Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Letter of December 27, 1847 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer |
Dates of Creation |
December 27, 1847 |
Scope & Content |
This letter headed "Grove Hill Decr 27th 1847" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle telling of the recently wed Peach and George Wilmer have moved from Grove Hill to Emma and Cary's original home named Catawba, about furnishing this place, about various family members visiting at Christmas, about the weather (very cold and snowy), building a new ice house at Grove Hill, about plans to sell Leigh and have her mother join the Breckinridge family in Botetourt to live with them, about some neighbors who are very ill, and other family news. |
Year Range from |
1847 |
Year Range to |
1847 |
Subjects |
"Line Upon Line" "Peep of Day" Breakfast Company Cups Dairy Dishes Eggnog Examinations Frocks Furniture Hog killing Holiday house furnishings Household furniture Household supplies Housekeeping Houses Ice houses Ill health Illness Kitchen utensils Occupations Plate, China Pork Pregnancy Reading Saucers (Tableware) Serving bowls Settee Sewing Sideboards Snow Split bottom chairs Table Town Wagon Wood cutting Write Xmas |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Catawba (home of Cary and Emma Gilmer Breckinridge) Fincastle Gilmer family Grove Hill (residence) Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Norfolk Oaklands (residence), Roanoke County, Virginia Pittsylvania County, Virginia Virginia |
People |
B, Mr. [Breckinridge] Bowyer, Mr. Bowyer, Tom Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Eliza ( Watts ) Breckinridge, Emma Jane Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, George ( William ) Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, Mary Cousin Mildred Fanny, (Mary Gilmer's slave) Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, John Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, WIlliam Godwin, Mrs Hickman, Mrs. Joe, (slave of Cary Breckinridge) Kate, Miss ( children's teacher at Oaklands) Lancaster, Anthony Wilmer Lancaster, Mrs. Mead, Mrs. Phil, Uncle [slave of Mary Gilmer Robinson, Mary Smith, Nannie Tayloe, Mrs. Watts, Alice Watts, Anne Watts, Letitia Wilmer, George Wilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
043\196951427.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.427 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 8" x 10" |