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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 410 items) |
Abstract | A. D. Pollock (Abraham David, sometimes Abram David), a Pennsylvania-born Presbyterian minister of Richmond, Va., and of Fauquier County, Va., married Elizabeth Gordon Lee, daughter of Charles Lee. The collection includes Pollock's diary of his early ministry in western Virginia, 1832-1833; a journal of a tour of England and the Continent, 1841; and an account of the life of his son, Thomas Gordon Pollock (1838-1863), a student at the University of North Carolina, lawyer, and Confederate officer. The collection also includes sermons and sermon notes; scattered Lee and Pollock family correspondence, 1794-1944, about church, personal and business matters; and T. G. Pollock's letters describing trips to the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia (now West Virginia) and down the Mississippi River to Shreveport, La., where he established his law practice, and also his participation in Civil War battles, including the Seven Days' Battles, the Antietam Campaign, and the Gettysburg Campaign. He died in the Battle of Gettysburg. |
Creator | Pollock, A. D. (Abraham David), 1807-1890. |
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, May 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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Abraham David Pollock (sometimes Abram David) (1807-1890) was a Pennsylvania-born Presbyterian minister of Richmond and of Fauquier County, Va. He was educated at Washington College and the Union Seminary of Pennsylvania. In 1832 Pollock left Pennsylvania to begin missionary work in "destitute places" of Virginia. Following Pollock's first church assignment in Culpepper, Va., he moved to Richmond, Va., to take the pulpit of the Shuckoe Hill Church, the largest Presbyterian Church in the state. When his health began to fail in 1841, he took leave from his ministerial duties to vacation in Europe. In the summer of 1843, Pollock resigned his Richmond ministry and moved his family to Fauquier County near Warrington, Va.
Pollock was married to Elizabeth Gordon Lee, daughter of Charles Lee and Margaret Scott Lee. They had six children, Thomas Gordon, Margaret Scott, Elizabeth Hendrick, Roberta, Nannie Lee, and Charles Lee.
Thomas Gordon Pollock (1838-1863), the eldest child of A. D. and Elizabeth Pollock, was born in Richmond, Va., and grew up in Fauquier County, Va. He attended Yale University and the University of Virginia, where he completed law school. Before the Civil war, he practiced law in Morefield and Warrington, Va., and in Shreveport, La. During the war he served as a captain in the Confederate Army in Virginia, participating in the Seven Days' Campaign near Richmond, the Antietam Campaign, and the Gettysburg Campaign, where he was killed.
Back to TopThe collection includes A. D. Pollock's diary of his early ministry in western Virginia, 1832-1833; a journal of a tour of England and the Continent, 1841; and an account of the life of his son, Thomas Gordon Pollock. The collection also includes sermons and sermon notes; scattered Lee and Pollock family correspondence, 1794-1944, about church, personal and business matters; and Thomas Pollock's letters describing trips to the White Sulphur Springs of Virginia (now West Virginia) and down the Mississippi River to Shreveport, La., where he established his law practice, and also his participation in Civil War battles, including the Seven Days' Battles, the Antietam Campaign, and the Gettysburg Campaign. He died in the Battle of Gettysburg. The earliest papers, 1794-1807, are chiefly letters to Charles Lee, discussing financial and legal matters, and include two typed copies of letters between Lee and George Washington regarding Lee's appointment as Attorney General of the United States. Several letters to Charles Lee and one to Alfred Lee, a relative, discuss the sale of slaves. The post-war correspondence is primarily concerned with family affairs and travel. There are also some materials related to the publication of A. D. Pollock's book Life in the Exode.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1794-1807Included are letters discussing the sale of slaves (1794-1807, 1827) and the location of a runaway slave (1794- 1807). |
Folder 2 |
1826-1835Included are letters discussing the sale of slaves (1827). |
Folder 3 |
1838-1853 |
Folder 4 |
1854-1859Contains correspondence pertaining to the execution of John Brown at Charles Town, Virginia (later West Virginia) (1859). |
Folder 5 |
1860-1865Contains correspondence pertaining to the trial of a slave in Louisiana (1860). |
Folder 6 |
1866-1868 |
Folder 7 |
1870-1879 |
Folder 8 |
1881-1944 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Folder 10 |
Clippings |
Unidentified picture |
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Folder 11 |
Genealogical material |
Folder 12 |
Sermons and notes, 1835-1839 |
Folder 13 |
Sermons and notes, 1840-1847 |
Folder 13-30
Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
Sermons and notes, undated |
Folder 31 |
Writings, religious |
Folder 32 |
Writings, social problems |
Folder 33 |
Writings, miscellaneous |
Folder 34 |
Volume 1: Pollock biography and family history |
Folder 35 |
Volume 2: Diary, A. D. Pollock, 1832-1833 |
Folder 36 |
Volume 3: Travel journal, A. D. Pollock, 1841 |
Folder 37 |
Volume 4: Biographical sketch of Thomas Gordon Pollock by A. D. Pollock, 1864 |
Folder 38 |
Volume 5: Sermon notes |
Folder 39 |
Volume 6: Sermons and notes |
Oversize Volume SV-865/7 |
Volume 7: Scrapbook, newspaper clippings |