Z 1793.000
ABY FAMILY PAPERS
1838; 1840 - 1843; 1845 - 1847; 1849 - 1850; 1852 - 1856; n.d.
Biography-History
Jonas Aby and family lived in Middle Towne, Virginia. Two sons, Samuel
and Thomas, migrated to Mississippi in the 1830s (?) where they engaged
in various business and farming practices.
Scope and Content
The collection is a typescript edition (1939) of letters from the children
of Jonas Aby to their parents and to each other. The editor is unknown.
Mississippi letters include those written by Samuel and Thomas Aby of
Copiah County and Grand Gulf to their parents and family in Virginia and
Baltimore, Maryland. These letters relate to family news and the mercantile
and farming business in Mississippi.
Series Identification
- Correspondence. 1838; 1840–43; 1845–47; 1849–1850; 1852–56; n.d. 1 volume.
