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Various, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Open book Various, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Title Various, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1851

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 some book that will do her good, perhaps a little bible might be the best, for I suppose if she has any other book it must be interesting or it would not be read but a neat little bible she would value and read I think. Have you got one (clasp like Isaac's) for 40 cts, of colporter.If you will confer and consult and some of you get me such an one or some other book, cost not over .50 or .60 I will be much obliged. I feel under considerable obligations to Mr. Sargent for wood confessed and would rather have paid him for some of it if he would receive it, and partly on that account wish to get a present for E that will be valuable and beneficial to her. She would make a noble girl with right training I wish she could have it. I have another cheese to sell. Do you want it C says I can sell it at the stores for .10 per lb and if you don't want it, I'll sell it here.you did not tell me the price of corn so I don't know yet whether it is better for me to buy corn here, or there. Please send up Messengers and I think it would be well to take 6 copies for another year Mr. Whelden Mrs. Bumps Mrs. Dolin and we want them and I don't know whether Mrs. Hodgkins or not I want Christian Almanac good night

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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 48

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2867px × 3743px 61.44 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_48_009_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FER2

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