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Title |
Letter of February 27, 1846 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer |
Dates of Creation |
February 27, 1846 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb 27th 1846" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, telling of her concern about her mother's safe travel home since she had visited Grove Hill and her son George. Mr. Wilmer has returned to Fincastle and is preaching regularly, as well as teaching Sunday school, of the advances the children are making in schooling, of Dolly and little Betsy (slaves) each having a baby about 5 weeks old, about selling beef cattle and other family news. |
Year Range from |
1846 |
Year Range to |
1846 |
Subjects |
Bad weather Beef cattle Bible class Books Box Clothes Correspondence Dress Earth Farms Garrets Gingham Headache Lent Lessons Letters Music Pensions Poetry Post offices Roads Sermon Sick Snow Sore throat Sunshine Thimble Trips |
Search Terms |
"Homer, 5th Volume" "The Arabian Nights" Albemarle County, Virginia Breckinridge family Fincastle Grove Hill (residence) Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Lynchburg The Springs Virginia |
People |
B, Mr. [Breckinridge] Betsey (slave) Betsy, Aunt Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Breckinridge, Eliza ( Watts ) Breckinridge, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, Emma Jane Breckinridge, Gilmer Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, Lucy ? Breckinridge, Mary Ann Breckinridge, Mr. Burwell, Col. Burwell, Mrs. Crouse (cattle broker) Dolley, (Cary Breckinridge slave) Gilmer, John Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, WIlliam Woodville, Dr. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
042\196951403.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.403 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 7 3/4" x 10" |