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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 and was carried off to the nearest house before I reached there. Dr Raysaid first there was no hope for him. The next morning he & Dr Wall& others, thought there might be a possibility, his limb was boxed.He was laid on my mattress, put on a car & carefully pushedhome, but died on Sat, at 5P.M Mortification taking place.He was the only son of Old Uncle Dick" Taylor, The tall oldBackwoodsman with a hunting shirt, whom you haveseen & perhaps remember, The Old Man is a regular Westerncharacter - The Young Man, considering his lack of advantagesa remarkably intelligent, as well as amiable fellow; universallybeloved. (Married about 2 years since to a young & delicategirl - leaves a little child two.)When I got there the first thing was to examine minutely all aroundthe wreck to see if possible there might be any injured, andstill living - but no - there were three wrecked & mangledbodies under the wreck but they had been instantly killed.Very probably never won knew what was the matter. It was a work of considerable time & labor to raise up the broken cars withthe iron with which they were loaded so as to get them out. It wasa dreadful sight - a merciful God preserve me from suchanother. Oh Ettie, it makes me shudder now to think of it.When I first came up by the side of the wreck there lay in my path a mans boot uninjured, - but the foot & the leg were in it! Thethree bodies were all so much cracked & disfigured it was very difficultto recognize them. I got them up on a car bed, composed as decently as possible. Sent off for coroner & magistrates, and for the friendsof one of the men who lived 15 miles north and for Thos Taylor's family got the woundedtaken care of. Charles to stay in charge of the bodies on the cabin. TheCarpenters at work making Coffins; tried to get Mitchell to bedand then started for the River. Had to walk several miles beforeI could get a hand car. At De Soto found a Brother of one of the dead.

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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 3293px × 4195px 79.08 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_176_025_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJLT

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