Archive Record
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Metadata
Title |
Letter from George H. Gilmer to his sister, Emma Breckinridge |
Dates of Creation |
January 29, 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Chatham, January 29th, 1854" from George H. Gilmer to his sister, Emma Breckinridge, telling of his Christmas and stating that not much was going on around Chatham, that Cary Breckinridge, Jr. was staying with John Gilmer most of the time now, comments on Cary being "a fine tempered young boy", complained about brother William going back to Albemarle without stopping by to visit with him, tells of having an annuity check for his mother and he does not know where to send it, offers to sell his near new carriage that cost him $600 for considerably less then he paid, closing with advice to the Captain [Cary Breckinridge, Sr.] about the new overseer Mr. Anderson who is having trouble getting the negroes [slaves] to mind his directions about their work. |
Year Range from |
1854 |
Year Range to |
1854 |
Subjects |
"country letter writer" "special invitation" Annuity Carriage Cash Check Christmas Christmas holiday Clothes Correspondence Credit Friends Housekeeping Hunting Lessons Letter Money Overseers Parsonage Parties Personalty traits Reading Sale |
Search Terms |
Big Lick (old name of Roanoke, Virginia) Breckinridge family Chatham, Virginia Gilmer family Petersburg, VA |
People |
Anderson, Mr. Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, Cary, Captain Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Breckinridge, Emma Gilmer Gilmer family Gilmer, George Henry Gilmer, John Gilmer, William Wilmer, Mr. Woodville, Dr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
046\196951479.JPG |
Number of images |
2 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.479 |
Extent of Description |
Single sheet, size 7 3/4" x 10" |