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Metadata
Title |
Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, cadet Gilmer Breckinridge at VMI Institute |
Dates of Creation |
August 17, 1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Grove Hill August 17th 1853" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Gilmer Breckinridge, at Virginia Military Institute, telling of her return from her two week visit to Sweet Springs, about illness in the neighborhood that called her home early, of piping the spring water into Grove Hill including the upstairs, and family news of James brothers and sisters. |
Year Range from |
1853 |
Year Range to |
1853 |
Subjects |
Ball Ballrooms Baths Burn Cakes Death Diarrhea Farms Health Hired labor [slaves] Horse Letter Mountains Music Novels Pipe lines Reading School Servants (slaves) Sick Songs & music Spring (water) Students Typhoid fever |
Search Terms |
Breckinridge family Glencary, residence near Sweet Springs Grove Hill (residence) Oaklands (residence) The Springs Virginia Military Institute White Sulphur Springs, Virginia |
People |
Amanda, servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer Anderson, slave of Cary Breckinridge Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Cary, Jr. Breckinridge, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, James Dolley, (Cary Breckinridge slave) Gamble family Holcombe family Holcombe, Alice Holcombe, Mr. Louisa, (Breckinridge slave w/ baby girl b. August 1843 and another in June 1845) Maria (slave of Cary Breckinridge) Minor, Frank Polly, Breckinridge slave Pope, Mr. Shephard family Susan, [house slave of Mary Gilmer] Williams, Dr. Wilson, house servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer Woodville, Mary Ann Breckinridge |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
045\196951465.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.465 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" |