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Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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Open book Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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 Sunday Jan. 17 A beautiful springlike day. Colder in evening. Went to church in the village. Mr. Peloubet preached a good sermon. Miss Griffiths and I went in the evening to Young People's Meeting and evening Service, both excellent.

Monday Jan. 18 Beautiful day. Went up to College soon after breakfast. took my skates to the village to be fixed & again went after them. Went skating a little in afternoon and again in the evening. Met Mr. Sherman Denton on the ice, skated with him a little and had some religious talk or discussion. Mended clothes. Wrote letter home. Letters from Wilder, Annie & Ethel.

Tues. 19 Snow and rain - cleared off in evening. Qual. Class omitted. Review of "The Law" in Bible class. Went to prayermeeting at 7 at College, and to Faculty Meeting thereafter. Letter fr. the Mither. Note from Marion Sheldon.

Wed. 20 Beautiful weather. Examined Qual. Class on the Classes of Metals. Did some quantitative work. Went to prayermeeting. and

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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 2820px × 3879px 62.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_276_001_141.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FQ0F

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