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  1. Envelope Addressed to Captain Fleming Saunders - circa 1861

    Envelope addressed to Captain Fleming Saunders at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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    Envelope Addresses to Fleming Saunders, front
  2. Envelope Addressed to Fleming Saunders - circa 1863

    Envelope addressed to Fleming Saunders in Franklin County, Virginia, probably forwarded by Edward Watts Saunders from Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia. The envelope was previously used. It was originally sent to Mrs. Alice W. Saunders. It was refolded inside out, addressed to her son Fleming Saunders, and mailed to him. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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    Envelope Addressed to Fleming Saunders, front
  3. Grazing at "Flat Creek"
  4. Letter - July 20, 1843

    Letter headed "Union Hotel July 1843" and post marked Big Lick, VA, from Belle Gilmer to her sister-in-law Mary Peachy Gilmer at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia telling of her trip to Lexington, visiting the Natural Bridge and seeing "all the sights of the institute [Virginia Military Institute], her return trip with Ann Watts, her husband Harmer Gilmer's illness, possibility of riding the canal from Scottsville, mentions John's condition i...

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  5. Letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston at Wyndhurst, Albermarle County, Virginia, to Her Mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, Expressing Regret that She Is Not at Flat Creek, Giving News of Preston Hampton and John Montgomery Preston, Relating the Death of Col Raleigh T. Colston and his Funeral, Telling of Improvements to the House, Sending Love to Family Members and Asking about Errands - December 24, 1863

    A letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston at Wyndhurst, in Albermarle County, Virginia, to her mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, expressing her regret that she is not at Flat Creek for Christmas but says that she and her husband Thomas Lewis Preston can not both leave and she does not want to abandon him; she gives news of Preston Hampton who is expected any day and John Montgomery Preston, still convalesc...

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    Letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston, page 1
  6. Letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston at Wyndhurst, Albermarle County, Virginia, to Her Mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders at Flat Creek, in Campbell County, Virginia, Expressing Concern for Her Health, Describing the Problems of Building Their New House at Wyndhurst, Telling of Refashioning a Dress, Giving Accounts of Numerous Friends, Especially a Cousin John M. Preston Recovering from a Wound, and Discussing Plans for Christmas - Late Fall 1863

    Letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston at Wyndhurst, Albermarle County, Virginia, to her mother, Alice (Watts) Saunders, expressing her concern for her health and saying that she also suffers from neuralgia brought on by exposure; describing the problems of building their new house at Wyndhurst because of the expense and shortage of timber; telling of refashioning a muslin dress by soaking it in borax; thanking her mother for sending soap and ...

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    Letter from Anna Maria (Saunders) Preston, page 1
  7. Letter from Mary (Watts) Morris to her mother Mary (Scott) Watts - December 15, 1811

    Letter from Mary (Watts) Morris at Taylors Creek, Hanover County, Virginia, to her mother, Mary (Scott) Watts, at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, describing a jaunt by her sister Alice Watts and other girls into Richmond, to see Temple Gwathmey, recently married to the writer's sister, Anna Maria "Nancy" Watts, and to attend the final performance of a troupe of actors; she also gives news of her infant daughter, Mary Louisa Morris, recentl...

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    Letter from Mary (Watts) Morris to Mary (Scott) Watts, page 1
  8. Receipt for Delivery of 13 Packages of Merchandise to Fleming Saunders at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, given to McDaniel & Lee in Lynchburg, Virginia - May 22, 1851

    Receipt for delivery of 13 packages of merchandise to Fleming Saunders at Flat Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, given to McDaniel & Lee, merchants in Lynchburg, Virginia; packages include coffee, furniture, chairs, beadsteads, barrels, boxes, bales, and a demijohn, and were picked up and signed for by Daniel, a servant or employee of the Saunders family. Transcription by English Showalter accompanies the document.

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    Receipt from Fleming Saunders to McDaniel & Lee

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