Mary Millard searching for her daughter Margaret Ritter Millard

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

June 16, 1865

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RAN AWAY FROM HER MOTHER, MARGA-
RET [MARGARET] RITTER MILLARD, colored; will be
fourteen years old the 4th day of July. All per-
sons [persons] are hereby forewarned not to harbor said
runaway.
MARY [her >< mark] MILLARD,
P st., bet. 10th and 11th sts.
Attest—JOHN T. SULLIVAN. je 15-3t*

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Mary Millard searching for her daughter Margaret Ritter Millard. Margaret, age 13, ran away from her mother. This ad was placed in Washington, DC, in June 1865, two months after the Civil War.

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June 16, 1865
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Washington, DC

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Jesse Nasta

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"Mary Millard searching for her daughter Margaret Ritter Millard ," Evening Star (Washington, DC), June 16, 1865, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.informationwanted.org/items/show/3515

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