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 little warm coat and cap & Mother has knithim some new warm over socks to come abovehis knees, so I let him ride out in his carriageevery day almost. Charlie is here now and isa fine help about taking him out & amusinghim in other ways. He runs all about thehouse; particularly, and with great newflowers from the sitting room to the storeroom! We have had pleasant, and very warmweather this fall - one good rain last week,which rejoiced the lumber, thoughit came too late to do them very very essentialservice. It is hard times in Bangor just nowowing to the unusual drought for two weeks.Five seasons, preventing the lumber from comingdown the river. There have been several badfailures lately - Mr. Paulk, who built the palaceon Broadway, which perhaps you recollect,failed for a great sum last week, involvingmany others with him - one man in Bangorhad endorsed his paper to the amount of ninetythousand dollars, and has since failed. Thebanks also suffer considerate. Our people come

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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 40

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2437px × 3158px 44.07 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_40_019_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEGH

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