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1. Letter - December 12, 1839

   Letter headed Dec 12th 1839 and mailed at Hardin's Tavern, from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle. Account of her journey home from Botetourt by way of the Watts family at Oaklands, the visits with friends in Bedford County, on to Amherst Court House, Nelson Court House, etc.. Tells of her son William taking cattle to Richmond to sell for a better price then available locally, and mentions prices of wheat, ...

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2. Letter - October 5, 1841

   Letter from William W. Gilmer headed "Leigh Oct. 5th 1841" to his mother Mary Gilmer at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia telling her that he has been very ill but is feeling better now. He details his treatment and recovery. Tells of his best tobacco crop ever, having harvested 34,000 plants at Leigh and 20,000 at the plantation in Nelson County. They used 18 people cutting the tobacco, working long hours in the rain causing him to be sick. ...

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