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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.065 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Richard Jeffery to Aaron Jeffery about Ann's schooling and sending money, his extravagance and high prices and a Jefferson Davis speech |
| Date | 6 November 1863 |
| Author | Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) |
| Recipient | Jeffery, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requests that Aaron always write "...as fully as you did in the last letter," and praises him for deciding not to take Ann out of school to save money. Richard promises that as soon as he is able he will send money to help the family out--enclosing twenty dollars in this letter. He admits that his "extravagance and high prices" have kept him from saving any of his pay. Goes on to speculate that the "Yankees will demolish Sumter if they can but thus far their ability has not been equal to their desire," even though their artillery daily kills and wounds some of the garrison. Richard frets over the news that Union troops are moving into the southwestern Virginia, building at Newport News and Chattahoochee, as well as incursions into western North Carolina. Also, mentions President Davis giving a speech in Savannah that caused great "commotion" among the citizens there. |
| Subjects | Civil War Fort Sumter Fortification Children and Family Women's History Education Finance Economics Artillery Death Injury or Wound Confederate States of America Union Forces Navy Government and Civics Oath Military History |
| People | Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Savannah |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Education; Children & Family; Government & Politics |
| 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 |