Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1856

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 six weeks old for $3.50, Our Mooly gives a pretty good mess of very good milk. I suppose James has told you about Mr. Carr, in whose pasture she lives by day. Frances milks usually. Eliab has really decided to leave Mr. Brown's as soon as Frank gets home. which will probably be in a week or two. I have not seen him since he had a talk with Mr. Brown, and do not know whether he intends to engage himself somewhere else at present, or not. I should think he had better take a time to rest now for a few weeks at least. I mean to try to get him to go up after you, it will be so much easier and pleasanter than to come by stage. At any rate, whether he goes or not. I shall expect you just as soon as you have been to County Conference, and got your wool attended to! Two young ladies in our neighborhood "appeared out" in the new and fashionable costume, night before last - short dresses (to the knees) and turkish pants. They did look very pretty. Samuel said so, and you know he is not usually fond of innovations. He says I may wear them! Don't you think you will conform when you get down here? I do hope the fashion will prevail universally. A very respectable young gentleman took one lady on each arm and promenaded with them. My daisy is all in bloom - beautifully. I smoke it with tobacco to destroy the bugs. The good

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 1 Folder 24

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

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Unique Identifier NL11FDUE

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