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 respectable looking yenkee, drunk, lying in the gutter on the hard paving stones at the corner of Broadway and State streets. They got him up, quite chilled, helped him over to the watch house, made a fire, warmed him, found out who he was, and took him to the Hatch house to lodge this was about twelve o'clock. His name was Whitney, from Troy. The clerk at the Hatch house knew him & was greatly surprised to see him in such a state. The man appeared much ashamed, said he had not been so before for ten years. It is almost noon. I have swept and "put in order" the sitting room, "seen to the dinner", taken care of my vegetable plants and my "olive plant". The latter has had his nap, and now sits upon the floor with his little red flannel dress, white linen apron and bright eyes, making havoc with his box of playthings, crowing, laughing, squealing & grunting by turns as the fit takes him - he is a great hand to laugh out loud - loves to frolic dearly. To my partial eye, he is really quite a fine looking little boy! I don't feel

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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 39

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2445px × 3180px 44.52 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_39_014_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEE2

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