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Title |
letter |
Dates of Creation |
04/10/1845. |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed Charlottesville April 10th from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Emma at Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt telling of the condition of her daughter Lucy who has been quite ill for several months, of going to Charlottesville to visit with Pete and Lucy Minor, of the death of Lucy's friend Mildred Dabney and the sorrow she feels for Mildred's mother who is left alone in her house, of attempts to get Lucy out for a carriage ride, but her weakness in the limbs limits her movements, of some consternation that Harmer Gilmer named his son Thomas Walker Gilmer in stead of Francis and tells of a medicine she calls huckleberry bounce. "Fill up any vessel you choose with the berrys and fill the container with French brandy. It is excellent for bowel complaints of all kinds." |
Year Range from |
1845 |
Year Range to |
1845 |
Subjects |
Illness Letters Stomach aches Treatment Carriage God House Horse Riding Chairs Beds Limbs Eating Died Visits angelic Cold (disease) Winds bad health Home improvement Relatives mortified Names whooping cough Family Travel huckleberries huckleberry bounce French brandy rubbing with salt clothes (medical treatment) bowel complaints |
Search Terms |
Gilmer family Charlottesville, VA Grove Hill (residence) Fincastle Botetourt County, Virginia Pantops, (house near Charlottesvile, VA) Lynchburg Scottsville, [Virginia] |
People |
Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Harmer Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Dabney, Mildred Dabney, Mrs. Minor, Lucy Minor, Peter Reeves, George Wilson, house servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
030\196951386-2.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Object ID |
1969.51.386 |
Extent of Description |
7 3/4" x 9 3/4" four pages |