Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1856

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 6and a commission to purchase a sofa for her.Monday evening - 21st Margaret has gone - she died very peacefully and easily yesterday afternoon. Samuel has been down there today. The funeral is to be tomorrow - we shall try to get though the travelling is extremely bad, She retained her consciousness to the last moments tried to kiss her mother after she was quite cold. We have just has letters from Isaac - he was keeping house the day he wrote, with a cold; kind of Neuralgia in the back of his neck and head. Eliab took a letter from the Office this morning from him to you, which will be enclosed in this if Samuel can see him tomorrow & get it; otherwise he will forward it soon. Why does not Nettie gain strength Isaac thinks it is nourishing the baby. If so, had she not better wean it? They say it sits alone a little- Percie learned himself. I never took any pains with him - had always let him sit��: in his carriage, till, one

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 1 Folder 26

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL11FDYO

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