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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 cost him less than $160, and he says he could sell it any day for $200:, so it will be no bad speculation for him, and for me, the only way to keep my school: We should not have thought of building it now if there had been any other way, but there was absolutely no place I could hire for a schoolroom, so I should have been obliged to give up my school My first quarter closed a fortnight since, the avails will be about $45,; it would have been more, but the measles went through my school, and three fourths of them were at home sick a fortnight on mon, which I had to deduct. I have the prospect now of making pretty good wages for this term. Mary B. Pomroy goes to me & about half a dozen more of the same age: have one small class in Philosophy, one in History and a host of little roguish ones and ten who are learning to draw.Joseph has had considerable care of my school and schoolhouse, which has been a good thing for him, the only episode in his monotonous life: have you ever thought how you would like to go store at sunrise stay all day except coming to meals, till ten at night, making out bills, and casting accounts, and follow it up day after day?Eliab I see not much often than if he were in another town, he is so confined to the store, but he comes over this side once in a while an evening, and I go down to the store once in a while to see him. He is attending whittling school now evenings, but I doubt a little the wisdom of it: I told him I thought he had better study bookkeeping but he said he already knew it: I fear not very thoroughly. Eliab lacks the maturity of judgement that I has but perhaps he will have it when is as hold. I suppose it would be hardly worth while to write you any Milo news for probably you are informed in that respect quite as well as we: I expect Lucy is teaching school in Brownville at rather low wages, but I think she had better not mind much about wages till she gets a name as a teacher: Charles was down about a fortnight since purchased some new attire which he much needed, I bought a new dress for Mother which I got at a great bargain & have since

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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 12

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3226px × 4000px 73.87 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_12_001_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDLR

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