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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1850

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1850

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1844-1850

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 Recitation Room for Prof. Smyth, $4.00 and I saw some wood, say $4.00 My board last term was only $10.25. If I can get a school or in some way earn some money next fall, I think I can get along somehow another year. This term makes a year I have been here, & if I get rid of $26.25 of extra bill for advance standing, I can go away not more than $20.00 in debt! I can support myself here a year, 3 terms with less than $75.00 I believe, except clothes &c. There are many spend $3.00 to 5.00 per annum in all. I shall hate dreadfully to be absent next fall term. I want much to get a knowledge of German & it is important I should. For that next fall is almost all important. As for your present situation I should think it a very good one, and advise you to keep it if possible. Aim to understand your business thouroughly & to suit your employers. As you have so good a chance open to you there, you had better give up your idea of getting business as a surveyor or engineer, though I think you would succeed well at that, if you could only get into it which however is difficult & perhaps uncertain.
You will need to take especial care of your health, not being accustomed to so much confinement; not that you are in danger of losing your health, for your constitution is good, but confinement &c will detract from that robustness & hardihood of constitution which is a young man's best possession. Take out of door exercise when possible. I advise you, every Sabbath afternoon, after Church, (in your situation), to walk, walk out into the Country, anywhere, walk 4 or 5 miles, say from 4 clock till 6 or 6 till 8, twill do you good, and your thoughts may be well employed
Another thing I take the liberty to advise you, if you stay at Bangor, to pay attention to dress, dress well. I should advise you in one way & Eliah in another; your cases are different. To you I say, dress well, like a gentleman. I don't say be extravagant, some are, but dress like a gentleman, not a dandy to be sure

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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 191

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3219px × 3873px 71.37 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_191_003_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FK33

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