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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.087 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | E.B. Alfocord to Aaron Jeffery about custody of Richard Jeffery's orphans and sends money to help send her great niece to school |
| Date | 30 September [1866] |
| Author | Alfocord, E.B. (fl. 1860-1866) |
| Recipient | Jeffery, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Confidential discussion of legal efforts to have custody of "poor dear Richards [Jeffery] little orphan children," and despite the great amount of trouble they have caused her since their mother's death [Ann Jeffery], she is going to "October court" where "there fate will be decided." Offers to give Aaron money [$50] to aid in sending her great niece, Annie, to school. Also, hopes that "...the children have recovered from the whooping cough..." |
| Subjects | Education Death Women's History Children and Family Law Finance Health and Medical Disease |
| People | Alfocord, E.B. (fl. 1860-1866) Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) Jeffery, Annie (fl. 1866) Jeffery, Richard (fl. 1866) |
| Place written | Petersburg, Virginia |
| Theme | Children & Family; Law; Education; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |