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1. 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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2. 02/17/1862 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Richmond Feb.17th,1862 Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Emma with news about Richmond where she has been for several weeks and intends to stay until the"Inauguration" [of President Jefferson Davis], tells of raining hard today, went to two church services yesterday and was delayed by a funeral procession for Captain Wise [this was not Gen. Henry A. Wise, former Governor of Virginia who died in 1872] impeded them for a while with all...

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3. 06/21/1862 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Richmond June 21, 1862 to his wife Julia from Gilmer Breckinridge telling of his trip to Richmond where he is seeking new position in the Confederate Army, tells of many soldiers who have been wounded and killed in the recent past including a conversation with Lt. Kelly who saw brother John Breckinridge who was shot on the Richmond battlefield and died a day later in a hospital, and the death of Capt Ed Bowyer of the Fincastle Artil...

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4. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Friday Morning [probably August 16 or 23 from the data in the letter she is quoting her husband Gilmer's letter dated August 13 which was a Tuesday] to Eliza Breckinridge from her sister in law Julia Anthony Breckinridge telling of news from Gilmer in camp near Richmond, of the sick soldier Lt. Robinson who Gilmer has sent home to Amsterdam to recover from his illness, other information is repeated from this same letter (1969.51.610...

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5. letter - 1861 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Camp of Instruction, Tuesday Aug 13th 1861 from Gilmer Breckinridge to his wife Julia telling of events at the Camp of Instruction, of meeting with various people and traveling to Richmond, about purchasing a barrel of flour which he said would feed 4 men for 83 1/2 days, that officers had to pay for all their meals, of meeting Billie Pegram who "had run off from Baltimore, passed through the Federal pickets and found one asleep", r...

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6. Letter - August 19, 1844

   Letter headed "Oak Lands August 19th 44, Monday evening" from Mary Peachy (Peach) Gilmer to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia, telling of inability to write an interesting letter as the reason for her slow response to her mothers previous letter, promises a lot of different information in this letter, about her new music for "the little Elsler dance" all the way from Washington, about visits with vario...

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7. Letter - February 19, 1845

   Letter headed "Wednesday" (without date, but the date derived from postmark) from Emma Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Ann Breckinridge, at Oaklands, Big Lick, Roanoke, telling of the condition of Lucy Gilmer, who is the sister of Mary Peach Gilmer studying with Mary Breckinridge at Oaklands, enquiring about the girls music teacher Mr. Bozzorata if he will come to Grove Hill next year to continue the girls music lessons, on Cary Breckinridge's...

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8. Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Cary Breckinridge, at VMI - December 21, 1857 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835

   Letter headed "Grove Hill Dec. 20th 1857" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Cary Breckinridge, who is a cadet at Virginia Military Institute. This letter is in reply to Cary's letter of December 6th [1857] (Object ID 1969.51.517) and complains the letter was not mailed promptly, that she had sent a box to Cary and James (also a cadet at VMI) which contained $10 and wondered if he had gotten it safely, agrees to send the book after Christm...

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