Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1846-1856

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 night. He goes to sleep much sooner than when I laid down with him. I wonder now that I did not try it before. We felt very anxious about you all, as it rained a little here several times Monday, and we feared you would get quite wet. Maria fixed Tuesday morning to attend the High School examination, but it was so crowded they could not get in comfortably, so she came up here a little while. She told me about a committee of eight appointed to go about two by two and visit each family. conversing with each individual personally sending word beforehand, that every member of the family may be present. I suppose the intention is to do good, but I am of the opinion that in nine cases out of ten, more harm than good will be the result. If the members of the church would drop in; one at a time, as if they came because they felt an interest in the persons, instead of discharging their duty as members of an appointed committee, and converse generally or personally as feeling & judgment

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 2 Folder 41

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1985px × 3162px 35.95 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_41_003_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEH8

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