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Letter - April 14, 1840 (year by context)
Letter headed "Monday evening" and postmarked April 14, and the year by context is 1840, from Emma Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle and writes about her upcoming trip to visit her mother in May, where she will attend the Convention and visit her family. Cary has purchased a new carriage and team of horses. Lizzie Watts has visited with Emma and plans to attend the Convention with her. Emma plans t...
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Letter - April 3, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba April 3rd 1843" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle to her sister Lucy Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her hopes that Lucy and their mother will visit Catawba in near future, explaining why she cannot travel with so many small children, her husband's illnesses, and a strong desire for the family to be together every year. Tells of news about various family members, illnesses with sever...
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Letter - April 5, 1842
Letter headed "Catawba April 5, 1842" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister Lucy at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. This long letter tells of plans for the wedding of Lizzie Watts and encourages Lucy to plan to attend as Lizzie wants her to be a bridesmaid. Mr. B has offered to advance money for her wedding clothes. There is discussion of loans not being repaid, and Emma suggests this letter be destroyed after reading. James Watts se...
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Letter - April 7, 1842
Letter headed "Richmond April 7th [1842 by context]" from Caroline [possibly related to the Woodville's] is replying to Emma Breckinridge's earlier letter, tells of illnesses and troubles she has had, mentions her family, religious items, Emma's family as well as several of the Watt's family.
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Letter - August 16, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August 16th 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and telling that Peach (Gilmer) and Mary (Breckinridge) left today to go to Oaklands and take music lessons for three weeks, William Watts has been ill at the Sweet Springs and has been ill all summer, "poor Miss Nancy died last Friday" and was buried at Mr. Tayloe's place next to Mrs. Dick, tells of losing their pre...
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Letter - December 31, 1836
Letter headed "Edgemont the last day of December 1836," mailed at Charlottesville, from A. [Ann] H. Gilmer to her cousin, Emma Breckinridge, in Fincastle, Botetourt County. Family news -- tells of the recent marriage of Hugh Minor to Mary Ann Carr and mentions others by first name only. Writing in poor and spelling is worse. (Hugh is spelled Hue)
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Letter - February 15, 1838
Letter headed "Catawba Feb. 15th 1838" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Mr. Persico's Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. News of the family, especially her three children, and of the Watts family, Burwells, Elizabeth Morris, and others. "Ma" [Breckinridge] not well last week, but is better now. Mentions visits by Mr. Wharton and Mr. Woodville. Offers Lucy advice not to get married until she is 20 years old.
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Letter - February 4, 1840
Letter headed "Catawba Feb 4th 1840" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle, Virginia to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. Emma is responding to a letter from Lucy to Emma's daughter Mary, and starts with a lecture on being more positive about her life. Mentions that Col. Burwell's barn was destroyed by fire set by an arsonist with much loss of livestock and grain. States "Poor old Nellie brought $4 and of...
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Letter - February 4, 1845
Letter headed "Grove Hill Feb. 4th 1845" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia, telling of her desire to receive more letters, of local gossip, about church problems, her recent visit to Oaklands, persons becoming engaged, making plans for a visit to Albemarle and bringing little Cary home to be tutored at Grove Hill. She mentions Mr. Daniel Pessce(?) (gentleman of colour is ...
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Letter - January 19, 1840
Letter headed "Catawba Jan 19th 1840" from Emma Breckinridge to her mother Mary Gilmer at Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia. She tells of receiving the last letter and gives information about illnesses and deaths in the family and friends. She says that Mr. B. [Breckinridge] wants to buy a new carriage in Richmond, but Mr. Watts also wants a carriage and said it would be better to go to New York to buy them. They built a new sleigh, but there ...
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Letter - July 1, 1843
Letter headed "Friday evening" and post marked seems to be July 1, 1843 from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge and Mary Peachy Gilmer to their sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle and telling of her plans to have baby Lucy Breckinridge christened, looking for a stand-in Godmother, since Lucy Gilmer cannot be there, about her trip to Roanoke to visit various persons and family members, trying to arrange for Cary to return to Botetourt by s...
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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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Letter - July 24, 1837
Letter headed "Catawba July 24th 1837" from George Gilmer, with a portion added by his sister Emma Breckinridge whom he is visiting, to their mother, Mary Gilmer at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, urging her to come to the Breckinridges as soon as possible while George is there. Mentions that their Gilmer cousins from Alabama are visitors, the Whartons and Sunday school. A note to brother William Gilmer asking about an overseer and giving terms of em...
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Letter - June 17, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba June [17] 1843 Thursday" from Mary Peachy Gilmer and Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to their mother, Mary Gilmer at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle. Beginning with Mary Peachy's portion, she tells of the receipt of $100 money, passes on local news from Oaklands, a visit from John Breckinridge whose health is much improved, and she is going to town tonight and wishes her mother could visit soon. Emma writes about local condi...
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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 - 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 21, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba March 21st 1843" from Emma Breckinridge at Fincastle to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, Virginia telling of the death of her mother-in-law, Ann Selden Breckinridge, of the circumstances immediately before she passed away, the funeral, and gathering afterward. She tells of the will Mrs. Breckinridge prepared just weeks before her death, items mentions in the will, other family news, and im...
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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 - May 25, 1843
Letter headed "Richmond May 1843" (post mark May 25) from Lucy Gilmer to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County, reporting on her attendance at the church convention in Richmond, the sermons she has heard, and the various persons who have visited with her. Lucy inquires about Wilson (family slave) and tells him to take good care of himself.
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