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Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1842-1845

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Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1842-1845

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1842-1845

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 Mine was a love, warm from the heart,- A blind, decieving love to me; Though many told me she was false I saw it not - I could not see. Her every look, her every word, To me seemed open, frank and free;- Thus derided when they saw, And kindly bade me wary be. I trusted long - but found her false,- Soon I recieved neglect and scorn;- Too long confiding in her truth, My heart is now with anguish torn. I love her still - shall ever love, - And O, to Heaven I'll daily pray That she may never, never feel Such anguish as is mine today. Lucy. I would have written it off nicely on another piece of paper if I had a good pen, to save you the trouble; but as my pen was so poor, if you think it is fit, you can write it off very plain so that blundering Edes need not make too many mistakes, sign Lucy at the bottom & hand it to him. Nobody will know what "Lucy" it is, you know. I wish you would send us a paper once in a while, if you even pick up one, so that we can have some to send N. We cannot get any but Farmers and Mirrors, and [left-hand side]If you do anything with this scribbling put a female signature to it - otherwise it will be taken for some poor broken-hearted "lover's plaint."

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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 30

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2942px × 3622px 61.01 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_30_008_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FE3E

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