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Title |
Letter of June 12, 1845 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer |
Dates of Creation |
June 12, 1845 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Tuesday morning" with a post mark of June 12, 1845 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, near Fincastle, Virginia, to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and tells of her return trip from Leigh to Grove Hill, finding all the children doing well in spite of several having whooping cough, gives details of her journey of three days, comments on the tobacco and other crops, of her attempts to get a teacher for the children for school in September, news of the Watts family at Oakland, sends news of the servants (slaves) babies born and the death of one of Nancy's twin boys who died while Emma was gone, tells of selling land to payoff a creditor, having to replace their overseer, and poor prospects for the crops. |
Year Range from |
1845 |
Year Range to |
1845 |
Subjects |
Baby Box Buck (Emma Breckinridge's horse) Carriage Clothing & dress clothing, slaves Corn Debt Farm management Flowers Garden Gingham Guards Guitars Hogsheads Horse House Land sale lids married man Methodist churches Music lessons Overseers Preachers Raspberries seminary (school) Shawls Showers string Sunday schools Teachers Tobacco Trips Trunks Wheat whooping cough |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Breckinridge family Buck (Cary Breckinridge riding horse) Charlottesville, VA Fincastle Flat Creek (residence) Gilmer family Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Oaklands (residence) Virginia |
People |
B, Mr. [Breckinridge] Bozziotri, Mr. (music teacher) Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Breckinridge, Eliza ( Watts ) Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, Lucy Breckinridge, Mary Ann Cousin Mildred Danell, Mr. Dolley, (Cary Breckinridge slave) Fox, Mr. Gilmer, Ann Gilmer, Aunt Lucy Minor Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, WIlliam Johns, Bishop [John] Louisa, (Breckinridge slave w/ baby girl b. August 1843 and another in June 1845) Louisa, (Breckinridge slave w/ baby girl b. August 1843) Mary Ann, (Cary Breckiridge's slave) Page, Mr. Page, Mrs. Kate W, Mr. Watts, Jane S. Watts, Letitia Wilmer, Mr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
042\196951396.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.396 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 7 3/4" x 10 1/2" |