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 quite active of late in the formation of a "Young Men's Christian Association", now hope it will do much good here, many have joined young & old. They have established a reading room in Ely's block, open to all & now much frequented will attractions of Periodicals, Reviews & a commencement has been made for a library, books given & loaned by members. Mr. Brooks the Episcopal Clergyman is the president, Isaac is Sec. I believe. The chief interest now in appearance is in Mr. Brooks' society; he preaches sabbath evening with attractions of good, even artistic music, house well lighted, & he himself has much freshness & earnestness in preaching which makes him acceptable to the young, who all go to his church Sabbath evenings. Mrs. Fitts is still living, yesterday (Sab) she seemed almost gone, her sons & brother Hall's folks was have most of the day best she revived & has seemed better. She suffers from cough, shortness of breath & pain in her limbs which are much swollen yet she has not suffered much acute pain. She is just as calm & quiet as you have always seen her, satisfied with all that is done for her: she has been confined to her bed for more than four months, has had watches for about four weeks: I have sat up some, but not all night yet. Mrs. H. Ely is coming to night! There is some sickness about just now, some We are specially glad to have Katie at B. while you are staying. I should think you would stay until warm weather. The spring at Milo is cold & unpleasant

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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 2726px × 3399px 53.05 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_08_015_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDJK

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