Related Records

1. 07/02/1880 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter from Eliza Breckinridge to her sister Emmeline [Emma] headed Grove Hill, July 2nd, 1880, reporting on a string of events at Grove Hill that caused her mother to leave for a trip to Catawba while her nerves settled. She had sent a rented wagon for lime to make whitewash to "complete the whiting" this week. The hired wagon hitched to Hugh [the horse] and driven by "John" was on the way home with the lime, the wagon which had no brakes ran a...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Cash Book/Day Book - February to December 1844

   A day book from an unknown writer in Lafayette, Montgomery County, 1844. Includes a cash book recording cash on hand and cash for others; a day book recording purchases of various people; two acrostic poems; letter records; and various mathematical calculations.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. envelope - 10/13/1861 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Sunday Oct. 13th from Julia Anthony Breckinridge to her husband Gilmer telling of events at home, wishing him to write more often, of planning to send a box of supplies from Grove Hill to Gilmer, his brother James has visited and talked of his sweetheart, found out that the trunk which has been missing for several months has been sent home to Grove Hill, Capt. Whittle has gone back to the York River, William Whittle has gone to Engl...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Invitation to Grand Tournament, Coronation, and Banquet - July 6

   An invitation to a Grand Tournament, Coronation Ball, and Banquet, sponsored by Roanoke Carnival Association at Hotel Roanoke. The invitation lists the program, chaperones, and committee members. A date of July 6 is listed, with no year indicated.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Letter - 1818 by context

   Letter undated with no heading (1818 by context) to Emma Gilmer at New London, Campbell [County, Virginia] with no signature expressing her strong feeling to see Emma soon, tells of her cousin and friends visiting, and some of her personal problems, expressing her strong Christian faith. Most of the letter is an exhortation for Emma "to give up the world and become a Christian". Letter may have been written by Mary Moseley, one of Emma's fellow s...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Letter - August 22, 1842

   Letter headed "Leigh August 22nd 1842" from Mary Gilmer at Hardins Tavern, Virginia, to her daughter Emma Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle with many interesting events and persons names mentioned. Tells of going to church, changing preachers, a camp meeting going on in the area for the servants (slaves) and writing a permission slip for one of her slaves to be allowed to join the church [Baptist],discussion of the crops that will be harvest...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Letter - December 12, 1839

   Letter headed Dec 12th 1839 and mailed at Hardin's Tavern, from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle. Account of her journey home from Botetourt by way of the Watts family at Oaklands, the visits with friends in Bedford County, on to Amherst Court House, Nelson Court House, etc.. Tells of her son William taking cattle to Richmond to sell for a better price then available locally, and mentions prices of wheat, ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. 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.

   Record Type: Archive