Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Ballard” in article pos=79 of The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...orhood, or near Slash Cottage as she has a mother living at Mr. Wm. Winn's, near that place in Hanover county.
She was hired to Mr. Samuel Allen, of this city, last year, and has a husband hired to Mr. Ballard , of the Exchange Hotel, by the name of Dolphius.
I will pay the above reward if delivered to me in Richmond.
R. B. Woodward. my 2--lw*
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