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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 they got the next train, due at 3 45 P.M., by the wreck. Friday a train ran off the track at Ramsey near Vandalia, yesterday another at Tacusah, in fact the Road is decidedly unfortunate just now; far worse than it has ever been before. The Preaching today does not amount to much, being the Campbellite bretheren, Dr Fundy, the horse jockey. Did I tell you the story of his swapping a one hundred & fifty dollar gold watch for a nice horse; and the watch proving to be a galvanized affair he had bought for twenty dollars. The other preacher was Elder Heeps, I do not know whether you ever saw him, lives up near Rootz, a big blustering horse jockey of a Campbellite. But I expect either Peter Flagler or Mr Winn, a Methodist Mechanic, excellent man so called, resident here, will preach this evening. The prospect now is that there will be four churches built here this Season. Peter Flagler is about building him a house here. It bids fair ~ the Village - to have a great variety of morality and religion in it. Well, Love & Kisses Isaac

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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 179

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3080px × 3875px 68.33 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_179_007_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJRV

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