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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 [upper left corner] Isaac Feb. 14, 1866 Illinois Central Rail Road Co.Du Quoin DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. Centralia, Feb. 14, 1866Dearest Nettie When shall I get home? Doubtful, I guess. Present appearances are against it decidedly. I tried to leave DuQuoin this Morning at 6 A.M. But on account of a Freight Train off the Track toward Cairo, the Train did not come till 4 P.M. When I came along as far as here. Meanwhile it had turned excessively cold. No snow at all at DuQuoin, and not freezing any till Morning. Here all frozen up, and from here to Chicago, all trains snowed up and frozen up, very little prospect of any train over the road tomorrow or perhaps for longer. I do not know but I shall decide to go back to DuQuoin tomorrow and stay over Sabbath.

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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 187

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3107px × 3959px 70.42 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_187_004_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJYY

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