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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and Anna M.S.R. Metcalf; also to Samuel Fu..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Open book Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and Anna M.S.R. Metcalf; also to Samuel Fu..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and Anna M.S.R. Metcalf; also to Samuel Fu..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1851

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 to Manchester by the Evening Train, and spent the Sabbath there. I never liked Manchester very well, and really much as I have been there, never spent a Sabbath there before. I was however better pleased there yesterday. Rev. Dr. Wallace, of the First Cong. Church I liked very much. He is really a large man - put me in mind once or twice, especially in the evening, when I heard him lecture on Temperance, of Wendell Phillips. Did you ever see or hear Wendell Phillips? Wendell Phillips is among the most eloquent men in this or any country - would be so considered of all men if it were not for the extremity of some of his opinions. How long I shall stay here, or what I shall so is extremely uncertain. I shall be Down East as soon as possible. At any rate I want you to write to me direct Manchester N.H. Samuel, among the troubles on the N.H. Central, Money is still scarce. I have not yet succeeded in getting enough to pay off all the men I have discharged. I do just get enough for myself to pay my expenses as I go along from week to week and those are considerable some of the time. Board $1.00 per day, to say nothing of "Brandy Segars"! But - money is promised me in a few days. If I get a supply, I will try to send you another hundred, if you want it, pretty soon. Perhaps I may be down there myself in a week or two. Yours Affectionately I.S.M.

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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 152

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3063px × 3970px 69.62 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_152_008_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FIV1

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