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15 November 1880
Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899)
to [Edward R. Archer]
Advice on "...solicit[ing] subscriptions for the mining business..." Jeffery recommends trying around Lynchburg or Norfolk.
GLC01896.108
10 December 1880
Jeffery's decision to withdraw himself from business "operations," as "the prospects of the company" seem to go against his best interest at this time.
GLC01896.109
13 December 1880
Written on U.S. postal card and addressed to "Edward Archer Esqr., Tredegar Works." Requests that Archer ignore previous letter, as Jeffrey's family is opposed to his withdrawal from the business [GLC 1896.109].
GLC01896.110
20 November 1882
Robinson, C.V. (fl. 1870-1880)
[Resolutions of condolence and mourning in honor of Dr. Richard W. Jeffery]
Resolutions of condolence and mourning in honor of Dr. Richard W. Jeffery, along with a newsclipping fragment of Jeffery's obituary. "Resolved, That, as a Faculty, we testify our sense of loss and acknowledge his worth by attending his funeral in a...
GLC01896.111
3 February 1884
Coleman, R.J. (fl. 1874-1884)
to the students of the Medical College of Virginia
Thank you letter for the gift of fruits and flowers the class sent to him while he was ill in bed. A pencil inscription at the end of the letter reads: "Died March 4th / [18]84".
GLC01896.112
9 January 1886
Unknown
[Invitation from the Mozart Academy of Music]
"We respectfully request your attendance at the Grand Inaugural Performance in Honor of the Opening of the New Mozart Academy of Music on Tuesday Evening, January 12th. With the Compliments of Herzog & Co., Proprietors and Managers." The production...
GLC01896.113
17 June 1889
Trueman, W. Cabell (fl. 1880-1889)
to [Dr. Robert Archer]
Objection to the accuracy of the genealogy of Thomas Rolfe. There is a discrepency over who really was Thomas Rolfe's wife, Jane Poyers or a Miss Poythress.
GLC01896.119
8 August 1889
Goodwin, Mary Francis (fl. 1855-1889)
to Dr. Jeffery
Explanation of why Maimie is in Roanoke, news of the death of Hanna Fitz-Hugh, discussion of Jeffery's and her own personal ailments [rheumatism], fondness for Roanoke which she visits in an attempt"to sun up" and feel better, mentions fondness for...
GLC01896.120
26 November 1889
Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1880-1889)
Written the night Maimie went to St. Louis
Poem entitled "Written the night Maimie went to St. Louis." Four stanzas describing how the author [Jeffery] misses Maimie although he only brought her to the train an hour before. He takes comfort in the thought that their love binds them together...
GLC01896.121
19 January 1890
to [Aaron Jeffery]
Discusses lack of activities on a Sunday, a damaging "cyclone" [tornado] which had recently raged in St. Louis, the appearance of the flu as it passed through the city, how she mistakenly sending two cents with the last letter, a request that Aaron...
GLC01896.122
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