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Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1860, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

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Open book Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1860

Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1860, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Place United States

Subjects Bowdoin College, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription now what shall I render to God for all his rich mercies - I will even as I have throw myself all impotent as I am unto his arms. - I have felt such peaceful trust - such quiet hope - O May it not be at last as the spiders web - Flow precious how beyond expression glorious to be in Christ & kept by him, when so vile to last without himNow Anna let me caution you about your health - I suspect you have many times in years gone by taken medicine - when what you needed instead was rest - relaxation, from severe mental effort - by which means you have so injured the healthful tone of your stomach that you need to be comfort I wish you wantd as much as in you lies avoid medicine you have a good constitution, try to keep it soMy cough & trouble in my side are almost gone I've only weakness & am growing stronger every day Do all write to yourMother

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 4 Folder 84

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2923px × 3594px 60.15 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_84_018_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FGAZ

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