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Title |
Letter of May 11, 1846 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer |
Dates of Creation |
May 11, 1846 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "May 11th 1846" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge at Fincastle to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling of local news, reports on the weather, crops, family news, and social comments of many visitors, plans for a strawberry festival, encouraging her mother to visit more often, and other family news. |
Year Range from |
1846 |
Year Range to |
1846 |
Subjects |
Blooming Cabbage Cakes Christenings Church Coffee Communion Conventions Crackers Cream Creeks Festivals Floods Flower gardens Flowers Greenhouses Hair Health Hot bread Lessons Letters Libraries (Rooms) Mountains Napkins Neighborhoods Neighbors Peas Petunias Punishment of children Rain Roads Rose bushes Sick Spring Strawberries Table Tea Teeth Tobacco Town Travel Verbena (flower) Visit Wheat |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Alexandria,Virginia Breckinridge family Buchanan, VA Fincastle, Virginia Gilmer family Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Nelson County, Virginia New York City Oaklands (residence), Roanoke County, Virginia Pittsylvania County, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Roanoke Smithfield (residence), Montgomery County, Virginia |
People |
Allen, Mrs. Beale, Mr. Bowyer, Harry Bowyer, John Bowyer, Lizzie Bowyer, Matilda Bowyer, Mrs. Breckinridge family Breckinridge, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, Emma Jane Breckinridge, Lucy ? Breckinridge, Lucy Gilmer Breckinridge, Mary Ann Breckinridge, Mr. Burwell, Col. Gilmer family Gilmer, Isabella (wife of Harmer) Gilmer, John Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, WIlliam Johnston, Judge Johnston, Mrs. Logan, Matilda Logan, Mrs. Mildred, Cousin Preston, James Preston, Jane Radford, Mr. Radford, Mrs. Richardson, Col. Rives, Doct. Watts, James Wilmer, Mr. Woodville, Dr. Woodville, Mr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
043\196951407.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.407 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 8" x 10" |