Newberry Library - 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 Milo Maine April 25, 1851 DunbartonMilo, Maine, April 25, 1851Dear Antoinette I find myself once more here at Milo. I have not yet received your letter, though I learn that one arrived here not long after I went away. The folks sent it to Bangor, thinking to forward it to me, as soon as they knew where to send it. So I have just missed it: And you may imagine am not a little uneasy: it is so long since I have heard from you. I came very near going up into New Hampshire this week to see you. But, not only had I been travelling about so much that I was getting short of money, but I was in great haste to get down here to find letters which I expected to find here awaiting me. So I came as rapidly as possible only about two days from Albany here and arrived here yesterday afternoon. I believe when I wrote to you I was in New York City. From there I went out over the N.Y. and Erie Rail Road, spending more than a week out on that Rail Road. It is perhaps the most magnificent Road in the county, and well worthy of considerable examination, especially from an Engineer. Out there I found, not only Mr Everett, but also quite a number

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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 174

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL11FJGA

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