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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.151 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | "The Stone House & the Old Lady with the Poke Bonnet" |
| Date | n.d. |
| Author | Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Re: An old woman with a poke bonnet asks Jeffery about the inhabitants of a now demolished old stone house, the daughter of whom he fell in love with on board a train. While working on the railroad passing through the Moncure plantation he meets the daughter, Ruth Buckley, once again. She explains that she and her mother had had little money because her mother married a poor man against her grandmother's wishes. However, her grandmother has recently forgiven her mother and Jeffery soon learns that the grandmother is the woman with the poke bonnet who asked about the house. Jeffery becomes close with the family, later marries Ruth and they have a daughter together. |
| Subjects | Literature and Language Arts Poetry Railroad Love Letters Children and Family |
| People | Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |