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Metadata
Title |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
March 6, 1843 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Leigh March 6th 1843" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Emma Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle telling of the sorrow Lucy and all of them felt in hearing the news of the death of Lizzie Watts Preston, tells of the happiness they felt that Lizzie had accepted eternal life in the church, of premonitions she had about persons dying, preachers gathering at the University [of Virginia] for a Bible Society meeting, and closes with a description of the death of an old servant (slave) named Fanny who passed away on March 1, 1843 "beloved by all who knew her, black or white." |
Year Range from |
1843 |
Year Range to |
1843 |
Subjects |
Bad roads Baptist Preachers Bible societies Bibles Carriage Church Church meetings Clothes Death Funeral Funeral sermon Hair Horse Illness Letters Music Pencils Pens Porches Presbyterians Roads Songs University Visits Windows |
Search Terms |
Abingdon, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia Catawba (home of Cary and Emma Gilmer Breckinridge) Charlottesville, Virginia Fincastle, Virginia Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Roanoke, Virginia University [of Virginia] |
People |
Bowyer, Mr. Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Gilmer Carrington, Mrs. ? Cochran, Miss Fanny, (Mary Gilmer's slave) Gilmer, John Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, William Wirt Johns, Bishop [John] McGoon, Rev. (from Richmond) Mead, Mr. Minor, Charles Phimmer, Dr. (Presbyterian minister) Preston, Lizzie Watts Preston, Mr. Thomas Lewis Walker, Betty Watts, James Watts, Letitia Watts, Mary Wharton, Mr. Wilson, house servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
006\021_196951330.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.330 |
Extent of Description |
Four leaves, size 7 1/2" x 12 1/2" |