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From the watering place at Dartmouth, yesterday, the undernamed prisoners of War.

John Smith about 28 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high, fair complexion, small round face.

John Ellis, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout made, fair complexion, broad faced.

Joshua Johnston, (a man of colour) 5 feet 8 inches high, stout made.

A reward of one guinea each; they are supposed to have taken the road to Windsor. J. Cochet, Capt. and Agent. Transport Office, 12th Oct, 1814.

The subscriber having been robbed by the above men, will pay Forty Shillings, in addition to the reward offered by government, for their apprehension. Charles Reeves.

Acadian Recorder, 15 October 1814, Volume 2 Number 42. https://archives.novascotia.ca/newspapers/archives/?ID=846&Page=201113373

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