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1. March 1870 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter without a heading, date by context was March 1870, from Letitia Watts Sorrell to her Aunt [Emma W. G. Breckinridge] telling of change in the labor force as ex-slaves are seeking employment and looking for references from their old owners, ie. Paterson and Rose, with only experience in working in the fields are hoping to get her a job as a cook, but she will have to be trained for the job, and has 9 or 10 children to look after. Lettie had ...

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2. 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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3. 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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4. Letter - January 6, 1845

   Letter headed "Cincinnati January 6th 1845" from Anne S. Holcombe to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia via Washington, telling of her experience since she moved to Cincinnati, gives family news, inquires about her friends in Virginia, comments that she "likes the white labour as it will be very pleasant if one of the servants don't please me just to dismiss her, there are plenty here who would gladly take he...

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5. Letter of June 4, 1846 from Alice Watts to Mary Breckinridge - June 4, 1846

   Letter headed "June 4th 1846 -- Thursday" from Alice Matilda Watts to Mary Breckinridge at Grove Hill and carried by Cary Breckinridge, telling of family events and the long illness of her brother [James Watts] and how sick he has been for 5 weeks, of social events including an invitation to ball at Lexington, and naming several other visitors.

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