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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.121
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works 
Title Written the night Maimie went to St. Louis
Date 26 November 1889
Author Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900)  
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description 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 and he prays for her happiness.
Subjects Poetry  Literature and Language Arts  Women's History  Love Letters  
People Goodwin, Mary Francis (fl. 1855-1889)  Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900)  
Place written s.l.
Theme Arts & Literature; Children & Family
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