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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | Polly Mira Avery Summey lived in Hendersonville, N.C. The collection includes scattered personal letters written and received by Polly Mira Avery Summey and her granddaughter, Delia Annie Spann (died 1910), in New York, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas, concerning news of family and friends, community events, crops, weather, and personal experiences. Included are letters describing Delia's travels from the South to New York in 1852 and from North Carolina to Mississippi in 1853. |
Creator | Summey, Polly Mira Avery, 1779-1857. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Polly Mira Avery (1779-1857) of Hendersonville, N.C., was the daughter of Waightstill and Leah Avery. She was married to Caleb Poor in 1796. After their divorce in 1813, Polly married Jacob Summey, 1823, with whom she had a daughter Leah Caroline. Leah Caroline married a Mr. Spann and had two daughters, Delia Annie (died 1910) and Elzira Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered personal letters written and received by Polly Mira Avery Summey and her granddaughter, Delia Annie Spann, in New York, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas, concerning news of family and friends, community events, crops, weather, and personal experiences. Included are letters describing Delia's travels from the South to New York in 1852 and from North Carolina to Mississippi in 1853.
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