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Title |
letter |
Dates of Creation |
April 27, 1843 |
Scope & Content |
Letter without a heading from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge at Fincastle, Virginia to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, written over several days telling of the arrival of spring, plants coming up, flowers blooming, of the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Breckinridge's, getting clothing for her children and sister Peach, of her desire for her mother to visit them this summer, deaths and marriages in the community, Congressional election being held on a Thursday in April and she hopes brother George will be elected, and closes with remarks about a "wonderful cement for repairing [pottery] ware" and a recipe for spiced ginger cakes. |
Year Range from |
1843 |
Year Range to |
1843 |
Subjects |
Apples Bad roads Baskets Bonnets Burials Candidacy Carriage Cherries Children Church Clothes Cold (illness) Colts Congress Curtains Death dreary weather Dress Election Estate Family news Farming Fever flowers Furniture Gardening ginger cakes Grapes Illness letter Mares Marriage Mourning Mourning clothing & dress Peach trees Peaches Plums Porches Preaching Recipes Sale salsify seed second mourning dress Sermon Servants sore throat Spices Stomach aches Swings Travel Trees Vegetables Visits |
Search Terms |
Fincastle, Virginia Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Lexington, Virginia Lynchburg, Virginia Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) Washington City D.C. |
People |
B, Mr. [Breckinridge] Betsey (slave) Bowyer, Mr. Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Eliza ( Watts ) Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, Lucy ? Breckinridge, Mary Burwell, Mrs. Carrington, Mrs. ? Cralle, Mr. (of Lynchburg) Gilmer, George Henry Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, Isabella (wife of Harmer) Gilmer, John Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, WIlliam Gilmer, William Wirt Harvey, Mrs. Holcombe, Mr. Kate, Miss ( children's teacher at Oaklands) Suckey, slave cook of Mrs. Watts Watts, Ann Watts, Mr. Watts, William Wharton, Mrs. Wilson, house servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer Woodville, John Woodville, Mrs. Woodville, Sarah |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
006\196951335.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.335 |
Extent of Description |
Four leaves, size 8" x 13" |