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Letter - December 24, 1841
Letter headed December 24, 1841 from Mary Gilmer and William Gilmer to Emma Breckinridge and addressed to Cary Breckinridge Esqr. at Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, telling of family news, illness, a list of people who have visited recently, and information on William's tobacco crop. She also writes about Mr. Cabell having his leg amputated, stating that William brought it back to Union Hill and buried it there. William's note tells of the...
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Letter - June 2, 1844
Letter headed "Catawba June 2nd 1844" from Lucy Gilmer to her brother John at Lexington P. O., Virginia, who is a student at Washington College, asking John and Cary Breckinridge, Jr. to come to Catawba at the end of the current session and stay a few days and then lays out a trip back to Leigh in Albemarle County with visits to many of their family friends. Lucy mentions she had a "delightful nice trip, especially in Roanoke". Roanoke was not a ...
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Letter - October 15, 1841
Letter headed "Point of Honor, Oct 15th" from Martha Daniel to Lucy Gilmer at Catawba, carried by Lucy's brother Harmer. Year was determined by a letter from Ruth H. Blunt (Object ID 1969.51.287B) along with identifications of other persons named in this letter. Letter is newsy about things in Lynchburg, but does not mention Frank Gilmer's death earlier in the month of October.
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