July
1815:
John Fagan is Captured in Frederick County, Maryland
Runaway.
Was committed to the jail of Frederick County, Maryland, on the 18th July
last, as a runaway, a negro man who calls himself John Fagan, supposed
to be about 27 years of age, five feet five inches high. His clothing
when committed, wore a brown cloth Coat, York stripe vest, Red crosbar'd
pantaloons, muslin shirt, and a pair of fine shoes, has the Tissick,
has no perceivable marks, says he belongs to Henry Crise, living about
3 miles from Woodsbury, Frederick County, Maryland.
The
owner is hereby requested to come and release him, otherwise he will
be sold for his imprisonment fees, as the law directs. Joseph
M. Cromwell, Sheriff Frederick County, Maryland.
August 3, 1815.
Source:
Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser,
17 August 1815. |
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Editor's
Notes: John Fagan is noted as suffering from "the Tissick." This archaic
medical term, also known as phthisis, refers to a persistant cough
or bronchitis, and commonly indicated a misdiagnosed case of consumption
(tuberculosis). It was often fatal, particularly among impoverished
populations.
Henry
Crise lived near modenr day Woodsboro, Frederick County, MD.
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