St. Ann’s Workhouse,
Dec. 18, 1808
A PISTOLE REWARD.
ESCAPED from this Workhouse, on Thursday the 15th inst.
a likely black Man 5 feet 5 inches high, supposed to belong
to the 2d West-India Regiment, having the marks of severe
flogging on his back: He calls himself John Williams; but it appears
by an advertisement in the Royal Gazette that his name
is George Burgess, in which a Reward if Twenty Pounds is
offered for taking him up. He was immediately folwed by one
of the Workhouse drivers, whose name is QUASHIE, a slim
black man, about 5 feet 6 inches high, walks lame, and had on
a crocus frock. The above Reward will be paid for apprehending
the said Driver by
GEORGE FISHER, Sup.