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 St Paul May 15th 1857Dear MotherYour letter of April 27 I see today on my return from Cottage Grove. I arrived here the first day of the month at 6:30 A.M. I left Elyria on Wednesday April 25th one day to Chicago. Stopped their one day. Spent a night with Mr & Mrs Cha's Thaxter who were quite glad to see me, and I was glad to see Lizzie. I think that she is not very happy, and no one to blame but herself. She believes it is quite an act to learn to be content. Chicago I dislike very much. Flat and wet, I stopped a few days with Fred Wingate in DuPage County 20 miles West from Chicago, a very fine country. The prairie is much more rolling than I had thought, unimproved land is worth then $25 to 30 per acre wood enough if evenly distributed good water by digging 20 feet. Some of the country between them and Dunleith is flat and undesirable. I arrived at Dunleith Monday eve April 27

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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 2456px × 3039px 42.74 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_50_004_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FERN

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