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Letter without heading from Emma Breckinridge at Catawba to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia with a lot of family news, tells about the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches are battling for new members, mentions that bishop Meade preached at Roanoke the previous week, a recent hunting expedition to Floyd County, more about Miss Kate (the children's teacher at Oaklands) and Mary Peachy's dislike of Miss Kate, plans for a trip from Catawba to Leigh next year, and closes with mentioning of their many kin folks she is sending her love.
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1842
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1842
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Bishops cabbage seed cap (lady's) Chairs Christmas Church meetings Clothes Coats Courtship Curtains Death Episcopal church Family news hack Hunting Lessons Letters Measles Pen knife Popcorn Preachers Presbyterian church singing lessons Stagecoaches Sulky Sweet potatoes Synod teeth repair Visits
