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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 Friday Jan. 25 Went to College for various errands. Also to Freeman's Cottage to consult Miss Dennison about Maggie. took lunch with Miss D. Looked up Temperance Literature for C.F.R. Read in evening "Looking Glass" with Miss Pierce, Harvard, Tillotson. then fooled & laughed some with Mrs Galpin & Hedger.
Saturday Jan. 26 Went to chapel - 9:30 - Norumbega Fund Conference. 12:15 train to Boston with Misses Montague & Van Vleck - lunch at Fera's - a little shopping. Tremont Temple S.S. class, Mr. Dunning. good as usual. Took family picture from from [[Normatis??]. Out on 4:50 train. waggonette at station. Misses Leavitt & Bliss came in the evening.
Sunday Jan. 27 Rain & snow by turns - rain freezing snot - melting. Went to church & S.S. Mr. Fowle & Mr Frank Dean came into my class with Mr. Steirus & McCabe. Rode back with Mrs Shattuck. Mrs. Gleason, the W.C.T.U. - Narcotics Supt. - spoke a few minutes to the Sunday School & was to give an address in the evening. None of us went out in the evening. we had a sort of Vesper Service here - Read Am. Miss & Miss Herald +c. Mr. Eastman preached, representing Howard Univ. Wash. D.C. text Rev. 3:11a. Rev. J.R. Miller preached at College II Cor. 3:18.
Mon. 28 All sorts of weather, but no snowstorm.

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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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Size 3000px × 4468px 76.73 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FQ8J

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