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Title |
Letter from Letitia Watts Rives to her aunt, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, dated December 3, 1856 |
Dates of Creation |
December 3, 1856 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835 |
Scope & Content |
Letter headed "Dec.3rd, 1856" from Letitia Watts Rives to Dear Aunt [Emma Gilmer Breckinridge] with an offer from the Watts family at Oaklands to keep Emma's small children if she was planning to attend the wedding of Cousin George [Wilmer]; gives news of her travels, of her sister Alice [Watts Morris] who has recently moved in to a new house called "The Grove", their travels to New York where they were well received and on to Charleston [South Carolina]. Closes with a post script about cousin Catherine returning home from Columbia at Mrs. John Preston's where they found Eduardo well and Cary had gone to New Orleans. |
Year Range from |
1856 |
Creator |
Letitia Watts Rives |
Year Range to |
1856 |
Subjects |
Bad colds Cruises Death Illness Inflamitory rheumatism Letter Over eating Parents Sea sick Sea travel Sore throat Table salt Typhoid fever Visit Wedding |
Search Terms |
Breckinridge family Charleston, South Carolina Columbia Europe New York Oaklands (residence), Roanoke County, Virginia The Grove (residence) Watts family |
People |
Allen, Judge Allen, Mrs. Breckinridge family Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, Eliza Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge, Gilmer Pendleton, Mary Pendleton, Mrs. Peyton, Allen Peyton, Mr. ? Peyton, Mrs. ? Preston, John Preston, Mrs. John Read, Thomas Rives, Letitia Gamble Watts Watts family Watts, Alice Watts, Allen Watts, Brother Tom Watts, Emma Watts, Ma Watts, Papa Watts, William Wilmer. George Woodville, Emma Woodville, James [Jimmy] Woodville, Mary Ann Breckinridge |
Collection |
Breckinridge Collection |
Imagefile |
047\196951502.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Object ID |
1969.51.502 |
Extent of Description |
Four pages, size 6 1/4" x 8" |