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July, 1894
Peninsula Enterprise
July, 1894
Peninsula Enterprise
PPE Footnote:A few weeks earlier The Evening Journal in Wilmington reported a dispute over unpaid shoes following Belle Boyd's appearance at the Opera House there. Her manager, who had arranged for the shoes to be delivered to her hotel, was arrested. The newspaper quoted Boyd as saying, "We've got the shoes but haven't the money to pay for them; what are you going to do about it?"
"Belle" Boyd was a Confederate spy during the Civil War. She was also known by names such as "Cleopatra of the Secession" and "Siren of the Shenandoah."
Read more on the life of Belle Boyd here..
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/maria-belle-boyd.html
February, 1921
The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
The Edwardsville Intelligencer, (Edwardsville, Illinois).
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I was not aware that Belle Boyd had visited Parksley but am not surprised that she left without paying her bills. She was a tart of the first magnitude and her success as a young spy can probably be attributed to the fact that she neglected to wear undergarments when in the presence of Union officers.
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