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1. Letter - Spring 1842 by context

   Letter without heading from A. W. Anthony [near Buchanan, Virginia] to Emma Breckinridge at Catawba, probably carried by Mr. Breckinridge when he returned from a bank board meeting at Buchanan. By context, the letter was probably written in the spring of 1842. Anthony furnishes a recipe for Philadelphia Bride's cake, tells of various persons travels, mentions a trip by local people visiting the top of Purgatory Mountain near Buchanan for a picnic...

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2. Letter to Eliza Breckinridge - November 1, 1858

   Letter headed "Fincastle, Wednesday Morning" and dated November 1, 1858 on another page from Julia Mayo Anthony to Eliza Breckinridge telling that she was sorry she could not visit, but the weather was too bad, but she has sent a silk shawl for Eliza, that she is on her way to Purgatory Mountain [northwest of Buchanan], she has been gone from home too long, and closes with remarks on how to properly fold the shawl. Julia's writing is difficult to...

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3. My Recollections - circa 1875

   Typescript titled "My Recollections", by Mrs. Jane C. Boyd, of her memories of the Civil War from her home, "Oak Hill", near the town of Buchanan. Her husband was William W. Boyd, who was a member of the convention which decided the question of Virginia's secession from the Union. This was reprinted in the Roanoke Historical Society Journal, Winter 1964-65.

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