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 Bangor Oct. 31, 1852 Bangor Oct. 31- 1852Dear Mother It is sabbath day - all are at meeting except myself and Jane. I kept her at home for the purpose of doctoring her head with grease! Among other evils, she has got shockingly lousy by going to school. Yesterday I cut her hair all off close, & had her scruff thoroughly in hot soap suds - and today have combed and completely saturated her hair with grease. The term is but three weeks longer. I hardly know whether to have her finish or not. She has not learned near so much as she would have done at home. Yesterday Anne did a lot of baking and I made quince preserves and some apple jelly for our company, which we contemplate inviting this week intend to ask Elizabeth Jenks with them - she is spending some weeks in Bangor- called here last week. Samuel bought a dear little stove for the chamber yesterday -can be open or an air tight at pleasure - only $7.50 small. What do you do for a stove? I am afraid your room is not comfortably fixed. Guess I shall come up and see by and by, and make you

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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 25

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2943px × 3677px 61.95 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_25_016_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDWR

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