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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 & LucyNov. 14. 1854 Bangor Nov. 14 -1854My Dear Sons We had a letter from you Isaac a few days since giving an account of the shocking and most distressing R.R. accident Oh that poor young widow! How exceedingly Shock'd and distress'd you must have been & my Dear Son what a Solemn warning to you - "Be ye also ready,, I want to hear more particularly from you both I fear that I shall hear that you are Sick after so much excitement & fatigue. It does seem as if it must speak very plain to you "prepare to meet thy God,, Indeed we have all, at time reason enough, occation enough if we would heed it to feel there is but a step between us and death, & if we are indeed united to Christ by a living faith tis of little

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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 83

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2848px × 3630px 59.19 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_83_013_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FG96

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