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. Ducoign July 30, 1854Dunbarton Aug 8, 1854Ducoign, Sabbath. July 30th 1854Dearest EttieIt is a bright & beautiful Sabbath Morning. All nature seems to be rejoicing in the light of Day. There is a little while in the morning here which is very fine. The Thermometer is not about 80 degrees F. till 7 or 8 oclock. The morning dew freshens things a little, and every thing seems glad. I was a little too fast though in my statement of the thermometer. It is hardly 7 yet, and the Thermometer now stands at 86 degrees F. It stood a long time yesterday at 100 degrees F. in the coolest situation we have here. And I presume will be as high today. I hardly see how we bear it: but it doesn't affect me, and doe n't seem to others. I expect we have got used to it. The first hot weather in June was very hard on me, and seemed to affect every one much more than now. Now any thing below 90 degrees F seems a very comfortably cool temperature. One thing is cooler nights than we had in June which brace up the system & make it to endure the rigor of the day.The Drouth is excessive. You can hardly imagine it. The Old Yard at Mr. Keye's house (I was down there yesterday to see Mitchell who is still sick there), looks as if burned over: There is no green thing, dry & crisp as can be about. As for fruit there is none, or hardly likely to be, of any kind. And Farmers here pretty much given up the idea of having even any corn crop this year. Even the corn is dryed up. Last week I did not get any letter from Ettie. So that last Sunday I had none to reply to. I went up to Centralia on Monday; but succeeded in getting back on Thursday; when I found your good letter of July 12th, Mother's before you left Bangor

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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 176

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3285px × 4202px 79.02 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_176_013_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJKC

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