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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence (mostly Bowdoin college friends), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1849

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Open book Friends' correspondence (mostly Bowdoin college friends), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1849

Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence (mostly Bowdoin college friends), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1849

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1844-1849

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 Bowdoinham, Dec. 14th 1846
Friend & Brother
I received a letter a few days since was very happy to hear from you, both of your personal affairs and other matters of importance and interest. The tour you speak of to Yale would be very congenial to my feelings but incompatible with my business. I closed my school in the bill last Saturday and commence this morning in district No. 9. Brick School house Foreside where you and I went one day where I shall be engaged till the commencement of the spring Term or later and if I am absent a week I shall lose Prof Cleaves Lectures!! And the "Means" as you say! There's the rub! I suppose if the Society send a member his expenses will be defrayed? so you will be to no charge Perhaps you will say I think too much of the money: Well you will allow me to make the same excuse you make yourself without charging me with avarice! Poor me: I shall come out minus from Coll, but this dont trouble me?

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 8 Folder 206

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3115px × 3926px 70.01 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_08_fl_206_013_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FKRN

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