Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1846-1856

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 2 1855Dear Brother IssacI have just returned from Hampden, whither we felt obliged to go to see about our girl, as soon as we found Ellen was really going to leave us Thursday-was much disappointed to find you gone - you had only been gone ten minutes, Ellen said - and you forgot your little pail, I was sure of seeing you again I had ever so many things to say. It is well that you did go Tuesday isn't it? Now won't it be so bad going that we can't go to Milo?Ellen left us for good yesterday p.m., expecting to start for Minn. today, but I hardly think the boats got in yesterday. The poor girl cried sadly. You should have seen her hold Percie away & look in his face as if she

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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 41

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2092px × 3157px 37.82 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_41_011_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEIA

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