Much Addicted to Strong Drink and Swearing : White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1769-1772

Transcription of ads for runaway servants taken from 24 colonial newspapers from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, and New York. The ads provide information on more than 2,500 persons, giving name, age, sex, height, place of origin, occupation, speech, clothing, physical imperfections, and more.