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1. August 1863 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Fredericksburg Aug. 15th 1863 from Gilmer to his wife Julie Breckinridge telling of recent events, he has had a visit from his Uncle William [Gilmer] and slave Griffin, is complaining that Griffin did not bring him a fresh horse, Henry Yancey went home and returned with a fresh horse and Cary Breckinridge was able to promote Yancey to Color Corporal, worried about deserters plundering in the mountains and the home guard will be afra...

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2. Biography of James Power Smith - 1896

   The first two pages of this three-page series are a draft of the third page. James Power Smith was born July 4, 1837, at New Athens, Ohio. His father, the Reverend Joseph Smith, was president of a college in that city. His mother, Eliza Bell. was from Winchester, Virginia. He graduated in 1856 from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, and was also graduated from Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In May 1861, he enlist...

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3. Chest - The chest is walnut with pin secondary wood, iron hardware, late 18th/early 19th centruy. This chest comes to the Museum & Society with a long history of ownership by the Vinyard Family. Like many of the early German settlers in the Roanoke Valley, the Vinyards first settled in Pennsylvania before heading south into Virginia. The chest provides ample evidence of that heritage. The sturdy construction with walnut boards, exposed dovetail joints, and most profoundy, the charming heart-shaped iron back-plates for teh side handles, all point to Germanic furniture traditions. Whether the chest is from Pennsylvania or Virginia is yet to be determined. However, should tests be conducted to determine if the pine wood used in the chest is yellow pine, as opposed to white pine, then it would be more likely that the chest was made in Virginia.

   2001.22.14

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4. Flowers for Dead Heroes by Rev. William H. Platt - June 10, 1894

   The twenty-eighth observance of Memorial Day is the basis of this newspaper article. The paper is badly damaged and split at the folds where it was folded and stored. The first part of the article pertains to the ceremony itself and is followed by the oration of the Reverend Platt. Petersburg was attacked thirty years ago by the Union cavalry of General Kautz, held at bay by 125 citizen soldiers under the command of Colonel Archer until reinfo...

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5. Fredericksburg to the Valley of Virginia. - November 1893

   George S. Bernard spoke to the R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond on November 3, 1893, about his experiences during the Gettysburg Campaign. His talk was published in the newspaper. Bernard used his wartime diary and notebooks as source material for the talk. After the Battle of Chancellorsville, Mahone's Brigade made camp at Salem Church, and then marched to Fredericksburg to relieve Barksdale's brigade. After a week, the reg...

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6. German Almanac - Der Neue Readinger Calendar 1842. A German almanac with farmers plowing and the symbol of the American eagle.

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7. letter - 10/1?/1859 9/22/1859

   Letter headed Grove Hill, Oct. 1?, 1859 from Eliza W. Breckinridge to her Mother Emma telling of events that have occurred since her mother left for the convention in Richmond, her visit with the Bowyer's, of her daily activities, expecting frost tonight for the first time since spring, of a "ugly young man from Pennsylvania-not my idea of a gentleman at all", had spent a night at Grove Hill, her father's's crops are very good this year and they ...

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8. Letter - January 21, 1845

   Letter headed "Grove Hill Jan. 21st 1845" from Emma Breckinridge to her sister, Lucy Gilmer, at Leigh, near Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle telling of family news, trying to send a letter to her husband Cary who she thinks is at Leigh, of the death of a young woman, Elizabeth Preston, and news of the neighborhood.

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9. Letter - October 17, 1832

   Letter dated October 17, 1832, postmarked on October 18, from D. [Dabney*] Carr, in Richmond, Virginia to Peachy R. Gilmer, at Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County. Mentions a cholera epidemic and desire to see Peachy again. *A family member has noted that D. Carr is Dabney Carr, nephew of Thomas Jefferson.

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10. Letter from William Gilmer to James Breckinridge - September 9, 1849

    This letter headed "Ivy Creek, Sept 9th 49" from William Gilmer to his nephew, James Breckinridge, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, complimenting James on the nice letter he wrote, encouraging him to study and work hard so he could come to the University of Virginia and live in the new house he is constructing with several spare bedrooms, wants to visit Grove Hill in the fall to take the nephews hunting, gives news of his farm harvest and p...

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11. Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society - 1951

    Small paperback journal of Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. LV - No. 5. Included in the volume are: Millstones and their Varied Uses, The Prayer Book of George Ross, and A Tribute to James Buchanan.

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12. Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society - 1955

    Small paperback journal of Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. LIX - No. 6. Included in the volume are: Early Manufacturing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1710-1840

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13. The Gettysburg Campaign (continued) - 1894

    George S. Bernard gave an address to the R. E. Lee Camp Number 1 of Confederate Veterans, in Richmond, Virginia, and his talk was printed in The Petersburg Enterprise, March 10, 1894. The subject was his recollection of the march toward Gettysburg, as recounted in his diary. The article begins in June of 1863, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from Chambersburg. After crossing the state line from Virginia into Maryland, Bernard reflec...

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