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Size | 30 items |
Abstract | Moriah G. Holliday was the wife of John Holliday and the daughter of Jesse Speight (1795-1847), a North Carolina state legislator and United States representative, later a United States senator from Mississippi. Mary E. Pendleton (fl. 1849-1854), of Aberdeen, Miss., was the wife of Joseph E. Pendleton and a cousin to members of the Holliday family. The collection includes papers of the Pendleton family of Aberdeen, Miss., particularly letters, 1849-1854, to Mary E. Pendleton from Dixon relatives traveling to California and living in Marysville, Sacramento, and other places in north central California; a letter, 1886, to Moriah G. Holliday, about her father, Jesse Speight; scattered Holliday and Pendleton family legal and business papers; and other items. |
Creator | Holliday (Family : Aberdeen, Miss.)
Pendleton (Family : Aberdeen, Miss.) |
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, July 2010
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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Moriah G. Holliday was the wife of John Holliday and the daughter of Jesse Speight (1795-1847), a North Carolina state legislator and United States representative, later a United States senator from Mississippi. Mary E. Pendleton (fl. 1849-1854), of Aberdeen, Miss., was the wife of Joseph E. Pendleton and a cousin to members of the Holliday family.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of the Pendleton family of Aberdeen, Miss., particularly letters, 1849-1854, to Mary E. Pendleton from Dixon relatives traveling to California and living in Marysville, Sacramento, and other places in north central California; a letter, 1886, to Moriah G. Holliday, Aberdeen, about her father, Jesse Speight; scattered Holliday and Pendleton family legal and business papers; and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1832-1849 |
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Folder 2 |
Papers, 1851-1859 and 1886 |
Clippings, 1907 and 1950 |