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Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

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Title Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1866

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 with the door open, a good while. This afternoon it rains again. One day Old Mary got loose somehow, and went all about the lane and the Biggs lot with her halter dragging, & Mr Waldo cought her and put her in the barn. I wish I was in Ills. with you - I try to help mother. I have piled up a good deal of wood for Charlie Rich, and Wilder & I helped Gertrude set the table. I am trying to learn not to strike anybody. Wilder and I went to Aunty Jenney's to carry a letter and to Aunt Anna's to get a book and the rains cought us and we got our pants wet. O the flowers are out, but not a great many and some little red berries in the grove, but not very big. Your little boy, Charlie -

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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 111

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2358px × 2619px 35.37 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_111_010_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFZN

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