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1. Letter - April 4, 1835

   Letter dated April 4, 1835 from Peachy R. Gilmer, with a note added from Mary Gilmer, to their daughter, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba in Fincastle. Family news: political comments-the election, crowded polls, Jackson party vs. the Whigs, and comments on several of their friends and neighbors.

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2. 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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