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01/08/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Jan 18th 1862 from Emma Breckinridge to her sister Eliza with family and local news, notes that her sister {Mary Ann Woodville} had sent a letter with money enclosed and hopes it has arrived safely, asking for Eliza to bring sheet music for some dances (Lancer's Quadrille). The last page of this letters written by their mother Emma W. G. Breckinridge (she always wants to write on all the empty space before a letter is mailed), repea...
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01/08/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Jan 8th 1862 from Emma W. Breckinridge to her son John (in the Confederate Army) complaining he has not been writing home enough, gives family news, brother George has sold his crop of corn and pork and is now "rich", Lucy and Eliza have gone to Richmond for a visit and possibly attend the inauguration [of President Davis], except for the fact that brother James is scheduled to be married on February 4th, "we have a good many servan...
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10/06/1864 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill (although she was in Pittsylvania County visiting with her Uncle Harmer Gilmer and his wife Belle, when she wrote this letter) Oct. 6th 1864 from Lucy Breckinridge to her sister Emma telling of their daily activities, walking, singing and dancing, mending clothes, describes Lewis and Tommy Walker, Lewis "is going in the Army in a few days", as "being such a sweet boy and always doing something for us", Lucy asks for mater...
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letter - 1861 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill August 15th, 1861 from Emma W. Breckinridge to her son John who is serving in the Confederate army unit commanded by his brother Gilmer in the Camp of Instruction near Richmond, she tells of the men who have come home on furlough and some of the needs they have for clothing, food and so on, that will be sent as soon as they complete making the uniforms, of troops passing near their farm on the way to Richmond, that brothe...
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letter - 1861 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill, August 17 Tuesday [27th?1861] to her son John at Manassas to be delivered by Mr. Robinson, telling of going to Buchanan and picking up Gilmer (who is home on leave) and his family and bring them back to Grove Hill for a visit, of illnesses and deaths due to typhoid fever, of her concern for her son's health, encouraging him to return home if gets very sick, of plans to sell horses from Grove Hill as that is the only way ...
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letter - 1861 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill Aug. 30th 1861 to John Breckinridge from his sister Lucy giving him news of the family, thanking him for his "description of the battleground gave me a more vivid idea than I ever had of it", Miss and Mrs. Wise recently visited at Grove Hill and gave them gossip about "Lincoln and all those horrid Washington creatures", that several ladies had been put in jail for being too attentive to 'Rebel' prisoners with, the papers ...
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letter - April 27, 1843
Letter without a heading from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge at Fincastle, Virginia to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, written over several days telling of the arrival of spring, plants coming up, flowers blooming, of the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Breckinridge's, getting clothing for her children and sister Peach, of her desire for her mother to visit them this summer, deaths and marriages in the community, Co...
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Letter - April 3, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba April 3rd 1843" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her hopes that Lucy and their mother will visit Catawba in near future, explaining why she cannot travel with so many small children, her husband's illnesses, and a strong desire for the family to be together every year. Tells of news about various family members, illnesses with sever...
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Letter - August 28, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August [28th] 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling that Mr. B had just returned home with William Watts who was still sick, but improving slowly, and about "the greatest fresh (flood) Thursday night [August 24, 1843] that has ever been here" and tells of washed out bridges, crops, and mill disabled, and expects this will be "a disastrous season for farmers...
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Letter - May 28, 1845
Letter headed "Leigh [May 27th 1845]"from Emma Breckinridge to her husband Cary at Grove Hill near Fincastle, Botetourt telling of her plans to return home soon from her mothers, will leave baby John at Leigh because of the danger of whooping cough at Grove Hill, family news and requests certain items be sewn and flower boxes be built for the plants he is bringing from Albemarle, mentions various people who have visited at Leigh, tells of her pla...
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Letter - Spring 1845
This undated letter headed "Wednesday evening" (by context the spring of 1845) is from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Ann, in school at Richmond, giving news of the family, telling of each child and some of their activities: raising chickens and a lamb, sending some aprons to Mary Ann, telling of plans to let her sons Gilmer and James, go to Leigh for vacation and be there for the wedding and traveling by themselves on horseback.
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Letter from Calvin Utz to John Breckinridge, January 26, 1858 - January 26, 1858 01/25/1858 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Fincastle, January 26th, 1858" from Calvin Utz to John Breckinridge at Cosby's Store, Albemarle County, Virginia telling of how much he has missed hunting and fishing and other sports with John, of his attending the Old Academy being taught by Mr. McCorkle who has about 19-20 scholars, tells of some old scholars who have switched to Mr. Burger's class, names several of the students that John probably knew, mentions the death of sev...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Ann Woodville, at Glencary - May 20, 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill May 20th, 1854" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Woodville, at Glencary telling of her expectation that Mary will visit Grove Hill soon, about her mother and friends in Williamsburg where there has been a lot of sickness, a Miss Harriet has written about the various people sick and Emma is anxious to go check on her mother, but Mr. B. suggest she will likely get sick too and not be able to get proper c...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Breckinridge Woodville, at Glencary in Sweet Springs, Virginia - September 1853 [by context] 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Undated letter headed "Monday evening" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Breckinridge Woodville, at Glencary. The context makes this letter fit with several others written in September 1853. Her mother tells of plans to send various items by a carriage soon, of plans to make a screen from calico cotton and wood, of having Anderson [slave] make a new couch and "cover it with the curtain you think so ugly", suggesting Dr. Woodvill...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Gilmer Breckinridge - May 29, 1858 01/25/1858 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill May 29th 1858" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Gilmer Breckinridge at UVA, telling of her return from Glencary where she visited with her daughter Mary Ann Woodville for 2 weeks, of the children doing well, hopes to have everyone home together this summer, John [at VMI] has had the measles, of all the chickens they are raising this year, of completing a porch to connect to the office, about engaging Miss Oden [...
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Letter of February 27, 1846 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer - February 27, 1846
Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb 27th 1846" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, telling of her concern about her mother's safe travel home since she had visited Grove Hill and her son George. Mr. Wilmer has returned to Fincastle and is preaching regularly, as well as teaching Sunday school, of the advances the children are making in schooling, of Dolly and little Betsy (slaves) each ha...
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