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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 Mother M. Milo Oct 1853Du Quoin Nov 3, 1853MiloMy Dear Children I suppose ere this you've had ocular proof that Miss E.A. Rich is no more and have seen Mrs DeWitt. How strange it is I can hardly believe it- it seems like a dream to me-when she first wrote me that she was to be married in just a week or two, I did have a real hearty cry I was so overwhelm'd and confounded with the strange news and so I have not a child left. It is well. I must soon pass away, I can heartily rejoice that I can leave my children each provided with a friend and companion to comfort and bless them on the journey of life. It seems as far as she can judge from her letters that Anna has a prospect of being very pleasantly situated. So write to us all about the man how you like him and everything that you can think of that would make us acquainted with their condition circumstances and prospects, more than all I want to know your opinions of the man.I return'd from Mass 1st of Oct. Had a good time am very glad I went I did not visit about much only to see Sisters Spent 2 weeks at your Aunt Conants one at Aunt Hannahs one with Aunt

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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 82

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2967px × 3749px 63.68 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FG7K

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