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Dates of Creation |
07/09/1880 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Grove Hill, July 9th, 1880 from Julia A. Breckinridge to her daughter Nannie comments on a tintype picture of some of the family that had been sent to her, saying "none of you are flattered", and that George [Roberson] looked like Napoleon in the picture, more comments on the family and social visitors, mentions a Mr. Hemming who was visiting at Grove Hill and told of his escape from Canada during the [Civil] War where he was working for Capt. Beale who a spy, mentions Mannie Key on several occasions, discusses Nannie's plans to visit her relatives in Chatham, sends $10 with this letter and said let me know if you need more, Fanny Woodville expressed her gratitude for the dance that held for her, Grandma [Breckinridge] has been ill. A final paragraph over written on the first page of this letter tells about Mannie Key and the Hollins girls were treated to ice cream and cakes. |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Creator |
Julia A. Breckinridge |
Year Range to |
1880 |
Subjects |
Cakes Civil War Escaped prisoners Hostess Ice cream & ices Illness Letter Picnics Relatives Tea Tea ceremonies Tintypes Visitors warm hearted |
Search Terms |
Canada Chatham, Virginia Grove Hill (residence) Hollins College |
People |
Beale, Capt. Breckinridge, Mrs. Julia Anthony Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, George ( William ) Breckinridge, Jimmy (James Gilmer) Breckinridge, Lucy ? Breckinridge, Nannie Breckinridge, Virginia Caldwell (Jennie) Gilmer, John Hemming, Mr. Key. Mannie Napoleon [Napoleon Bonaparte] Woodville, Fannie |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
064\196951767.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Object ID |
1969.51.767 |
Extent of Description |
5" x 8" four pages |