Taken up,
LAST evening and sent to the Work House, both as a thief
and ran-away, a NEGRO FELLOW, about 23 years of age and
calls himself JOE, and acted as cook on the board the schooner
Aurora, on her passage from the coast of Guinea; he is a
French negro, very smart and active, and says he is free. The
owner or owners of said negro requested to are come forward [sic] and prove their property.
John W. Leary.
March 24.