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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.128
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works 
Title Poem from Mary Frances to Aaron Jeffery
Date 12 July 1896
Author Jeffery, Mary Frances (fl. 1890-1896)  
Recipient Jeffery, Aaron  
Document Type Correspondence; Miscellany ; Correspondence; Miscellany
Content Description A four stanza poem asking for the return of the poet's beloved. "You ask me what - since we must part you should bring home to me. Bring back a pure and faithful heart As true as mine to thee...My love, bring back to me."
Subjects Women's History  Poetry  Literature and Language Arts  Love Letters  
People Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900)  Goodwin, Mary Francis (fl. 1855-1889)  
Place written s.l.
Theme Children & Family; Women in American History; Arts & Literature
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