John Leeds Barroll letter to Elleonora Barroll
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John Leeds Barroll to his wife, Elleonora Barroll, in response to hearing of their daughter's death. Their daughter, Elleonora Lennox Barroll, had died two months earlier. John Leeds Barroll was in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia after publishing a newspaper article that was found treasonous by federal authorities. The Barroll family was a prominent Kent County family in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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1865-02-20