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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 Racine 1830I was very glad to receive your letter ofFeb 21st. I seem quite good to have letters from you they, havingbeen rather few and far between of late. I just mean toscribble a few words to you to send with my letter to Almeda,have but an hour to write, so shall say just what comes intomy head first. I am glad you are at home again with Mother,very glad the rooms are finished, and very glad indeed youare trying Homeopathy, now as to your 'intimate, ideasof things, I partly agree with you, partly not. That I should lookback, and think upon 'Maine sinners' is quite natural,but that I am not quite tolerably happy, is not true. -Mr & Mrs H. are good sort of people: she is a good straightforward, mother of fast body who has kept cool a littletoo long, and is a little circumscribed in her views of somethings at large. He is really kind hearted and not lackingin liberality but moved much by the impulse of the moment.She was unwilling to give me a note when we settled inJan because she had received but a small part of hertuition, though I thought she ought to because more thana year had passed therefore my salary was due. Aftershe got me the money, Ms H offered to give me a noteso as to pay where he was owing: but I thought best notto told him my brother had written that he wouldinvent it for me - though I suppose I could have had[left side and top] This is not a very elegant looking epistle. Next time I will do better....I attend singing school and Glee glass two eves in a week, expect to be able to teach vocal music ere long! Give my love to Mother, Charles, Joseph, Albina, Little Charley and any body else that wants it.

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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 16

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2760px × 3345px 52.86 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_16_001_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDOO

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