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Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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Title Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1883-1889

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 C.G.S. took dinner with me - Monday Apr. 22.
Prohibitory Amendments failed " " "

minutes on our return.
Mon. 22 Cool - windy - clear. Started about 10 on a ride to Holden after arbutus - the Millers, Carrie & I in one carriage. Mrs. Jones, Miss Day, Fred Jones in another - carried lunch - back soon after 3 P.M. & we took 4: oclock train for Wellesley - with much arbutus - Letter from Rev. Geo. Merrill - Did paper of 9 o'clock class in evening. Mr Leland Powers read Twelfth Night at College for Monroe Fund -
Tues. 23 Cool still - Letter from Pater - Classes as usual - Took albatross cloth dress to Laundry - Did papers in evening -
Wed. 24 Classes as usual. Went to walk afterwards with E.E. & Simon - then with M.K.K., who came here for dinner with me - Wrote letters - card from Lilla D.P. & photograph of herself & baby -
Thurs. 25 Classes as usual - Note Books - H2S experiments at 9 & 3:10. Wrote letters & corrected Problems in evening.
Friday 26 Went to village in A.M. to mail letters - Note Books. Classes. Bible lesson - & Bible committee - in wh. I went to prayermeeting & broke my silk umbrella. Letter & photographs from Ethel -
Sat. 27 Gray day - showers. Did Note Books most of day. Went to walk in the rain with M.K.K. 3:15-5. Wallace accompanying - Mended - made Bible topics - fooled in

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 12 Folder 275-276

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3001px × 4461px 76.64 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_276_002_152.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FQ9C

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