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Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to Antoinette B. Metcalf (daughter), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

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Title Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to Antoinette B. Metcalf (daughter), 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 I feel that I must say something to you dear Nettie, I do want so much to see you happy, I want you to become so now, and I have been thinking that perhaps a little experience of my own might help you. When I was about Harrys age a number of my school friends became Christians. I felt that I wanted to be a Christian too, but I could not feel that I was. I thought - there must be a great change, and so I was unhappy and troubled for about 24 months waiting for the change that would not come. At last some one told me that I could never become a Christian that way, I must come just as I was. With some people this is never much change, I must do as Christ bids us, "Come to me and I will give you rest."I did just that and all the trouble fled. I was happy, & Nettie, you can not

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 6 Folder 140

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2678px × 4142px 63.51 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_140_001_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FIHD

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