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Title |
Letter |
Dates of Creation |
July 12, 1842 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Pittsylvania Court H July 12th 1842" from George Gilmer to his mother Mary Gilmer at Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of his pleasure in receiving two letters, one from his mother and the other from his sister, Mary Peachy. He describes his potential for marriage as being none, agrees that sending Mary Peachy to Roanoke to stay with the Watts family and attend school will be good for her, and approves of brother John attending Washington College and suggest he should join the "institute" [VMI] and "the military exercises afford a fine relaxation from study and exercise in addition they give a man a good carriage& serve to improve both his manners and appearance...", tells of wheat and tobacco crop damage and success in various parts of the state, mentions his own garden is doing well, mentions his plans to travel to Richmond (for the first time), asks his mother to collect a debt from Garth and tell of his expenses recently buying Negroes, paying Harmer's debt, and setting up a shop for Lewis and buying leather and "has exhausted his small stock of cash". |
Year Range from |
1842 |
Year Range to |
1842 |
Subjects |
Court Debt Debt collection Debt repayment Estate Fruit Gardening Grapes Grapevines hard times Health Leather Marriage Military instructions Military tactics Military training Negroes Reading Shops Springs Tobacco Crop Travel Vegetables Wheat crop |
Search Terms |
Albemarle County, Virginia Fluvanna County, Virginia Hardins Tavern (Albemarle County, Virginia) Institute (Virginia Military Institute) Pittsylvania Court House Richmond, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia The Springs Virginia Washington College (now Washington & Lee) |
People |
Barksdale, Elisha Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Cabell, Mr. Dabney, Professor Garth, Mr. Gilmer, Frank Gilmer, George Henry Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, John Gilmer, Lucy Gilmer, Mary (Polly) House Gilmer, Mary Peachy Gilmer, William Wirt Johnson, Dr. Watts, General Watts, Mrs. |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
006\196951309.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.309 |
Extent of Description |
Four leaves, size 7 3/4" x 10" |