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DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1842-1851

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Title DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1842-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1842-1851

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 for usefulness arriving from the absence of clashinginterests or the plan of selfish motives in our intercoursewith others? - This has become such a hurrying,jostling, restless, mad sort of world, that nobodyhas time or chance to sit down and consider, howbest to serve God and do good to men.I am sorry your visit home was so muchshortened, hoped you would be able to spend twoor three weeks on Josephs account as well as for yourown sake and the rest of the family. Lucy and Samuelsent me not long ago, a good letter of ten pages, givingme an account of their excursion to Iron Mountain,of the baby's sickness and death and various particularsall interesting, -Sam'l in postscript begged me to excusethe shortness of the letter as he was in haste to go to theP.O with it! I have more recently received a letter from Mother,dated the day Joseph started for Waterford. I feel veryanxious to hear from him - Mother was troubled abouthis going, feared the fatigue would occasion a fit of sickness.It seems as if I could not have it so, that he hadpermanently lost the use of his limbs, I have feltalmost certain that his good constitution wouldafter a time triumph over the injuries it had sustainedbut Mother writes discouragingly: what is your opinion?How hard it is for him - the very thing that to himis more severely trying than anything else could be, - May he be supported! - if he can but regain his health so as

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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 15

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3165px × 4027px 72.96 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_15_007_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDOI

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