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Letter - February 3, 1841
Letter from Emma Breckinridge dated February 8, 1841 to her sister Lucy at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia and postmarked Fincastle, Virginia on February 4, 1841, telling of family news and discussing the possibilities of her three unwed brothers finding suitable wives in the near future. News of her visits with neighbors and announcing that Mr. B intends to build a front porch on their home Catawba in the spring. Tells of her chi...
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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 - May 26, 1842
Letter headed "Catawba May 26th 1842" from Emma Breckinridge to her husband Cary Breckinridge, Esq, at Leesburg, Virginia and forwarded back to Fincastle on June 8, 1842. An interesting letter detailing what is happening at home while Cary is traveling with their son James, tells of planting and replanting tobacco, corn, picking strawberries, field work, laying floors in the mill, some problems on the farm and some family news.
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Letter - May 31, 1842
Letter headed "Catawba May 31st 1842" from Emma Breckinridge to her Mother Mary Gilmer at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. Letter covers a range of topics, including Emma's concern for her son James and her husband who have traveled together from Fincastle to Albemarle County, the school arrangements for all her children, concern about her brother John who has been a student at the Theological High School in Alexandria, Virginia, ...
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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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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to daughter, Mary Breckinridge Woodville - January 29, 1858 01/25/1858 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill, Jan 29th, 1858" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter Mary Breckinridge Woodville telling of expecting "considerable sleet tonight", what the rest of the family is doing, local news about their friends and neighbors, Mr. Breckinridge has increased Dr. Williams salary by $25 [per year} as "your Papa thinks he is worth more", Dr. Meredith does most of the practice among the servants [slaves]", tells of a trunk tha...
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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 of April 12, 1846 from Letty Watts to Emma Breckinridge - April 12, 1846
Letter headed "Oak Lands April 12th 1846, Sunday night" from Letty G. Watts to her Aunt Emma Breckinridge telling of sharing some celery seeds and asking for dahlia roots for her mother, discusses ways to send clothing to Neal, says Bro "J" [brother James Watts] is getting better, and hopes that the folks from Pittsylvania will soon arrive for a visit.
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Letter of December 27, 1847 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer - December 27, 1847
This letter headed "Grove Hill Decr 27th 1847" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle telling of the recently wed Peach and George Wilmer have moved from Grove Hill to Emma and Cary's original home named Catawba, about furnishing this place, about various family members visiting at Christmas, about the weather (very cold and snowy), building a new ice house at Grove Hill, about plans to s...
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