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DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846

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Open book DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846

Title DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1840-1846

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 Two of three weeks ago, his highness Mr. Littlefield conceived it his duty to leave his ownspecial charge, and visit my humble scene of labours, he came in, a quarter before elevenat my request heard a class passe, then during the space of an hours by my watch, he lectured my scholars, using great plainness of speech' reminding them of all theirmisdoings both actual and possible, telling them over and over, what they must do inorder to get into Mr. Littlefields' school, inviting them to come in, a class at a time,into his school, to see how orderly, studious, still and well arranged it was; myscholars were very still, and perfectly attentive, though his speech was so long; whenhe returned to his own school he told them he had been absent so long becausehe was needed more than with them, that he found my scholars behaving ratherbadly, so he stayed to talk to them; this I heard from Mary Bartlett our boarderand his scholar 16 years old; she said his school carried on, bad enough while hewas gone Lorraine M. getting into the desk and mimicking him &c. I can't conceivewhy he should say so, and to his scholars too, except his notorious habit and policy ofcarrying it in the light to his scholars, that their school is considerably better inevery respect than any other. I thought his conduct almost an imposition - Mr.Walker laughed about it said he should like to quiz him a little in the paper, for leavinghis own school to inspect and lecture others, proposing his own as a model. -He teaches a class in French this term though it is not according to the wishes ofthe committee to have any but common branches taught there, he addresses his classon all occasions as Mademoiselle this, or that - bah!Tues 1st - I will relate a little school occurrence for Lucy's gratification, lastFriday night I kept Susan Bounds after school to talk to her for disorderlyconduct after reasoning, threatening &c. I dismissed her, - in goingout, she muttered something which I did not hear, I called her back, butshe marched straight on, I sent a girl to speak to her to come back, shesaid she did not care what Miss Rich said, and went on; - the nextmorning I called her up in order to punish her when she said, 'Mothertold me if you ferruled me, to bring your books home', I told her to takeher books home and not come anymore, and wrote a note to herMother that I should consider her no longer member of the school,which I sent by another girl; Mond, morn Susan came again accompanied by her grown up sister who said she was sorry Susan had behaved sobad and wanted me to take her again; I told her that if her Motherreally sent the word that was brought me I should decline receiving heragain for that I considered myself the proper judge whether one of my scholarsdeserves punishment, and that her mother had chosen such a want of competencein me that I though she would be better satisfied to send her to some otherschool, she rather disclaimed her mother of having sent me the word, and urged me to

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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 4

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3273px × 4094px 76.71 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_005_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDE9

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