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Preston, Jane |
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Letter - August 28, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August [28th] 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling that Mr. B had just returned home with William Watts who was still sick, but improving slowly, and about "the greatest fresh (flood) Thursday night [August 24, 1843] that has ever been here" and tells of washed out bridges, crops, and mill disabled, and expects this will be "a disastrous season for farmers...
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Letter - February 18, 1845
Letter headed "Leigh Feb 18th 1845" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Grove Hill near Fincastle, Virginia, telling of having received her letter of February 4th and of the condition of sister Lucy Gilmer who has been quite ill and is seeing two doctor and is subsisting on buttermilk, water and light bread at the present, tells of poor Cousin Mildred being near death, mentions the recent deaths of Sally Cam[p]bell Pres...
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Letter - February 4, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb. 4th 1845" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her desire to receive more letters, of local gossip, about church problems, her recent visit to Oaklands, persons becoming engaged, making plans for a visit to Albemarle and bringing little Cary home to be tutored at Grove Hill. She mentions Mr. Daniel Pessce(?) (gentleman of colour is ...
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Letter - January 15, 1847
This letter headed "Leigh January 10 1847" from Mary Peach Gilmer at Leigh to her sister, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Fincastle Post Office in Botetourt County, Virginia, giving news of the neighborhood and persons visited and received at their home, tells the sad story that brother William has been refused by Miss Sarah on his proposal of marriage and may go to join the war [in Mexico], hopes that William Watts has recovered, and James Preston ...
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Letter - January 21, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill Jan. 21st 1845" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle telling of family news, trying to send a letter to her husband Cary who she thinks is at Leigh, of the death of a young woman, Elizabeth Preston, and news of the neighborhood.
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Letter - June 20, 1844
Letter headed "Leigh, June 20th 1844" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Lucy Gilmer, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia full of information on her family who have been visiting, questions about her children and when they plan to visit, brief remarks about the crops and garden being good, naming over 40 persons in this one letter.
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Letter - March 21, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba March 21st 1843" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of the death of her mother-in-law, Ann Selden Breckinridge, of the circumstances immediately before she passed away, the funeral, and gathering afterward. She tells of the will Mrs. Breckinridge prepared just weeks before her death, items mentions in the will, other family news, and im...
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Letter - May 1837 (estimated)
Letter probably written about May 1837 from Ann Watts at Oaklands to Lucy Gilmer, c/o Mr. Persico, Richmond, Virginia. Tells of James Watts planning a trip to Richmond; rumored to be married to Lizzie Cabell. Mentions Aunt Brown [Elizabeth Watts Brown] coming from Kentucky for the summer and proposed return with her for a visit of Ann and one of the Morris cousins.
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Letter - October 9, 1845
Letter headed "Smithfield Oct 9th 1845, Thursday Night" from Alice Watts to Mary Ann Breckinridge, Botetourt County, Virginia, and tells of plans for the upcoming wedding of Jane Preston to George Gilmer, a show that is coming to Fincastle and her father gave her only one dollar to see it and a lot of family news. The letter is difficult to read because the ink has bled through the paper and obscures the writing on the other side.
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Letter - September 17, 1844
A letter headed "Leigh, September 17, 1844" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Catawba near, Fincastle telling of her pleasure at the excellent reception that her son George Gilmer was receiving in his political campaign, naming many of the candidates and their home counties, implores Emma to burn the letter as she has quoted from another persons letter and does not want to disclose this breaking of a confidence, tells...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, James Breckinridge - December 15, 1851
This letter headed "Grove Hill Decr. 15th 1851" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son James, in care of B. F. (Franklin) Minor, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, telling of events at Grove Hill. She mentions all the brothers and sisters and their schooling, comments on the problems that James is having at school, blaming them on the poor early education he had, about illnesses of Emma and tonsils being removed from Lucy by Emma's brother, Har...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to James Breckinridge - January 4, 1852
This letter headed "Grove Hill Jan 4th 1852" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to James Breckinridge care of B. F. [Frank] Minor, Esquire at Charlottesville (where James is a student at Minor's school) telling of her activities, inquiring about what James has done at Christmas, encourages him to write longer letters and to study seriously in this session, gives news of all the children and their progress under Ann Minor as a teacher, of problems wit...
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Letter of May 11, 1846 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to Mary Gilmer - May 11, 1846
Letter headed "May 11th 1846" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge at Fincastle to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling of local news, reports on the weather, crops, family news, and social comments of many visitors, plans for a strawberry festival, encouraging her mother to visit more often, and other family news.
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Letter of May 8, 1846 from John Gilmer to Mary Gilmer - May 8, 1846
Letter headed "May 8th 46" from John Gilmer to his mother, Mary Gilmer, at Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia, telling of his trip to a Presbytery, "a great state of excitement for the last week in consequence of the Presbytery" travel plans for George and Peach as they travel westward, problems with an unpaid dentist's bill, John is asking for a copy of a speech he had prepared "on a question involving the merits of Washington and Napol...
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Letter of November 7, 1845 from Alice Watts to Mary Ann Breckinridge - November 7, 1845
Letter headed "Oaklands November 7th, Friday Morning 1845" from Alice Watts to Mary Ann Breckinridge, Botetourt County, Virginia, and tells of the unexpected death of Cousin Nannie [Gamble] on the 25th of October [1845], Uncle Gamble [her father] was in England at the time, tells of her brothers and other family news.
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