Statistics for occurrence #1 of “E. H. Stokes” in article 3 of The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... left; also, a military overcoat.
I expect he will try to pass for a free boy. I will pay the above reward for said boy if taken out of this city, or $25 if found in it, to be de delivered to me at E. H. Stokes 's, Richmond, Va.
de 19--1m J. A. Burdett.
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