[Indexed as: (Wolford case), “A Child Stolen!” (advertisement), The Boston Gazette and Country Journal (Ma.), Nov. 26, 1792]
ON the 18th instant, about one o’clock in the afternoon, the only CHILD of the subscriber, a girl about two years and a half old, was stolen from his door, in the town of Renssellaer-Ville, or strayed into the woods and is lost, though it is believed it was stolen, as an old Prussian, by the name of Hans Miller, who had been strolling about that place, had declared he would steal a child and carry with him – and as he has been gone ever since it is more than probable he has taken it. The old villain may pretend it is his, and that the mother is dead, and wish for charity on its account, as he had expressed himself in these very words but a few days before in the neighborhood. The child can only speak German. – It will be unnecessary to add any father to interest the sympathy and tender feelings of the public, in particular such as are parents, to alleviate the sorrows of a disconsolate father and mother. A reward of twenty dollars, and reasonable charges, will be given to the person who shall return the child, or give notice to the printers of the Albany Gazette where it is.
HENRY WOLFORD.
Rensselaer-Ville, October 20, 1792.
