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 Lucy HampdenJuly 12. 1850 Hampden July 12th. 1850. Father came last night after John - is going home tomorrow if he does not tonight. I send four kerchiefs for Almeda and Albina. There are two more here which Lucy is going to hem & use while here, & Almeda can have them or I will keep them just as she likes - tell her to write. Lucy is quite impatient because Mother nor James have neither of them written yet. Why did they not tell me what to do about a bonnet, so that I can send it by this good opportunity. When is Isaac coming? I bought a small plaid pink muslin for Lucy yesterday could not find a pretty gingham. This is stout & does'nt fade - also aprons, stockings. gloves etc. Samuel got twenty pounds of beef - leg. after steak was cut off - for, 25 yesterday very fat -such lots of marrow and fatings. - pieces of marrow half as large as my fist came tumbling out which he cut it into. We had a good steak for breakfast, s[t]enough for a dinner to Mr. Goddard - have a nice soup for dinner, and am cooking the rest, which is a great boiler full, to make mince pies! Called to see Lissie Doe yesterday. She is acquainted with Mr. Temple. The night before I gave quite an account of Milo & the country round there in a vestry meeting at the first parish, she says he is considered quite talented and an excellent scholar at the Seminary, but is exceedingly eccentric much ridiculed by some. I am thinking it will take Isaac some days to pack, he has so many things accumulated at Milo. If you get this before he comes, wish you'd

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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 23

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2789px × 3580px 57.17 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_23_010_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDSR

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