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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 is the Sabbath for this use alone, - to interpose a check and barrier to the rush and tide of business! How the Sabbath with its occupations and influences, places at a cooler and more distant view, the little engrossing things of our every day life. I think your winter, as to weather, extremely unpleasant though ever so mild and balmy green grass and budding leaves seem out of place, and would scarcely I should think relieve the mind and frequent rains, - yet your sunny days must look all the brighter and pleasanter for the frequent changes, and provided you can find sure footing I think horseback riding must be delightful. You have not written much particularly about yourself; has the color deepened any on your cheeks, and do you find yourself improving in health by the climate and out-door exercise?This morning the flocks of snow are falling softly and silently, after the type of an 'old-fashioned snow-storm,' except that the weather is somewhat too mild to promise fine sleighing of which pleasure and convenience, we have been nearly destitute

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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 2585px × 3217px 47.62 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_09_003_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDK3

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