Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Polly” in article pos=35 of The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource]:
...ircuit Court of the city of Richmond, as special Commissioner appointed therein.
I will proceed to sell, on Monday, 27th instant, at 10 o'clock , at the auction-house of N. M. Lee, one Woman, named Polly , about forty years of age, who is a No. 1 cook, washer and ironer; also, a Boy, about sixteen years old, black and likely. R. D. Jamfs, Executor and Commissioner. fe 24--tds
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