From the Richmond Dispatch, 5/13/1862, p. 3, c. 6

STOP THE RUNAWAYS –
$200 REWARD.

The following negro men left the Tredegar Iron Works on Saturday last. We will pay a reward of two hundred dollars for their apprehension and delivery to us in this city, or in any jail where we can get them; or in the same proportion for the arrest of either of them:

FLEMING, has a dark skin, about 5 feet 8 inches high, has a slight impediment in his speech, and has a wife living on the Brook turnpike.

JIM LIGHTFOOT, has a very dark skin, good teeth, about 5 feet 4 inches high, has a wife in Hanover county at Dr. Gaines's.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, has a brown skin, downcast look when questioned, about 5 feet 6 inches high.

CAMBRIDGE, has not a very healthy appearance, brown skin, 5 feet 8 inches high, has a wife near the Second African Church.

WILLIS DICKENSON, has a dark skin, large mouth and eyes, speaks slowly, about 6 feet high can read and write, good teeth, and has a wife in the city.

J. R. ANDERSON & CO.

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