Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Russia” in article pos=44 of The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
... absconded slave Dick Bryant Dick is about five feet eight inches high, light ginger-bread color, and about nineteen years old. Dick had on when he left a brown frock coat, dark pantalcons, and black Russia hat.
ja 28--6t Dunlop, Monoure & Co.
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