Notice is hereby given that the commander of the ship Ferdinand promises a reward of twenty five dollars to any person or persons who will take up any French sailor or sailors that may run away twelve miles from said ship, and deliver them to the commanding officer at Beaufort, who will likewise pay the necessary expence.
D. Cottineau.1
North-Carolina Gazette (New Bern), 27 Mar. 1778.
1. Denis-Nicolas Cottineau de Kerloguen, master of ship Ferdinand.