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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 - February 2, 1843
Letter headed Catawba February 2nd, 1843 from Mary Ann Breckinridge to her Aunt Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle telling of the birth of a new sister to be called Lucy Breckinridge, offers Lucy Gilmer the right to choose a middle name, tells of other family news, John Gilmer in Lexington plans to join a church, Cousin James Holcombe is leaving for a 2 month trip to Indiana, and states that his mother will probably die before h...
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Letter - July 20, 1843
Letter headed "Union Hotel July 1843" and post marked Big Lick, VA, from Belle Gilmer to her sister-in-law Mary Peachy Gilmer at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia telling of her trip to Lexington, visiting the Natural Bridge and seeing "all the sights of the institute [Virginia Military Institute], her return trip with Ann Watts, her husband Harmer Gilmer's illness, possibility of riding the canal from Scottsville, mentions John's condition i...
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Letter - June 2, 1844
Letter headed "Catawba June 2nd 1844" from Lucy Gilmer to her brother John at Lexington P. O., Virginia, who is a student at Washington College, asking John and Cary Breckinridge, Jr. to come to Catawba at the end of the current session and stay a few days and then lays out a trip back to Leigh in Albemarle County with visits to many of their family friends. Lucy mentions she had a "delightful nice trip, especially in Roanoke". Roanoke was not a ...
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Letter - March 12, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill March 12th 1845" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle encouraging Lucy to continue to recover from her illness, planning a trip to visit, tells of illnesses and death in her community, about the new entrance being constructed for Grove Hill, that baby John Breckinridge was baptised this week by Mr. Wilmer, about the school the young boys are attending, and of...
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Letter - March 26, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill March 26th 1845" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, telling of various problems in the Fincastle area such as whooping cough, deaths in the family and "poor Nannie Woods" whose dress caught on fire and badly burned the back of her body from her neck to her heels", news about the upcoming church convention, and hope her next letter will be more cheerful.
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Letter - October 3, 1842
Letter headed "Catawba Octr. 3rd 1842" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter Mary A. Breckinridge at Big Lick, Roanoke, asking her to write more often, tells of her other children, mentions the Bishop is coming to Roanoke and Fincastle to preach, asks Mary to send her summer clothes home, tells of good birdhunting this fall and asking James, William and John to plan to visit after the court is over next week, tells of Mr. B. having a "Dag...
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Letter - October 3, 1842 (Year set by context)
Letter headed "Catawba Octr 3rd 1842" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of Lizzie Watt's wedding to Tom Preston and another wedding in Staunton where Susan Peyton was married; family news including information about John Gilmer being sick, Harmer and Bell are setting up house keeping this winter and expect the family to supply, meat, flour, and a milk cow; and mentions th...
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