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Breckinridge, Mary Ann |
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03/27/1834
Letter headed Catawba 27 March1834 from Lucy Gilmer and Emma Breckinridge to their brothers Hamer and Frank in Albemarle County. Lucy playfully offering to find a potential bride for Harmer to assure him a good choice, she names a few girls he should not consider, wants Harmer to come to Botetourt to live, discusses the use of a deer skin of Harmers. Emma writes Frank that she is glad to hear he is a good student and wishes him well when he enter...
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letter - January 16, 1833
Letter dated January 16, 1833 from C. [Cary] Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, postmarked Fincastle, January 17, to his wife Emma, visiting her parents near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County. Tells of scarlet fever epidemic in Botetourt County.
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letter - January 20, 1833
Letter dated January 20, 1833 from Emma Breckinridge, at Ivy Creek and postmarked Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County. Tells of the death of friends Mary Ann Goode and Mrs. Leigh Watkins, who died of scarlet fever. Emma desires her husband come to Ivy Creek and stay the winter there with her and their child.
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letter - June 7, 1832
Letter dated June 7, 1832 from Francis Walker Gilmer, at Mud Wall, postmarked Charlottesville, June 8, to his sister, Emma Breckinridge, at Fincastle, Virginia with news of his family and mentions that Mr. Cobbs preached in Charlottesville recently.
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letter - May 17, 1832
Letter dated May 17, 1832, from Mrs. Mary Gilmer, postmarked May 19, to her husband Peachy Gilmer, who was visiting at Grove Hill in Botetourt County. Reports on progress of house building and explains injury to servants who accidentally stepped on nails.
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letter - November 7, 1832
Letter dated November 7, 1832 from M. M. C. [Martha Mitchell Campbell] at Otterburn in Bedford County, to Mrs. Emma W. Breckinridge in Fincastle, Botetourt County, telling of the illness and death of Sarah Saunders, a cousin of Mary Watts. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.
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Letter - 1836-1837
Undated letter from Lucy Gilmer to her sister, Emma Breckinridge, with no heading or salutation. Lucy is writing at the end of the Christmas season (she did not get home for Christmas) and she stayed at Mrs. Persico's school in Richmond and has visited some of her local kin folks. She comments on not receiving any letters from her brothers, wanting to see Emma and her children, and news of her visits in Richmond.
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Letter - April 20, 1832
Letter dated April 20, 1832 from Lucy Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardin's Tavern, April 24, to her sister, Mrs. E. W. (Emma Walker) Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia. Written while attending school in Charlottesville "to a Mrs. Round". Letter discusses her brothers' activities; measles in family; and her school teachers and subjects.
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Letter - April 21, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill April 21 1845, Sunday evening" from Mary Peachy Gilmer to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern in Albemarle County, expressing her shock and distress at learning that her sister Lucy had passed away, comforting her mother, and telling of the plans of various members of the family to travel to Albemarle County within the next few days and that the folks at Oaklands all are sending their sympathy.
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Letter - August 10, 1837
Letter headed "Leigh August 10, 1837" from Lucy Minor to her sister, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle. News of friends and family; asks about the Watts family, especially Lizzie; sends love to the children including James [a new baby?]. Lucy mentions she has a pet hummingbird that would sit on her hand and drink sugar water from a spoon. A portion of this letter is written over at ninety degrees.
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Letter - August 11, 1842 (Year set by context)
Letter headed "Oaklands August 11" ( 1842 by context) from Mary Ann Breckinridge to her mother, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge. Tells of wanting some clothes sent down, her lessons in reading, spelling, writing, Bible lessons, and a hymn; mentions the family members she sees at Oaklands, and states "Robert is the werse boy I ever saw" (does not state Robert's last name).
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Letter - August 16, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August 16th 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and telling that Peach (Gilmer) and Mary (Breckinridge) left today to go to Oaklands and take music lessons for three weeks, William Watts has been ill at the Sweet Springs and has been ill all summer, "poor Miss Nancy died last Friday" and was buried at Mr. Tayloe's place next to Mrs. Dick, tells of losing their pre...
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Letter - August 16, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August 16th 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and telling that Peach (Gilmer) and Mary (Breckinridge) left today to go to Oaklands and take music lessons for three weeks, William Watts has been ill at the Sweet Springs and has been ill all summer, "poor Miss Nancy died last Friday" and was buried at Mr. Tayloe's place next to Mrs. Dick, tells of losing their pre...
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Letter - August 17, 1852
This letter from Kate Burwell (with no heading) is addressed to "Dearest____" and written on Tuesday, August 17, 1852, apparently to one of the Breckinridge girls about a planned visit. The letter is not very coherent, as she admits in several places, speaks of Mr. N____ with no particular explanation, except he may travel with her to Botetourt "if his business engagements will allow." Apparently she had been asked if she was engaged and replied ...
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Letter - August 22, 1842
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 harvest...
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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 - 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 - August 28, 1844
Letter headed "Oak Lands August 28 [1844]" from Alice Watts to her cousin, Mary Anne Breckinridge at Catawba, near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia tells of missing Mary, family visitors (first names only), is expecting a letter soon and says "I am extremely anxious to hear what that person said about me", mentions several family friends they have visited recently and closes with the fact she is expecting to be examined for confirmation this...
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Letter - August 8, 1844
Letter dated August 8, 1844 from Mary Ann Breckinridge at Catawba, near Fincastle, to her aunt, Lucy Gilmer at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, with some family news. The larger portion of the letter was written by Emma Breckinridge, Mary's mother, with an assorted listing of family news, preachers visiting, stories about her children, clothing for the children, and various visitors.
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Letter - February 10, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba Feb 10th 1843" from Mary Ann Breckinridge to her Grandma Mary Gilmer at Leigh telling of the progress her mother is making after the birth of Lucy Breckinridge, who she describes as "the fattest and largest baby ever saw and has black hair and dark eyes", about knitting a pair of socks for the baby, that her father is on a business trip to Lynchburg, and about how much they miss Gilmer Breckinridge who is staying at Leigh.
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