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1. Letter - August 7, 1838

   Letter headed "Leigh August 7th 1838" from Emma Breckinridge, visiting her mother, to her husband Cary at home in Botetourt County. News of the trip to Albemarle County;social call from Dr. Minor and Lucy and Dr. Cabell, with doctor's comments about James's head rash (mentioned in an earlier letter to Lucy). Promises bringing sister Peach, nine years old now and cannot read, home for the year to share a teacher with Mary Ann, perhaps other girls...

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2. Letter - January 3, 1840

   Letter headed "Catawba Jan 3rd 1840" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh, Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia. Lucy has returned to Leigh after a visit to Botetourt asking about various family members and writing about her children and their progress in reading, writing, and singing. Also talks about the amount of snow they are having this winter.

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3. Letter - March 24, 1842 (by context)

   Business letter headed "Greenfield March 24 [1842]" from William R. Radford to Ballard Preston at Amsterdam, Virginia, requesting payment of debt and interest on a debt owed to William R. Preston after being assigned to him by John R. Peyton. The debt was against John B. Floyd, and Radford also asks for a statement of debt on this matter to verify where this matter stands after payment of the requested $210.00.

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4. Letter from James Breckinridge at VMI to his sister, Eliza Breckinridge, in Fincastle, Virginia - November 17, 1855 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835

   Letter headed "Saturday Novr 17 1855" from James Breckinridge, postmarked Lexington, to his sister, Eliza Breckinridge, at Fincastle, in Botetourt County, Virginia, telling of the cadets trip from VMI by canal boat ("they were sleeping in the straw") to Lynchburg where the cadets were transferred to the cars [railroad] for a trip to the Petersburg [Virginia] fair, of events at the fair where they were greeted by other military personnel with cann...

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5. Letter from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge, about the death of Jane Preston Gilmer. - February 2, 1852

   This letter headed "Pittsylvania Feb 2nd 1852" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle, in Botetourt County, Virginia, telling of the death of Jane Preston Gilmer, who was married to George Gilmer and they had lost a baby boy born and died on January 25, 1852 just a few days before her mother died. This a very sad letter detailing the last few hours of Jane's life, of her manner of saying good by to her husband, mother, f...

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