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Gilmer, William W. |
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Letter - 1831
Letter without heading from an unknown friend to Emma W. Breckinridge at Fincastle in Botetourt County with an illegible return address. The year is assumed to be 1831 as the writer comments on names of houses that Emma has mentioned and says she prefers the name Keelonah. Other letters suggest that by September 29, 1831, Emma and her husband were building a new home which was ultimately called Catawba. Most of this letter concerns the health of ...
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Letter - 1831
Overwritten letter headed "Staunton Oct 8th" and the rest of letter has not been read due to the overwriting process, thus we have little information to set the year. We used 1831 since other letters filed in this group were estimated to be written in 1831.
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Letter - April 12, 1831
Letter dated April 12, 1831 from William W. Gilmer, Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardins Tavern, April 14, 1831 to his brother-in-law, Cary Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle, Botetourt County. Mentions tools and equipment left at Fortheringay for Cary Breckinridge and speaks of the progress they are making on their new farm at Ivy Creek.
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Letter - August 28, 1831
Letter dated August 28, 1831 from William W. Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, to his father, Peachy R. Gilmer, at Grove Hill, Botetourt County, with a note added by his wife Mary. Postmarked Hardins Tavern, August 30. Tells of trouble with the Negroes in Albemarle County, mentions the Southhampton insurrection.
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Letter - August 6, 1831 or 1832
Letter headed "White Sulphur Springs, August 6th, [1831 or 32]" from Margaret Anthony to Emma W. Breckinridge, care of Peachy Gilmer, Esq., Hardins Post Office, Albemarle City, telling how she came to be at White Sulphur Springs (Aunt Deborah invited her), describing the ladies from other regions as "having the most singular appearance you can imagine with their short dress and their hair tied up so tight that they look as if they could not shut...
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Letter - March 31, 1825
Letter dated March 31, 1825 from William W. Gilmer to his sister Emma Gilmer at Liberty, Bedford County, gives some family news and a report on his planting of crops for the new season. Mentions the Cocke's of Bremo, farming news, trade of slaves for a colt, etc..
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