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 home yet, though I presume it soon would, if I could run about the house. I have not seen Eliab yet - hope he will be up this evening. Issac, I rec'd a most excellent and very kind letter from a young lady of your acquaintance, dated at Concord New Hampshire today. I intend to answer it in a few days. She has told me the whole story about her being engaged etc. Now what do you think? I wish you would take the earliest opportunity to send the big chair by some careful teamster to be left at the second house below Mr. Harlow: on the opposite side. I use the big easy chair, but the castors are out of order, and it being very difficult to move, Samuel is obliged to carry me all about. Samuel will ascertain about the cow as soon as he can. I expect Lissie will be here some next week. I wish you could find out & write by Tuesday's mail or as soon as practicable about the "coronation cord," as I must get Lissie or Mehitable to do my shopping before they go. Isaac's letter is not in any of those books. Samuel says he certainly saw it once in one of the drawers under the glass. 5 o'clock P.M. What do you think? Flora Tower Pond, Mary W. Tower and Mrs. Joseph Teeat have called here this afternoon. Flora married & living in Boston, and Mary who has been nearly two years at school in Woburn & Charlestown, on their way to Foxcroft to see Rebecca who is very sick - they were too late to go today & being obliged to wait till

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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 2787px × 3635px 58.00 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_26_004_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDXG

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