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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.059 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | Richard Jeffery to Aaron Jeffery about high prices, traitors and shelling |
| Date | 31 August 1863 |
| Author | Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) |
| Recipient | Jeffery, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sends Aaron $5 to cover the cost for a subscription to the "Centinel" for him, and Robert's inability to advance $100 or more to him due to the high costs of food, lodging and particularly clothing in Savannah. Jeffrey apologizes to Aaron and explains that that what "...in ordinary times would have cost 50 or 60 Doll[ar]s...I wil pay almost 200 for them [now]..." Also, comments on traitors operating covertly in Savanah, the Yankees having a heavy artillery gun that is shelling Charleston, and hopes that General Bragg's Army of the Tennessee is larger than reported. |
| Subjects | Civil War Treason Journalism Finance Confederate States of America Economics Spying Union Forces Artillery Battle Battle of Charleston Harbor Confederate General or Leader Military History |
| People | Jeffery, Aaron (fl. 1855-1900) Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876) Jeffery, Richard W. (fl. 1855-1899) |
| Place written | Savannah |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce |
| 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 |