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Susan, [house slave of Mary Gilmer] |
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Letter - 05/12/1841
Letter headed "Leigh May 12th 1841" from Peachy Gilmer and Mary Gilmer to John Gilmer, in Howard, near Alexandria, D. C. and carried by Mrs. Meriweather. They tell of Peachy's activities (several words misspelled), John about his birthday, describing the tea roses and how beautiful they are this year, mentions that the servants are sending their best to Marse John. Mary Gilmer writes about expecting Lucy to return home soon from Nelson, deaths in...
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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 - May 1, 1843
Letter headed "Leigh May 1st 1843" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt tells of family and servants news, that Wilson (a slave) was allowed to take the ferry to visit with his dying mother, about the various activities Mary Gilmer has been involved with as to getting clothing and materials together for the family and 50 slaves, which she cuts out all the patterns by hand; about pruning ...
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Letter - May 1, 1843
Letter headed "Leigh May 1st 1843" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt tells of family and servants news, that Wilson (a slave) was allowed to take the ferry to visit with his dying mother, about the various activities Mary Gilmer has been involved with as to getting clothing and materials together for the family and 50 slaves, which she cuts out all the patterns by hand; about pruning ...
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Letter - September 28, 1843
Letter headed "Leigh Sept 28nd 1843" from Lucy Gilmer to her sister, Emma, at Catawba, near Fincastle in Botetourt County, expressing wishes that Emma will be able to visit Leigh sometime during the current year, telling of some problems she can only speak personally to her about, discusses the needs of clothing for Peach and herself, of her unhappiness at the wedding of Lizzie Watts, asks about various people in the family, mentions the German b...
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Letter from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Breckinridge - March 24, 1859
Letter headed Williamsburg March 24th 1859 from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Breckinridge mentioning she had not received a reply to her last letter, about leaving for Williamsburg, tells of the various families she has visited on this trip including Uncle Wilmer's, Saunder's and Mumford's, about an illness and the quinine she has taken for it, a visit to the insane asylum and some the sights she saw, met a young lady who she thinks woul...
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, cadet Gilmer Breckinridge at VMI Institute - August 17, 1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill August 17th 1853" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, Gilmer Breckinridge, at Virginia Military Institute, telling of her return from her two week visit to Sweet Springs, about illness in the neighborhood that called her home early, of piping the spring water into Grove Hill including the upstairs, and family news of James brothers and sisters.
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Letter from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to sons, Cary Jr. and James - June 6, 1858 01/25/1858 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill June 6th 1858" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sons, Cary Jr. and James Breckinridge, at VMI telling of her visit to Glencary for 2 weeks to visit with her daughter Mary Ann Breckinridge Woodville and her children, her eagerness for all her children to return to Grove Hill this summer, of the measles going through the family, of the changes in the servant staffing: "Jem is promoted to the dining room, and his brothe...
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