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Jeffery, Annie, fl. 1890-1900 to [Edward R. Archer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.135 Author/Creator: Jeffery, Annie, fl. 1890-1900 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses family members health and the house, and Edward's gift ["cuft buttons"] to Aaron Jeffery. Annie lets little Virginia Archer write some to Edward which shows up as messy scribbling on pages 2 and 3. That which is legible reads: "I love you too / Uncle Ned I love you too." Also, mentions Aaron having to make [medical] house-calls to sick persons and his intention to go to a "meeting of the Medical Soc[iety]. tonight."

Jeffery, Mary Frances, fl. 1900
Jeffery, Aaron, fl. 1858-1900
Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918
Archer, Sue, fl. 1900
Hobson, Fannie, fl. 1900
Archer, Virginia, fl. 1900
Jeffery, Robert Archer, fl. 1858-1900

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