Alfocord, E.B., fl. 1860-1866 to Aaron Jeffery
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.087 Author/Creator: Alfocord, E.B., fl. 1860-1866 Place Written: Petersburg, [Va.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1866/09/30 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy
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..."
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