"Caution," Telegraph and Texas Register, May 9, 1837

Summary: Cautioned readers not to harbor a free black sailor who deserted his post on the navy ship Brutus.

RUNAWAY from the boat of the schooner of war Brutus, last night, a free negro, enlisted as a seaman on board that vessel, named Thomas Beale, all persons are hereby warned against harboring him.

A. HURD, Commander of the Brutus.

Houston, May 3, 1837. 67

Source Copy Consulted: "Caution," Telegraph and Texas Register, May 9, 1837, p. 4