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

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 new state two back bones. They would do good service. What will be the result of these proceedings time alone, the great revealer, will show. Although to my mind the "dimmecrats" are wholly wrong, I think this posture of affairs might have been avoided by the Republicans by conceding where concession would have done them no injury, like all quarrels, neither the right nor the wrong are wholly the right of either beligerant.I am having pretty quiet times now, although I have something to do every day, as overseer of the poor for the County and have much that is amusing, some things that are provoking and annoying, and cases calling for sincere sympathy, the puzzle's now to be at all times duly amused, provoked or sympathetic, for a misapplication of either condition of mind might be a great injustice to the applicant. I have exchanged my 80 acre farm in Cottage Grove for 80 acres of timberland on the river about 15 miles below here paid $150, "to boot" The timberland now stands me about $6 per acre I hope it is worth $25. I bought 160 acres of land yesterday at Minnetonka 10 miles from Minneapolis for $4, per acre. This land is said to be worth $10. I bought it for a 13th Cousin in N.H. who left $550,

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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

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Unique Identifier NL11FES5

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