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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1835-1859

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1835-1859

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1835-1859

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 Bangor July 21st 1839Dearest Mother also brotherCharles was down here Friday and gave me a letter from you, but I hardly had a chance to speak to him. I saw him coming in, in the morning, as I was out hoeing praties. but before I had eaten my breakfast, and got down town, he was gone; So I dont know whether he got some money of Morren?, or sold his wool, or got me a ? on Me! I have been tryingunderlined to prepare a composition, also writing to Ann about some book etc. to day; rather worldly employment to be sure, but I am hurried, there is great scrabble, in school now about review and preparation for examinations? There is one thing which I want a little advice about. I expect that James ? Walker would be very glad of an invite to go up to Milo with me and make hay a spell. Now the thing is would it do? considering etc. He would have the tactunderlined to see whether he wanted I spose, but I think he would like to come if he were urged a little. I should not have written now except for this, as I wrote so lately Somehow I thought Charles did not look quite so well, healthy, as usual, when he was down here. Is his health good now? I did not have a chance to see or speak to him, hardly at all, I don't know whether he noticed me in morning, or not, I was up to the farm with Mr. W. and James, hoeing potatoes; but he took the Centre St. so I could not speak to him. I have not hardly concluded yet, whether to run home and go to haying before school is finished or stay and take the consequences at the Examination. I have been trying to hammer out a composition for a about a week. As I had nothing to write about and nothing to write about I could not make out much. I have been trying to espatch up something, by taking a peice out one book and a slice out of another, a line here and a sentence there, twisting it every way, but I fear they will convict me of Plagiarism I could not do any better no harm though as I can see

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 6 Folder 155

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3019px × 5013px 86.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_155_007_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FIX2

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