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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.032 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Roberta Jeffery to Edward R. Archer about family news |
| Date | 14 January 1860 |
| Author | Jeffery, Roberta (fl. 1850-1900) |
| Recipient | Archer, Edward R. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Regarding events that occurred in the summer and fall last including: in June, the death of their cousin, Mary Williamson, and also of "Lucy's Jesse," Roberta giving birth to another girl, Archer's marriage in July, Kate's bout with Typhoid fever in August, "...which took out all her hair so that on Nov. 2d she was pretty nearly a bald bride." Roberta goes on to say that Archer remarried "to settle up Mr. Masons; affairs," who had died in October. Her father along with Terry Flurry [?] became members of the "home guards" and Archer's son became captain of one of the new companies. Also, writes that Tredegar Iron Works in excellent condition, "ma's [Jefferys]" bad health, her Christmas gift [a sewing machine], and that she fears of her cousin, Richard, being ordered off before Ned can return home. |
| Subjects | Death Marriage Militia Typhoid Fever Children and Family Women's History Health and Medical Disease Finance Military History Industry Holidays and Celebrations Textile Civil War Confederate States of America |
| People | Jeffery, Roberta (fl. 1850-1900) Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) Archer, Robert (fl. 1860-1898) Archer, Kate (fl. 1860-1865) Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) |
| Place written | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Theme | Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| 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 |