Abbreviations used
Date January 2 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Morning Freeman
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Your Boston correspondent has been requested to contradict a painful rumour that prevails in St. John relative to Richard S. LEE, a native of St. John who is reported to have been shot for desertion from the Federal Army. He is at present in the city following his usual avocation - painter.