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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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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 - January 16, 1838
Letter headed "Edgemont January 16, '38" and postmarked Charlottesville, Virginia, from A. H. (Ann) Gilmer (see Object ID 1969.51.214) to her cousin, Emma Breckinridge, at Fincastle, with news of the family and friends in Albemarle.
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Letter from Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, James Breckinridge, who is attending school near Charlottesville, Virginia - October 5, 1853 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill Oct 5th 1853" from Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge to her son, James, who is attending school at Frank Minor's near Charlottesville. His mother is advising him that they want him to take music, but not clarinets lessons, rather she hopes it will be flute, violin, or guitar and learning how to sing also, saying that he should "take all he can since it all comes under the same charge of $14" [per session], Cary, Jr. is hom...
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Letter from Emma W. Breckinridge to her son, James Breckinridge, in Charlottesville. - February 2, 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Grove Hill, Feb. 2nd, 1854" from Emma W. Breckinridge to her son, James Breckinridge, in care of Frank Minor, Esquire, in Charlottesville, where he is a student of Cousin Frank Minor, telling of her brother William Gilmer returning to Albemarle, she is worried about his forgetfulness, of Cousin Lucy Gilmer's upcoming wedding, encourages James to work harder on his lessons and strive to improve himself, about Mr. Anderson, the new o...
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Letter from James Breckinridge to his mother, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge - March 26, 1854 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Ridgway [school] March 26th 1854" from James Breckinridge to his mother, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, telling of his desire to answer her last letter very promptly, asking about her letter stating that his "Pa had sent away Mr. Smoot for shooting Joshua" and expressing hope that Joshua [family slave] was not seriously injured; of his Uncle William Gilmer coming to visit and how much the students like to hear him tell his stories (the...
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Letter from James Breckinridge to his sister, Eliza W. Breckinridge - January 25, 1852
This letter headed "Ridgway Jan 25th. 1852" is from James Breckinridge to his sister, Eliza W. Breckinridge at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, telling of some of his exams at his Ridgway school, tells of letters he has received and wishing for more, and closing with "news is mighty scarce around here"
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