Frontier, St. Mary’s, Sept. 1, 1801.
TAKEN UP, on this Estate, Two French Negroes, a Man and
a Woman, who have been a good deal hurt, in securing them,
by the watchman (which prevented their being sent to the
workhouse). The Man is marked FRESS on the right shoulder,
of the Congo country, and calls himself DESSAM. The
Woman is of the Mungola country, calls herself QUEEN, and
has no other marks than those of her country, says she belongs
to a Miss. Cottle. Whoever they belong to may have them,
on applying at this Estate, and paying the Doctor’s Bill and
Maintenance.