Related Records

1. letter - 10/1?/1859 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Grove Hill, Oct. 1?, 1859 from Eliza W. Breckinridge to her Mother Emma telling of events that have occurred since her mother left for the convention in Richmond, her visit with the Bowyer's, of her daily activities, expecting frost tonight for the first time since spring, of a "ugly young man from Pennsylvania-not my idea of a gentleman at all", had spent a night at Grove Hill, her father's's crops are very good this year and they ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Letter - 1838

   Undated letter headed "Staunton Thursday evening" from Emma Breckinridge, who is travelling by carriage from Fincastle to Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern in Albemarle County, Virginia, to her husband, Cary Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, telling him that he does not need to comedown by the seventh of this month. Emma details her trip to Staunton: spent the first night as Van Meter's, the second at Gibson's, stopping at Mr. Steele's...

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. 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...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. 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...

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Letter - February 4, 1845

   Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb. 4th 1845" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her desire to receive more letters, of local gossip, about church problems, her recent visit to Oaklands, persons becoming engaged, making plans for a visit to Albemarle and bringing little Cary home to be tutored at Grove Hill. She mentions Mr. Daniel Pessce(?) (gentleman of colour is ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Letter - May 20, 1853 [year derived from context]

   This letter headed Grove Hill May 20th [1853] from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter Mary Breckinridge Woodville at Sweet Springs in a long letter tells of her desire to hear from Mary, plans to send a wagon with supplies "to have some of the little comforts", suggestions for various things to cook to feed her new husband, news of family visiting, salary of $600 and a manse offered to Mr. Wilmer [Episcopal preacher at Fincastle] to entice ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Letter - May 28, 1845

   Letter headed "Leigh [May 27th 1845]"from Emma Breckinridge to her husband Cary at Grove Hill near Fincastle, Botetourt telling of her plans to return home soon from her mothers, will leave baby John at Leigh because of the danger of whooping cough at Grove Hill, family news and requests certain items be sewn and flower boxes be built for the plants he is bringing from Albemarle, mentions various people who have visited at Leigh, tells of her pla...

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Letter from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Breckinridge - March 24, 1859

   Letter headed Williamsburg March 24th 1859 from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Breckinridge mentioning she had not received a reply to her last letter, about leaving for Williamsburg, tells of the various families she has visited on this trip including Uncle Wilmer's, Saunder's and Mumford's, about an illness and the quinine she has taken for it, a visit to the insane asylum and some the sights she saw, met a young lady who she thinks woul...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Eliza Breckinridge, at Grove Hill - August 8, 1853

   Letter headed "Glencary August 8th [1853]" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Eliza, at Grove Hill telling of events at Glencary and the regular trips they were taking to the Springs, tells of Mr. Radford who is ill today after drinking 17 glasses of the water from the Springs in one day, baby Emma in her linen dress is quite a sight in the ballroom talking to the singers about the songs she would like to hear, and her conversation wi...

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Letter of June 12, 1845 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer - June 12, 1845

    Letter headed "Tuesday morning" with a post mark of June 12, 1845 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, near Fincastle, Virginia, to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and tells of her return trip from Leigh to Grove Hill, finding all the children doing well in spite of several having whooping cough, gives details of her journey of three days, comments on the tobacco and other crops, of her attempts to get a teacher for the...

    Record Type: Archive