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Title |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
August 22, 1842 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Leigh August 22nd 1842" from Mary Gilmer at Hardins Tavern, Virginia, to her daughter Emma Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle with many interesting events and persons names mentioned. Tells of going to church, changing preachers, a camp meeting going on in the area for the servants (slaves) and writing a permission slip for one of her slaves to be allowed to join the church [Baptist],discussion of the crops that will be harvested this year, remarks about families and friends, the sale of the 1300 acre Farmington plantation by Mr. and Mrs. White to John Carter for $12,000 and an 800 acre tract owned by Carter, mentions Emma's tailoring ability and warns that "Mr. B must be a little cautious when you get about the breeches lest you should begin to wear them". Encourages Emma with her Sunday school teaching efforts, includes a copy of an essay for curing a fistula on a horse that was healed after nearly 3 years of unsuccessful treatments by Dr. Lowry. The successful treatment was given by Mr. Hayes of Little York and healed the horse in 3 weeks. Tells more about the great scarcity of money, tobacco crop will be down, selling 1300 hundred weight. of bacon,hams, and shoulders for 10 cents [per hundredweight], and hopes that the economy will improve when Harrison gets elected in the fall [as president of the USA] Tells of Peachy growing leeches and testing them for drawing blood, gives a recipe for making starch and more family news. |
Year Range from |
1842 |
Year Range to |
1842 |
Subjects |
Bacon Bags Bark blackberries Bottles bran breeches Camp meetings Christian Churchman (publication) Clothes Corn Debt Dishes Distemper Dress Dutch man fistula Flour Gold Governors Grasses Hams, Virginia Healing hen dung Hogsheads Horse House Law leeches Letters Money Out buildings Peach trees Physicians Post offices Preachers Preaching Professional prospects Professions Puppies Rain Saddles sale of farm Scholars School Sermon servants (slaves) Silver sore throat Stage Starch Sulphur Springs Swings Tailoring Tobacco Travel tubs underclothes Veterinary medicine Vinegar Weeds Wheat Wheat Harvest White oak |
Search Terms |
Botetourt Catawba (home of Cary and Emma Gilmer Breckinridge) Charlottesville, VA Dibbrell's Springs Farmington (residence) Fincastle Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Leigh, residence in Albemarle County, VA Little York, [Virginia] Lynchburg, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Scottsville, [Virginia] Staunton, Virginia Virginia |
People |
Abell, Mr. Adams, Maria B, Mr. [Breckinridge] Bankhead, Mr. Bankhead, Mrs. Boyden, Mr. Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Mary Ann Burwell, Mr.? Cabell, Mayo Carter, (Old Mrs.) Carter, Charles Carter, Lucy Carter, Mrs. Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, Isabella (wife of Harmer) Gilmer, John Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, Walker Gilmer, William Wirt Gratten, Peachy Hobson, Dr. Jackson, Mr. Lane, Mr. Logan, Mr. Logan, Mrs. Mead, Mr. Miller, Dr. Miller, Mrs. Minor, George Nelson, Mr. (unknown) Pendleton, Mr. Ralph, (slave of Mary Gilmer) Scilla (slave of Mary Gilmer) Taylor, Mr. Watson, Dr. White, Mr. ? White, Mrs. Wilmer, Mr. Wilson, house servant (slave) of Mary Gilmer |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
006\196951313.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.313 |
Extent of Description |
Four leaves, size 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" |