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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 Bowd . College. Aug 20th, 1845Dear MotherI want your advice very muchjust now, you know I had concluded to go homethis coming vacation and come back and be herepart of the fall term, whether or no. There aremany reasons why I should, as I believe I wrote to you, a week or two ago.Well. I have an offer of a chance of a schoolthis fall. It is in Turner about 25 or 30 milesfrom here, a high school, paid by a fund belongingto the town, so there is no trouble collecting it.School is, as I understand limited to 50 moreunder 12 or over 21 of age. Wages $20,00 per month.School three months long = $60,00The wages is too low. I wrote once $25,00, buthad a letter today that said $20,00 again.I don't know what to do about it hardly.It certainly is not a very bad chance, and in mycircumstances and conditions, I don't know but itwould be almost 'tempting providence, as I have heard you say, to refuse it.On the other hand, if I do go to College, it is badto lose the any of it, especially this to say the least oneof the most important terms of the course.Then again my expenses are going on here to thetune of at least a dozen dollars. besides if I give my

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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 158

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3129px × 3815px 68.34 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_158_008_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FIZ5

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