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 the teams. Messrs Pendleton & Ross have made a proposition, which he considers very good, for Samuel and their present bookkeeper to buy them out - they are ship chandlers, you know - taking their customers &c. I don't know what he will do if the confinement within doors will not be injurious to his health I should like it much, as he would then be at home winters. Perhaps eventually Eliab & he might be associated together. Perhaps I had better not have written anything about it, as there are no plans formed. I have teased Eliab about writing to your Isaac, but you know he had rather do anything else then write a letter.Lucy Stone is creating quite an excitement here just now - has delivered three lectures, tonight the last; on "The appropriate sphere of woman," "The legal rights of woman," and "Slavery" - people liked her first lecture very generally - they say her manner is quiet & graceful; her voice clear, full & sweet, and her dress simple and

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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 40

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2416px × 3169px 43.84 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_40_007_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEF8

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