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03/27/1834
Letter headed Catawba 27 March1834 from Lucy Gilmer and Emma Breckinridge to their brothers Hamer and Frank in Albemarle County. Lucy playfully offering to find a potential bride for Harmer to assure him a good choice, she names a few girls he should not consider, wants Harmer to come to Botetourt to live, discusses the use of a deer skin of Harmers. Emma writes Frank that she is glad to hear he is a good student and wishes him well when he enter...
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11/30/1868 10/06/1864 0/06/1864 9/22/1859
Letter headed Grove Hill, Nov. 30th 1868 from Emma W. G. Breckinridge to her daughter Emma telling she has returned home from a visit to Glencary and is in the house by herself, even the cat has gone off. George and Walker have been hunting for two weeks and brought home two small deer. they are planning a trip for Emma to go to Richmond if they can raise the money. The family seems to be short on money and Mother wants to divide the place and se...
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letter - April 5, 1835
Letter headed Leigh, Hardins Tavern, Virginia, from Peachy R. Gilmer to Cary Breckinridge and from Mary Gilmer to Emma Breckinridge, Catawba, Botetourt Co. Dated 1835 by context, but could be 1834, since much of the news concerns Lucy and Ann at school in Charlottesville (see #170 et seq.) Mentions hopes of visiting the Springs, and the Breckinridges, and hunting in the fall. Also noted that all their garden plants had been killed by a late frost...
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letter - May 21, 1832
Letter dated May [1832], postmarked May 21, from Peachy H. Gilmer to his cousin and to a sister, Emma W. Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia. Letter discussed Peachy H. Gilmer's attempts at college humor, problems with his medical education and problems with his girlfriends.
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letter - October 18, 1838
Letter headed "Catawba October 18th 1838" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle Virginia. Report on Peachy's progress in her studies, speaks of a plan to hire a teacher and ask Mr. Bowyer of Greenfield to allow his daughter to be in the class with Peachy and Mary. Mentions buying new furniture in Buchanan from Mr. Hobson's sale. Other news about the family.
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letter - Spring 1842 (by context)
Unheaded and undated [Spring 1842 by context] letter from M. E. Tayloe [Mrs. G. P. Tayloe] to Emma Walker Breckinridge concerning exchanging flower seeds and roots and shrubs and expressing hope that Emma and her family would visit the Tayloe family.
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Letter - 1838
Undated letter headed "Staunton Thursday evening" from Emma Breckinridge, who is travelling by carriage from Fincastle to Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern in Albemarle County, Virginia, to her husband, Cary Breckinridge at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, telling him that he does not need to comedown by the seventh of this month. Emma details her trip to Staunton: spent the first night as Van Meter's, the second at Gibson's, stopping at Mr. Steele's...
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Letter - April 11, 1839
Letter headed "Catawba April 11th 1838," mailed from Fincastle, from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle, urging her to plan for a visit to Catawba in May when their brother George will be visiting. A report on the children -- Peach is not improving in her studies, needs a full time teacher; whooping cough is in the county; and James seems to have it (he still has the rash on his head). Mr. Willi...
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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 4, 1835
Letter dated April 4, 1835 from Peachy R. Gilmer, with a note added from Mary Gilmer, to their daughter, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba in Fincastle. Family news: political comments-the election, crowded polls, Jackson party vs. the Whigs, and comments on several of their friends and neighbors.
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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 6, 1843
Letter headed "Leigh April 6 1843" from Lucy Gilmer to her sister, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba, near Fincastle, Botetourt County, complaining that she has to write two letters to receive one, tells of her depression with the boredom of farm life in Albemarle County, of visits by her cousins; Brother George Gilmer has announced his candidacy for the US Congress, but she hopes he will not become a "politician", and will serve only one term if ele...
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Letter - April 7, 1841
Letter headed "Catawba April 7th 1841" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her mother Mary Gilmer, to be carried by Mr. Minor who is leaving Fincastle and heading for Albemarle. The portion of this letter that would have contained an address has been severed. Emma is requesting her mother to pay a long visit in the summer, Mrs. Breckinridge is quite ill with the dropsy, comments about the possibility of brother William Gilmer's prospect for marriage...
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Letter - April 9, 1840 (Year written is not shown, set by context)
Letter headed "Edgemont April 9th" (no year stated-from context it is 1840) addressed to Emma W. Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt from H. H. G., a cousin of Emma's. She describes her close relations with Mr. B. helping her while in Norfolk and gives information about various persons using only their first names, so identification is difficult. Mentions Harmer and Bell and the loss of Bell's baby. Also mentions that Emma has a ne...
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Letter - August 14, 1842
Letter headed "Leigh August 14th 1842" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter Lucy Gilmer at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, tells much family news, weather damage to crops, a lot of rain and many hail storms, of visitors from Louisiana, death of Peter and Lucy Minor's young child, plans for William Gilmer's trip to Botetourt with Peachy Gilmer and James Breckinridge, problems with the servants (slaves) not wanting to work, tells of Isabella (Harmer...
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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 - August 18, 1842
Letter headed "Leigh August 18th 1842" from Mary Gilmer to her daughter, Emma Breckinridge, at Catawba near Fincastle, Botetourt, tells of extreme rains with damage to crops, stone fences and water gates washed away, estimated loss of crops produced for the year, plans for William Gilmer's trip to Botetourt with Peachy Gilmer and James Breckinridge have changed and Mary Gilmer is now bringing the children to Catawba, tells of satin shoes for Lucy...
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Letter - August 19, 1844
Letter headed "Oak Lands August 19th 44, Monday evening" from Mary Peachy (Peach) Gilmer to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh, Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia, telling of inability to write an interesting letter as the reason for her slow response to her mothers previous letter, promises a lot of different information in this letter, about her new music for "the little Elsler dance" all the way from Washington, about visits with vario...
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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...
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Letter - August 28, 1843
Letter headed "Catawba August [28th] 1843" from Emma Gilmer Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle, telling that Mr. B had just returned home with William Watts who was still sick, but improving slowly, and about "the greatest fresh (flood) Thursday night [August 24, 1843] that has ever been here" and tells of washed out bridges, crops, and mill disabled, and expects this will be "a disastrous season for farmers...
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