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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 take her: J then turned to Susan and asked her if she was sensible, she haddone wrong and derserve of humiliation felt sorry for it, she said she did not know, I then told hershe might go home for I should not receive her without suitable submission, she came back again before long humble enough and I punished her and let hertake her seat; I have 77 scholars in all, 67 present yesterday; begin to feel anxiousand concerned about examinations which I fear will not go off well, - I have hadpleasant weather and walking almost all winter, two days it has rained so violentlythat I have stayed at home and h ad the day to myself; - I am working a smallcollar chippy evening, am sorry about the ruffle as I have wanted it to wearpositively it is not among my things: so it must be there, probably in the topdrawer; - Abby Hill took her books, away about a fortnight since toattend Mr. Converse's school the scholar say; she said nothing to me about it.I do not know for what reason, but probably because of the distance: I have called thereonce since Mrs. Hill came; I believe she expect to return soon and I will find outand write by her:-I wish I had plenty of money - a large store of dry goodis to be sold off at auction commencing to day they will without doubt go low becauseof the scarcity of money: I wish very much that you could have a black alpine orAlpacca dress, the most suitable and useful of all others for you. I want to get some stout cheapcalico for you and I a loose dress like Lucy's and I wish to get for myself a nice Frenchcalico, and such a one would not come amiss to Lucy I presume - cotton cloth forsheets will probably go low, but I have no prospect of getting any money before thosethings are sold - Tell Isaac that Fredric Bartlett is boarding a week with us on businessfrom Houldon where he has a clerkship under order of the officers of army he is adashing sprig who stays out till one or two o clock every night with his lady-lovehis brother who pronounced the oration at the juvenile celebration the fourth of Julyan appointment with the navy and has gone to the Mediterranean-I received a long letter from E Treat, last week which must answer by MrsBurgess who goes up next week to the wedding of her brother with her adopted sister.I shall write my proposal about the school to her there - Why does Almedanever a word to tell how things are prospering with her, butter is about, 20I guess will not be much higher, poultry is high and wheat just now - Is Lucy Almedagoing to obtain her book when I come? I do hope they will take more painsto learn her for she is old enough and situated as she is, she is likely to know littlebesides what her parents teach her in anything.-I have nearly filled my sheet but I believe there is hardly anything in it worth reading - I's little baby well and as interesting as everI long to see the little fellow, has his pate got well? How do you get alongwithout a girl, - J's C going to build a house next summer I hope he willbegin, I should think he and James and all the boys might employthemselves about it, will time to work at farming, accomplish considerable

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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 3246px × 4114px 76.45 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_005_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDEB

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