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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.096 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Aaron Jeffery to his uncle Richard about life at school |
| Date | 14 January 1874 |
| Author | Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | News about his life at school and the formation of an athletic club. Each member of the group put in 50 cents to purchase a trapeze [from which he fell and muddied his clothing] and "rops with iron rings at the end of them" which you would swing from. Aaron also mentions a "...thing that I never saw before called a whirligig and an acting bar." |
| Subjects | Education Sports and Games Finance Children and Family |
| People | Jeffery, Richard (fl. 1874) Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Education; Children & Family |
| 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 |