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8.75" x 11.8" with bold heading $100 Dolls. Reward. and continuing My Negro man named Dick, com-/monly called "Richard Low," ran away from my res-/idence in Upper Marlborough, Prince George's county,/on the morning of the 18th of July instant. Dick is/about 28 years of age, tall and stout built, perfectly/black, has a full suit of hair, and has lost one of his/upper front teeth. He has a wife living with Mr. Saml. B. Anderson, near the Depot, in Washington.City. He is a blacksmith by trade, and is doubtless/now in Washington City.

I will give the above reward for the said slave, if/taken in the District, or without the limits of Prince/George County, or $50 if taken in the county; in either/case to be secured in jail or brought to my residence./James B. Belt./Upper Marlborough, July 19th, 1853.,
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