1845 Toledo Reward Broadside

100 Dollars Reward. Josiah Hunt, sold a Boat load of Wheat, without authority... Toledo, [Ohio], 31 October 1845. ## x ## in. letterpress broadside, framed. Signed in type by Samuel Moore.

An excellent reward broadside for one “Josiah Hunt,” who was accused of selling wheat without authority and absconding with $700 in bills from the Lehigh Bank of Pennsylvania and the Bank of Wooster in Ohio.

A vivid description of Hunt is provided, listing not only his physical attributes but noting that he "speaks slow and seldom says any thing unless addressed, and then looks a man full in the face, has withal a heavy dog look." The owner of the wheat, Samuel Moore, was apparently very motivated to find Hunt. He not only issued this broadside with the hefty reward, but printed the notice in the German-language newspaper Der Weltbürger [The Global Citizen] in Buffalo, New York, on 8 November 1845, evidently under the suspicion that Hunt made his escape across Lake Erie to Buffalo.

Condition: some offsetting, small losses especially at edges.

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