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

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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 Stuck to pretty stedy for two weeks that just stedy anuf and to keep up J W Goodwins running line about that time he resieved ofisial notis that he was promoted to Goniometrition on the 2d Dir (the situation he expected before he left the Old Bay state altho he was bound by a promis to Capt Child not to tell of it until he had arranged it with Mr [[Troast?]] the 1st Asst of the Road and Resident of the 2d Div) and his pay raised to $100 per month and ordered to appear at Mobile foarthwith which last he did with his pay up to Dec 1st about $41 ten days time for traveling reconed in, was sick one week in Mobile and that just used the money up left the 15th Dec arived at our starting point the 20th party all green except Leveler and in instrament bearers get along from 2 to 4 miles a day 13 in the party good looking set We live in three tents each 8 feet sq- eat corn bread & ham drink coffy as a general thing but if get tired of ham then two of take a gun & torch about 3 oclock in the morn and go and shoot a deer they are as plenty as squrel at the North I have not been in to hous until yesterday since we started on the 2d Dec as seen but three except log huts

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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 207

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3165px × 3933px 71.26 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_08_fl_207_004_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FKTL

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