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Moseley, Mary |
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letter - June 26, 1821
Letter dated June 26, 1821 from Mary Moseley, at "Green Wood", to Emma Walker Gilmer, Liberty, Virginia. Both were young girls. The letter asks Emma to visit and write more often and mentions a few other names.
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letter - March 21, 1832
Letter dated March 21, 1832 from Mary Gilmer, Ivy Creek, to her daughter Emma Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle in Botetourt County. Postmarked Hardin's Tavern, March 24. A short note at the end was added by one of Emma's brothers. News of the family, Francis Gilmer is to board at the Academy, and Lucy to attend school in Charlottesville.
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letter - May 27, 1832
Letter dated May 27, 1832 from William Wirt Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardins Tavern, May 31, to his sister, Emma Walker Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle. Tells of brickmaking, the weather and of crops. Note added from their mother, Mary Gilmer, describing her daughter Mary's illness with the measles.
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Letter - 1826 by context
This letter is a character study of Mary Moseley and Emma Gilmer by J. F. Sale of Liberty, not dated, and is quite flowery in his description of these two young ladies.
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Letter - 1827 by context
Letter undated with no heading (1827 by context) to Emma Gilmer at Liberty from M. A. [Mary Ann Anthony] telling of social events, weddings, and parties, wishing that Emma could have attended, mentions that LaFayette has declined to visit Lynchburg this winter, entreating Emma to visit the city soon.
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Letter - 1827 by context
Letter undated with no heading (1827 by context) to Emma Gilmer at Liberty from M. A. A. [Mary Ann Anthony] tells of Mary's desire to write a lot of news, but it has all evaporated from her mind, expresses concern about Francis' father who is very ill, a long portion of girlish remarks about their common friends, a small effort at poetry, and closes with news of the death of a 12 month old child and attending the funeral and the great sorrow she ...
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Letter - April 20, 1832
Letter dated April 20, 1832 from Lucy Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardin's Tavern, April 24, to her sister, Mrs. E. W. (Emma Walker) Breckinridge, at Grove Hill, near Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia. Written while attending school in Charlottesville "to a Mrs. Round". Letter discusses her brothers' activities; measles in family; and her school teachers and subjects.
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Letter - circa 1827
Letter with no heading and dated by context to about 1827, from Mary Mosely at Greenwood Palace to Emma Gilmer at Liberty City. She writes with haste about her trip home and then forgetting to mail the letter because they had company.
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Letter - July 15, 1827
Letter dated July 15, 1827 from George Henry Gilmer, at New London, to his mother Mrs. Mary Gilmer, in Norwich, Connecticut, where she was visiting friends. Mentions his sister Lucy, in Connecticut with her mother and others. Also mentions quite a number of local residents and happenings in the neighborhood.
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Letter - October 16, 1831
Letter dated October 16, 1831 from William W. Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, postmarked Hardins Tavern, to his sister Mrs. Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Fincastle, Botetourt County. Family letter reporting on progress of farming, hunting trips, and a pessimistic prospect of him ever finding a woman to marry, and a comment on insurrection.
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Letter - October 24, 1826
Letter dated October 24, 1826 from Eliza Gilmer Tucker, University [of Virginia], to Emma Gilmer, at Liberty, Bedford County, postmarked October 30th. News of marriages: Polly Marks and a Mrs. Selden who married our Professor of Ancient Languages [the University of Virginia]. Mentions other events in her home and neighborhood.
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Letter from Mary Jane Mitchell to Emma W. Gilmer - June 27, 1823
Letter dated June 27, 1823 from Mary Jane Mitchell, Farm Mills, postmarked Lynchburg, Virginia, June 30, to Emma W. Gilmer, at Liberty, Bedford County. News and gossip of friends and relatives: mentions dancing school, Fourth of July Celebrations, trips to Natural Bridge and Peaks of Otter, etc.
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