Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
May 26, 1847 |
Scope & Content |
This letter headed "Lynchburg Friday [May] 26th 1847" from Belle Gilmer to Mary Gilmer at Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her problems with her servants being sick, her baby Walker nursing all the time, and her efforts to mail a box of clothing materials to Charlottesville, and sends regards to everyone at Leigh. |
Year Range from |
1847 |
Year Range to |
1847 |
Subjects |
Box Braid (clothing trim) Church Hospitals Ill persons Illness Letters Mothers Nursing (Infant feeding) Trips |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Charlottesville, VA Gilmer family Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Lynchburg, Virginia |
People |
Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, Isabella (wife of Harmer) (Belle) Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, Walker Gilmer, WIlliam Kitty, sevant (slave of Harmer Gilmer) Winny (servant of Belle Gilmer) |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
030\196951421.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.421 |
Extent of Description |
Single sheet, size 8 " x 9 3/4" |