Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Ballard” in article 1 of The Daily Dispatch: may 11, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...borhood or near Slash Cottage, as she has a mother living at Mr. Wm.Winn's, near that place, in Glouster county.
She was hired to Mr. Samuel Allen of this city, last year, and has a husband hire to Mr. Ballard , of the Exchange Hotel, by the name of Dolphins.
I will pay the above reward if delivered to me in Richmond.
my 1--1w* R. B. Woodward.
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