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

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

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 So I had no stop from 5:30 at Concord till 8 P.M. at Bangor. And after I ate some supper my tooth ached finely at the first part of the night. But today I feel much better. Lucy sits propped up by Pillows, unable to lie down, or to move at all. She can not speak hardly at all; if she tries it is hardly audible. She has lately, but very little pain except shortness of breath, only occasionally a coughing spell, & raising? which hurts her severely. Oh, Nettie, She is dead - While I was writing the above; it was just after twelve oclock; Maria, who had been up all the forenoon, had just gone; Samuel had just come down stairs; Mother was alone in the Chamber except Mrs. Harlow; Lucy wanted to spit, she did once very easily, then her throat seemed to fill; Mr Harlow stepped to the door & called; but in less than half a minute at once, & without a struggle, before any one reached

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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 178

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2082px × 3251px 38.77 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_178_009_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJQX

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