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Letter - 1831
Letter without heading from an unknown friend to Emma W. Breckinridge at Fincastle in Botetourt County with an illegible return address. The year is assumed to be 1831 as the writer comments on names of houses that Emma has mentioned and says she prefers the name Keelonah. Other letters suggest that by September 29, 1831, Emma and her husband were building a new home which was ultimately called Catawba. Most of this letter concerns the health of ...
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Letter - 1831
Overwritten letter headed "Staunton Oct 8th" and the rest of letter has not been read due to the overwriting process, thus we have little information to set the year. We used 1831 since other letters filed in this group were estimated to be written in 1831.
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Letter to Emma Breckinridge, near Fincastle, from Martha Mitchell Campbell, Otter Bridge - September 13, 1833
The letter is urging Emma Breckinridge to write more often. She tells of visiting her mother. She describes the parsonage she and her husband are establishing and an adjoining log cabin she wants for a "comfortable place to be uninterrupted."
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