Newberry Library - Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1866

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 Isaac Newport N.H.Sept. 1 1850Dunbarton Newport N.H. Sept. 1 1850Dear Antoinette Two of your kind letters lie before me. The first, by some mistake in the Post Office, although the direction was perfectly plain, came here from Newburyport Mass. whether it was missent, and long out of its way.The other which informed me of your heavy affliction was received yesterday. I had feared a fatal termination of Henry's disease after hearing that he remained so long without improvement. The Hand of God has indeed come very near. It must come with an almost stunning weight upon you all. How happy you are in having such a hope even in his death. You can feel as well as know that - "He doeth all things well"Truly the bitterest sting of Death, and the greatest victory of the Grave are not. You can feel that in this harsh sundering of the ties of Earth, severe and painful as it must be, - as our very Nature makes it - you can feel that then is "one more added to the attractions of Heaven" "The far country, towards which we journey, seems nearer & nearer to us, and the way less dark, for that thou hast gone before, passing so quietly to thy rest." In your sorrow, you can sorrow not for hum. The affliction and the loss are great gain for him. and doubtless designed for good to others.[left-hand side] We came out to Newport to board the first of last Week, shall probably remain here a few days longer, and then go out to Newbury, or quarter ourselves a while as before, among the farmers between here & there.

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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 173

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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