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08/08/1862 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill August 8th [1862 by context] to Dearest Sister [Julia Breckinridge] from Lucy telling of being very lonely as her mother has gone to visit with her oldest daughter Mary Woodville in Monroe County, that brother Cary has returned to the war and they fear for his life since John was killed a few months ago, of her concern for her mother traveling with so many deserters on the roads, but that brother George took a gun with hi...
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Letter - August 1842
A letter, without a heading, written by Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, who was visiting at Oaklands with her friend Lizzie Watts, telling Lucy to be sure Mary brings all frocks and aprons with her, also a couple of missing volumes of the "Life of Scott" and news about visits made in the neighborhood.
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Letter - August 22, 1842
Letter headed "Leigh August 22nd 1842" from Mary Gilmer at Hardins Tavern, Virginia, to her daughter Emma Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle with many interesting events and persons names mentioned. Tells of going to church, changing preachers, a camp meeting going on in the area for the servants (slaves) and writing a permission slip for one of her slaves to be allowed to join the church [Baptist],discussion of the crops that will be harvest...
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Letter - December 10, 1844
Letter headed "Grove Hill Dec.10th 1844" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle (response to Object ID 1969.51.370) telling of her desire for them all to come to Grove Hill for Christmas, hoping their mother will consider bringing Lucy and living at Catawba now that they have moved to Grove Hill, gives a description of the household layout in Grove Hill, things that still need to be mov...
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Letter - December 30, 1844
Letter headed "Grove Hill Dec. 30th 1844" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle telling of the many visitors and guest they entertained over Christmas, much family and friends news, death of Mrs. Breckinridge, illnesses in the family, birth of her baby John Breckinridge.
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Letter - June 17, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba June [17] 1843 Thursday" from Mary Peachy Gilmer and Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to their mother, Mary Gilmer at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle. Beginning with Mary Peachy's portion, she tells of the receipt of $100 money, passes on local news from Oaklands, a visit from John Breckinridge whose health is much improved, and she is going to town tonight and wishes her mother could visit soon. Emma writes about local condi...
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Letter - June 7, 1843
Letter headed "June 7th 1843--Tuesday morning" from Mary Peachy Gilmer and others to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County, responding to a letter from Lucy and filled with a lot of family news and descriptions of the various children and kin folks, tells of visitors, playing the piano, singing songs, eating fresh strawberries, about deaths in the Watts family, and the distress of Mr. Watts. Mary Ann Breckinridg...
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Letter - May 12, 1847
This letter headed "Grove Hill May 12th 1847" from Emma Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Ann, who is visiting in Richmond, Virginia, telling of the health of the family at Grove Hill. Most have been sick, mentions visits by various friends and family, about Mary Peach's visit with her in-laws in Alexandria, Virginia, asks about Mary's social life and parties in Richmond.
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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 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 - January 5, 1858 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill Jan 5th 1858" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary [Woodville] at Glencary, telling of events at Grove Hill, recent visit by Mary's husband Dr. Woodville, plans to send a wagon over the mountain to Mary as soon as the weather clears, with flour, and perhaps the stove, have bricks ready so Wilson [wagon driver and slave] can do some repair work, reminds Mary to send the beef hides to Kyle's [tannery] on the...
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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 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Cary Breckinridge, Jr., at Chatham - February 23, 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb. 23rd 1854" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Cary Breckinridge, Jr., at Chatham where he is living with his Uncle John Gilmer, telling of clothes that Cary needs, of her visitors and neighbors, about rainy weather and some small amount of flooding, preparation for planting in the spring, mentions "the children do not go to school after dinner, which we have about three o'clock", about his sister Mary Woodvil...
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Letter of May 11, 1846 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer - May 11, 1846
Letter headed "May 11th 1846" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge at Fincastle to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling of local news, reports on the weather, crops, family news, and social comments of many visitors, plans for a strawberry festival, encouraging her mother to visit more often, and other family news.
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