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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Mary Ellen Pleasant financial correspondence and notes, 1892-1897

Collection number:
MS-R102

Creator:
Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904

Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 oversize folder)

Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.

Irvine, California 92623-9557

Abstract:
This collection consists of materials documenting the financial affairs of Mary Ellen ("Mammy") Pleasant, an African American woman and entrepreneur known as the Mother of Civil Rights. Items include a small autograph note; a signed promissory note; three handwritten letters from A. P. Overton, president of the Savings Bank of Santa Rosa (California), to Pleasant; and three handwritten copy letters from Pleasant to Overton. All items concern a promissory note for $3,000 and a mortgage to a Mrs. Guimaraes.

Language:
English.

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