20 DOLLAR REWARD.
Asconded
[sic] from the subscriber, the latter part of March, Negro Frederick, sometimes
calls himself Frederick Hall, a bright Mulatto, 21 years old, 5 feet 7 or 8
inches high, strait and well made, with a short chub nose, blue eyes and
freckled. - His clothing was home spun cotton shirts, his jacket and pantaloons
of cotton and yarn, twilled. Since his
elopement, he hired himself to Mr. Long, in Washington, as a waiter, where he
stayed but a few days. It is likely he
may still be in the City of Georgetown, or he may have gone to Alexandria or Baltimore[1],
in the latter place he has an acquaintance, sold about 2 years since to the
Hon. Mr. Williams[2],
a senator of Maryland. The above reward
will be paid for apprehending and committing him to jail
BENJAMIN
ODEN.[3]
[1] If he was able to get to Baltimore the most
traveled route from Washington was through Bladensburg.
[2] perhaps
refers to Nathaniel F. Williams: Born
March 14, 1782, in Roxbury Massachusetts. Some of Susanna and Joseph Williams.
Graduated from Harvard College, 1801. Read law in Boston and Annapolis. Married
Caroline Barney, daughter of Anne and Commodore Joshua Barney, 1809. Married
Maria Pickett Dalrymple, 1829. At least four children. Unitarian. Died in
Baltimore, on September 10, 1864. Attorney. Maryland Senate, Western Shore,
1811-1816. Private, Baltimore Fencibles, War of 1812; wounded at the Battle of
North Point, 1814. Acting Attorney General of Maryland during illness of Luther
Martin, 1820-1822. United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1824-1841.
Executive Council, 1835-1837. Maryland Senate, Baltimore City, 1853. Trustee,
University of Maryland, 1826. Noted for his support of theaters in Baltimore. Archives
of Maryland , (Biographical Series).
[3] Benjamin Oden
(1762-1836) began operations in Prince Georges County as a business agent for
Stephen West, Jr. (1727-1790), eventually marrying two of West's daughters and
acquiring substantial lands in his own right. The home plantation, Bellefields,
and a store Oden owned were in Upper Marlborough, Prince Georges County.
Earliest papers show the conditions of Anglo-American trade, and subsequent
materials concern land sales and acquisitions; tobacco sales and cultivation;
slaves and slave management; banking; and family matters. Oden Papers, 1755-1836,
Maryland Historical Society.
[4] Daily
National Intelligencer; Date: 05-10-1814; Volume: II; Issue: 422; Page: [4];
Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.
Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, May 10th, 2013.
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