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 supplies. This long continued warm weather makes it bad for them - they have feared they should be obliged to drive the teams out - but the weather looks more favorable now - they are not so badly off as many others. You have never written how much cotton yarn my rugs will want. What is the "little daughter" name to be? Prof. Shepard preached a fine sermon upon Maine Thanksgiving day it is to be published . We have a new book -real good - Cheever's "Voices of Nature to her foster child the soul of man". Charles must read it some time. - In haste - good bye - Lucy -Much love to all -always to Mrs. Sargent.I leave it especially in your charge to engage that woman you spoke of - I have written nothing about it to Almeda. Samuel by mistake carried away the P.O. key so we can get no letters till he comes we expect him Wednesday.

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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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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2835px × 3676px 59.66 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_26_002_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDX9

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