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John Pittome

John Pittome

John Pittome is an unfree young man, with age given as about 16, who was in Sherburn, Massachusetts in 1737. He was enslaved by Nathanael Holbrook and escaped from Nathanael Holbrook.

Ran-away from his Master Nathanael Holbrook of Sherburn

  • Runaway
  • September 15, 1737
  • [2] Ran-away from his Master Nathanael Holbrook of Sherburn, on Thursday the 15th of September Instant, an Indian Lad about Sixteen Years of Age, named John Pittome, he is pretty well set and full Fac'd: He had on an old grey Coat, a new dark grey Jacket with large Brass Buttons, white Linnen Bre…

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Ran-away from his Master Nathanael Holbrook of Sherburn. (1737). In Boston Weekly News. America’s Historical Newspapers. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/doc?p=ARDX&docref=image/v2%3A1036CD221971FE08%40EANX-105667A708D30771%402355758-105667A724C1B775%401 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.] Courtesy American Antiquarian Society; accessed through Readex/NewsBank

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