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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 I told Charlie not to have the Horse harnessed at all. If you want on Sabbath or any other time you can get Mr Waldo's. It is hardly safe for Charlie to drive or use Old Mary now she has not be used for so long. You had better pick those Catawba Grapes on the Trellis, when you have time, at least if there comes frost. If you do not let Mr Finn or some one have those grapes. You had better make three or four pans full of Juice. You know there are two pans full under the bed in front Chamber. Those with the Catawba's are enough to save to eat. Perhaps it would be good to put them in the Tank, as you proposed. Let Gertrude pick the Lima Beans, before Frost Comes, and Charlie dispose of the vines. There is abundant work for him to do in the Garden, if he wants Saturdays, or other. "Twould be well for him to hoe over

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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 183

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2895px × 3582px 59.37 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_183_001_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJVB

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