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1. Letter - February 4, 1840

   Letter headed "Catawba Feb 4th 1840" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle, Virginia to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. Emma is responding to a letter from Lucy to Emma's daughter Mary, and starts with a lecture on being more positive about her life. Mentions that Col. Burwell's barn was destroyed by fire set by an arsonist with much loss of livestock and grain. States "Poor old Nellie brought $4 and of...

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