Glenmore Farm is an account, based on actual letters and diaries, of a farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia, that operated from the 1840s into the 20th century. It provides an intimate look at the lives of the men, women, and children who lived and worked there, as well as a picture of the small community surrounding New Hope Church and the nearby town of Fredericksburg. The story of Glenmore Farm is told through letters and diaries written by Arba and Becky Packard, Don Alonzo and Louisa Jane Bloxton Sanford, their relatives, and the farm's caretaker, Levi Kennedy. These documents, saved and stored away by the Sanfords and their descendants for nearly a century, came to light in 2008. There are also letters from business owners in the Fredericksburg area written to the Bloxtons and Sanfords about various farm-related subjects, most with letterheads of their businesses. The material provides many exacting details about what farm life was like, describing the crops grown, the horses used for driving and plowing, and the cows, pigs, and chickens raised. It describes local fairs and festivals, births and deaths, and daily life in the farming community. It includes the time period when this part of Virginia was devastated by three Civil War battles and occupation by Union soldiers and the poverty which ensued thereafter. It provides a detailed, poignant, sometimes heart-breaking, often joyous look at what life was like for the people who called Glenmore Farm their home.