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Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

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Open book Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

Title Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1857-1858

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 man in a tone of great kindness, I rejoice to know you have yourselves into the care of these ladies. -- Going to them as he spoke -- It is the first step toward safety, purity and peace. --- --- --- "O yes��! cried Annie. we are at our wits' end to know what to do next, and if you can save us from the misery we suffer I shall be glad. Our husbands love us dearly, Don't you? said she turning briskly round to Oliver, --- --- --- but dear sirs we are not able to make our husbands happy. They told us we could and we hoped we might and I'm sure we've tried to do so, haven't we, Gertrude? --- --- --- My young friends, said Conscience, listen to me, you sigh for happiness and it is not here. Wealth is yours already, and fame is hard to attained. The stimulus of necessity is wanting to success, you cannot compete with men whose intellectual strength

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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 50

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2415px × 3130px 43.29 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_50_008_006.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FERZ

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