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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) and siblings, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1854

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) and siblings, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1854

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1839-1854

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 Monday June 17th 1839Dear FolksUnc, et Omne!I am now laboring under no ordinarycalamity, Alas! my pen; my pen! Vats to be done now?To explain, I went out Sat. and bought me six steel pens with a rale cute mahogany hornde? for the roundsum of 30 copper cents, paid in good silver coins!Well yesterday I left it on the mantel, in our room, atnight. to day noon I wanted it and behold it was not there!Neither in the room: I mentioned the loss to the folks, andlittle Alba, who had swept out the room in the morning,thinking herself implicated, made a most diligent searchfor it, but all in vain, it is not to be found upon the premises.The most profitable opinion is that Miss. Walker carriedit out with the dirty clothes, and it fell or was lost.I have bought a cloth cap for $1,25, wish Ihad done it two months ago. It is a real good one, worth twoof Josephs,most. It will last me a good while, I guessI guess I shall get along pretty decent forClothes now, only I ought to have a handsome summervest, but can do without pretty well I guessThe coat is rather large especially about the sleevesand is much longer than they are worn nowOtherwise it is a very good garment for Sunday mornIt'll do justly well, I guess. I shall get along for pantaloonsthis summer, I guess pretty well.Your letter, Dear Mother, was very excellent.but rather too short, wasn't it?!I guess I shall get along after a fashion at Composition.I have, written but two yet, one a short and rather hurriedon upon the subject of Early Rising, the other a decentishone upon the history of queen Dido, of whom we havebeen reading some what in Virgil, lately.Don't so much skeert at the copper I guess, I wear it"That old thin coat" does pretty well I guess, I wear itto school when it is warm, although it is so cold and rainymost of the time nowadays that there is a firein the schoolroom, a good deal of the timeThe new stock is excellent, rather too deep for me thothere Those collars or dickey, are much too long and too deeptoo big and round instead of fitted? too fine tooI wear them or should if they were good ones to meeting sometimes.Most Affectionately I.S. Metcalf

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 7 Folder 166

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3098px × 4628px 82.07 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_166_005_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJAN

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