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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 Isaac, Ducoigne. Oct 29. 1854Dunbarton Nov. 8. 1854Ducoign Perry Co. ILL Oct. 29. 1854 My Dearest Wife, My Ettie. It is most eleven oclock this Sabbath morning. I have just got fairly seated but a little while; and about the first time since I can hardly tell. It has been a sad time here. We have had a dreadful Railway accident and loss of life here. Three men were instantly killed. It was just at dark Thursday night Oct 26th. Another Thomas Taylor Brakeman (whom I suppose you have seen at DuQuoin) died at 5 oclock yesterday evening. No others seriously hurt, Young Taylor is buried today, and I should not be at the funeral, if it did not rain so very hard, and I were not already so used up & tired out. Mr Mitchell was in the most exposed situation of any one on the Train, and his escape seems almost miraculous. He is almost uninjured, only very lame & sore across the chest from the Shock. I believe I wrote you on Wednesday - but do not know whether I sent the letter or not I was then waiting for our Train to go North to Meet Mr Mason. Our Engine was only order and delayed so long that I only got to Richmond at night instead of to Centralia. And met Mr Mason, with Messrs. Osborn & Griswold of N.Y. Directors of I.C.R.R. Co. at Richmond. As it happened I talked about all night with Mr Mason perhaps sleeping two hours. We all got on the Train at 5 Thursday morning, and I transferred our dignified passengers to Mr Watson's Train on the other side of Muddy at 11 A.M. The passage down was very slow but safe The Engine working very badly on acc't of a misplaced valve. We however got their best Machinist from the first Division, and by 4 P.M. got our Engine into good working order again.

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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 3310px × 4229px 80.13 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_176_025_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJLS

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