St. John’s, August 12, 1809.
THREE DOUBLOONS REWARD.
ABSCONDED, from the subscriber, a young creole wench named
MUSSIDORA, formerly the property of Francis Smith,
Esq. She is short, well made, and extremely artful and active,
is marked with the initials of the subscriber’s name, on one
shoulder, has lost two or three of her front teeth and is pitted in
the face with the small pox; has a female sambo child, about
nine months old, whom she took away with her. She is extremely
well known in Spanish-Town, Kingston, and in this parish,
in the former of which she has lately been frequently seen.
The above reward will be paid to any person who will prove to
conviction by whom she is harboured; and a Half-Joe reward
will be paid on delivering her to the subscriber, or lodging her
in any place of security, so that she may be recovered.
J. B.COXETER.