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1. 01/06/1910 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Roanoke, Va, , Jan. 6th, 1910, Friday to Susie Preston from William Robertson responding to a letter she has recently sent about her trip to Ivy [Virginia] and has now returned to Stuart Hall [a girl's school] "where you can work and make a name for yourself, as I'm sure you are going to do." He makes remarks about resolutions, the best thing is to resolve in your heart to do right as far as possible, but our desire to do wrong is t...

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2. 01/16/1916 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Wednesday 3:30 am, undated but envelope shows postmark date of Jan 12, 1916 from William Robertson to Miss Susan R. Preston responding to a letter she had sent him and inquiring about her travel plans to Philadelphia and New York, shares information about Albert (?) and his plans to travel south.

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3. 03/11/1918 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   This item contains two letters written close to the same time and apparently mailed in the same envelope. Letter 780 from Gordon Robertson to his sister Peachy telling of an ear ache and hearing loss, apologizes for his previous letter "being full of old gloomy stuff," and he has had a stay in local hospital, but is healing now, thanks for a package from home including magazines to read, comments on the marriage of John P. Coleman to Katherine, t...

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4. Letter - August 14, 1842

   Letter headed "Leigh August 14th 1842" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Lucy Gilmer at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, tells much family news, weather damage to crops, a lot of rain and many hail storms, of visitors from Louisiana, death of Peter and Lucy Minor's young child, plans for William Gilmer's trip to Botetourt with Peachy Gilmer and James Breckinridge, problems with the servants (slaves) not wanting to work, tells of Isabella (Harmer...

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