Newberry Library - DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Antoinette B. P. Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1853, 1860

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Open book DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Antoinette B. P. Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1853, 1860

Title DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Antoinette B. P. Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1853, 1860

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1852-1853, 1860

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 which sold for about fifty dollars. Mr. Nat'l Harlow, having espoused the widow of the late Charles Plummer of little memory, now lends his influence to the third church, at least, in part. She said marriage is as might be expected a nine days talk. - it was noticed by a famous serenade performed by several sleigh-loads of soi-disant gentlemen on a great variety of instruments - as tin harp, cow-bells &c. they sung 'The Old Folks At home' with a full chorus of all sounds. Mrs. Plummer is a very shrewd smart woman is somewhat raised in social position and both she and her daughter we think feel that they have attained a little elevation: at the Lyceum, the first time they appeared there together they took their station on the platform and immediately there was a considerable clapping, stamping, even hissing; a very mortifying insult, disgraceful to the community certainly, but a paragraph in the 'daily,' a day or two after, noticing it, must have made it still more unpleasant for them. We have had some fine lectures this winter: two, by Dr. Cheever this week on 'reading', - highly finished productions, very suggestive and rather condescending the practices of Isaac as well as myself in reading so much, and so miscellaneous as we have been want to do: in speaking of style he said[written upside down:]This is I confess a meager letter - I will try to write a better one next time: - must close it now in order to send it down

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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 9

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2547px × 3213px 46.86 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FDJX

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