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 eatables sent by Wednes. Samuel was up river & down river a good deal last week - has four or five people (two corn farmers) to see next tuesday, about logs & lumber - hates to terribly, but says there is no other way. Shall we not be glad when the lumber is fairly out of the way, if it sweeps away six times all our property, as very likely it may. I won't grumble a word. I wonder how with so many vexations & cares & losses all the time, Samuel can always be the same kind, considerate, good natured man - never speaking a hasty word, nor forgetting to be kind to us all. "Icus", won't you make calculations to stop here & have the babies christened? or would the Dunbarton grandparents be grieved? 'Ts a pity you had not written one mail sooner, then tall the things could have gone up so nicely with the children. You can't think how good it seems about Mr. Rider. His

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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 27

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1997px × 3081px 35.24 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_27_018_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FE24

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