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1. 06/?/1875 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Glencary dated June ?, 1875 from Emma G. W. Breckinridge to her children at home, mentions Emma W. and all the others. She begins writing in pencil complaining she has no pens or pencils and on third line she is writing with pen and ink, letter tells of much family news and concerns about the health of Annie and Mary and asks Dr. Woodville about how serious their condition is and he replies Annie need to exercise more, such as ridin...

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2. 06/23/1880 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859

   Letter from Julia Breckinridge to her daughter Nannie telling of events at Grove Hill and about various family members and those who are visiting others. She is trying to get a porch built, is busy in her garden with watermelons and muskmelons (cantaloupe) getting ripe. On the last page the letter was overwritten which makes reading difficult.

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3. 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...

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