Newberry Library - DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to Lucy M. Furber and Almeida ..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1859

DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to Lucy M. Furber and Almeida ..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1859

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Open book DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to Lucy M. Furber and Almeida ..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1859

Title DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to Lucy M. Furber and Almeida ..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1859

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1859

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 free from fever and is gaining strength from day to day. I have taken all the care of him night and day & think I have approved myself quite a good nurse; he is still much prostrated can sit up but a few minutes at a time. It is a new experience for him having never been confined to his bed more than a day before in his life; he has rather boasted of his good health this summer said he was better than before in twenty years.Isaac wrote us that he would come out here and live if the doctor would buy or rent for him a good place we shall strain every nerve so soon as the doctor is capacitated to attend to it we have already set inquires on foot. it will be so pleasant for us to have them near us; he very wisely proposes to defer his journey west till they can move out here & save the additional journey.. There are two or three places can obtained I have not doubt to advantage with ready money property too that would be saleable if he should wish to dispose of it in a year or two.

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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 8

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2578px × 3231px 47.70 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_08_008_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDIV

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