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Title |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
October 16, 1831 |
Scope & Content |
Letter dated October 16, 1831 from William W. Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardins Tavern, to his sister Mrs. Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Fincastle, Botetourt County. Family letter reporting on progress of farming, hunting trips, and a pessimistic prospect of him ever finding a woman to marry, and a comment on insurrection. |
Year Range from |
1831 |
Year Range to |
1831 |
Subjects |
Cloth Deer Flies Flour Hunting Insurrections Mills Pigs Shoes venison Wheat |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Botetourt County, Virginia France Grove Hill (residence) Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Holland Ivy Creek Jonses Mill Kentucky Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia Liverpool, England Lynchburg, Virginia Ohio University of Virginia |
People |
Breckinridge, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, Mr. Gilmer, John Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Peachy Ridgway Gilmer, William Wirt Moseley, Mary Nicholson, Mr. Slaughter, Mr. Watts, Mary Watts, Mr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
004\196951134.JPG |
Number of images |
3 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.134 |
Extent of Description |
1-7 3/4" x 12 1/2" |