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1. An Old Virginny Wedding - April 9, 1903

   Typescript copied from The Buchanan Banner of April 9, 1903. Titled "An Old Virginny Wedding", it is an article about the wedding in 1843 of two young people from two of the most influential families in Virginia. The bride was Lizzie Watts and the groom was Thomas L. Preston. The clans gathered at "Oaklands" home of the bride and "Peyton Hall", the adjoining estate owned by relatives of the bride. The confectionary was shipped by canal boat from...

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2. Letter - March 8, 1838

   Letter headed "Richmond, March 8th 1838" from Lucy Gilmer to her sister, Emma Breckinridge, near Fincastle, Botetourt County, thanking her for the goodies she sent by Mrs. Wharton and sending a pattern for a collar that Emma has offered to make for Lucy. She also mentions many of her friends at school by name and they have drawn caricatures that Lucy compares to Hogarth's work in England.

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