September 16, 1802.
TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, about the 1st September
1797, a short stout Creole Negro Woman, named BESS, but
has now got a false Manumission, by the name of BETTY
BARTLETT, and is reported to have a Child or Children; she
is marked on the right shoulder GS, is about 32 years of age,
marked with the small-pox, has a small nose, and marks on
each temple similar to the Coromantees, and is likewise very
remarkable by not being able to bend the middle finger on the
right hand: She was repeatedly seen, about 18 months ago,
in the neighbourhood of Rentcombe estate and Above-Rocks,
where it is reported she was kept by a Mulatto Man, and travelled
as Higgler. The above reward will b e given for apprehending
her; and a further reward of Fifty Pounds, on conviction
of the person harbouring her, if white;and Twenty-Five Pounds, if a person of colour, on application to J. Vicars, Esq.
Kingston; or, the Subscriber, in Liguanea.
ISAAC FOX.