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Metadata
Title |
letter |
Dates of Creation |
1861 9/22/1859 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Avenel July 13th [1861] from Fanny Burwell to Eliza Breckinridge responding to an invitation to visit Grove Hill which her "Ma" would not allow due to the unsettled conditions in the state with "such a confusion of soldiers and cars", she is proposing that Eliza, Lucy and Miss Mary [Breckinridge Woodville] to come over to visit with the Burwells, makes a comment that "if the Yankees left us for five minutes, the Virginians would go back to their old ways& get up all their old buggies & carriages & go riding around the country again," mentions some visitors they have had in the past few days and is looking to see everyone again soon. |
Year Range from |
1861 |
Creator |
Fanny Burwell |
Year Range to |
1861 |
Subjects |
Buggies Carriage Cars ( Railroad ) Doctor Gentlemen Invitation Letter Railroad tracks Soldiers Trains Virginians Visit Visiting Yankees |
Search Terms |
Avenel Plantation - Bedford Bedford County, Virginia Bonsack, Virginia Botetourt Grove Hill (residence) Roanoke Virginia |
People |
Breckinridge, Eliza Breckinridge, Julia Anthony Breckinridge, Lucy ? Burwell, Fanny Gwathmey, Annie Tayloe, Rosa Matilda Woodville, Mary Ann Breckinridge |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
053\196951606B-2.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.606C |
Extent of Description |
4 1/4" x 7 1/4" four pages |