Marie Antoinette Nathalie Granier Dowell Pollard papers, 1865-1898.

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Marie Antoinette Nathalie Granier Dowell Pollard papers, 1865-1898.

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The collection consists of papers of Marie Antoinette Nathalie Granier Dowell Pollard from 1865-1898. The papers include correspondence concerning performance engagements, business, and legal matters, newspaper clippings, a marriage certificate from her marriage to Edward Albert Pollard, and broadsides and programs relating to her performances. Of particular interest is an 1878 letter from the French government concerning Pollard's title to land in the West Indies that mentions her divorce and the problems it causes. There is also some material relating to court cases in which Pollard was involved.

.125 linear ft. (1 partial box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8303440

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Pollard, Edward Alfred, 1831-1872

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Author and journalist. From the description of Letter, 1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38929583 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, unaddressed and marked private, [no year] Nov. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617827 Pollard, an Albemarle County, Va., native and student at the University of Virginia, was a clerk for the Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, and e...

Pollard, Marie Antoinette Nathalie Granier Dowell, 1840-1900

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Marie Antoinette Nathalie (Granier) Dowell Pollard, reader and lecturer active in the 1870's and 1880's, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of a West Indian planter, Pierre Granier. Her birth date is not known. She was first married to James R. Dowell, by whom she had several children, but separated from him during the Civil War because of political differences. Mrs. Pollard supported the Union cause. In 1865 she divorced Dowell, and in 1867 married Edward Albert (or Alfred) Pollard (18...