5 or
6 inches high, has a gash on one of his cheeks, and is marked
on one or both shoulders RH; is extremely smart speaks very
good English, and was formerly a waiting-boy to the Hon. John
Palmer, dec. of Rese[inc]-Hall, St. James. He has been seen of
late in Kingston, and said he had been employed in working on
board the different ships in the Harbour. Any person lodging
him in any gaol or workhouse in this island, shall be entitled to
a reward of Twenty Dollars.
EDWARD JAMES.