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1. Letter - July 19, 1839

   Letter headed "July 19th 1839" and mailed in Fincastle, from Emma Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle. Mr B. is on a cattle buying trip in the "backwoods counties" of Lee and Tazewell and others in southwest Virginia.They hope to make a lot of money by a quick resale of the cattle purchased. Mrs. Anthony and her daughter Caroline are staying with Emma, as well as James Watts staying a few days on his retu...

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2. 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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3. 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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4. Letter - Spring 1845

   This undated letter headed "Wednesday evening" (by context the spring of 1845) is from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her daughter, Mary Ann, in school at Richmond, giving news of the family, telling of each child and some of their activities: raising chickens and a lamb, sending some aprons to Mary Ann, telling of plans to let her sons Gilmer and James, go to Leigh for vacation and be there for the wedding and traveling by themselves on horseback.

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