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Preston, Mr. Thomas Lewis |
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Letter - February 22, 1843, shortly after the funeral of Lizzie Watts Preston
Letter without heading or date from Mary Peachy Gilmer to her sister Emma Gilmer Breckinridge about the funeral for Lizzie Watts Preston who died about a year after her marriage to Tom Preston. Tells of the distress of various family members at this sad occasion and mentions she needs a new pair of shoes and sends this letter by Cousin Cary [Breckinridge] who attended the funeral without his wife Emma.
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Letter - March 1, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba March 1st 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle [Virginia] with details of the death and funeral of Lizzie Watts Preston, about her dream where she was warned that she would die within the year if she married, and her coffin was placed near the same spot in the church where she had been married only five months earlier, about the consolation felt that Lizzie ...
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Letter - March 1, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba March 1st 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle [Virginia] with details of the death and funeral of Lizzie Watts Preston, about her dream where she was warned that she would die within the year if she married, and her coffin was placed near the same spot in the church where she had been married only five months earlier, about the consolation felt that Lizzie ...
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Letter - March 6, 1843
Letter headed "Leigh March 6th 1843" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Emma Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle telling of the sorrow Lucy and all of them felt in hearing the news of the death of Lizzie Watts Preston, tells of the happiness they felt that Lizzie had accepted eternal life in the church, of premonitions she had about persons dying, preachers gathering at the University [of Virginia] for a Bible Society meeting, and closes with a ...
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Letter - March 9, 1843
Letter headed "March 9th 1843" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of events that led up to Lizzie Watts Preston's death in Abingdon and funeral at Oaklands, about how Lizzie and Mr. Preston read the Bible twice a day, about the reasons William Gilmer and Mr. Watts were not willing to join a church, states that Lizzie took sick on January 1, 1843 and felt she wo...
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Letter - November 15, 1842
Letter without heading from Emma Breckinridge at Catawba to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia with a lot of family news, tells about the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches are battling for new members, mentions that bishop Meade preached at Roanoke the previous week, a recent hunting expedition to Floyd County, more about Miss Kate (the children's teacher at Oaklands) and Mary Peachy's dislike of Miss Kat...
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Letter - October 3, 1842 (Year set by context)
Letter headed "Catawba Octr 3rd 1842" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of Lizzie Watt's wedding to Tom Preston and another wedding in Staunton where Susan Peyton was married; family news including information about John Gilmer being sick, Harmer and Bell are setting up house keeping this winter and expect the family to supply, meat, flour, and a milk cow; and mentions th...
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Letter - October 8, 1842
Letter headed "Oak Lands Oct. 8th 1842" from Mary Ann Breckinridge to her mother at Catawba, hand-carried by Mr. Holcombe telling of events at her school, illnesses in the family and family visiting. A portion of this letter is by Mary Peachy Gilmer telling about how much she dislikes her teacher Miss Kate, whom she describes as "very disagreeable and always quarreling"; also that Miss Kate wants Mary to sleep with her every night, news of family...
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