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 Deer Isle Sept. 4, 1851 Deer Isle, Sept. 4 - 1851.Dear Mother & Brother It is most tea time. I have been waiting for Samuel to bring home some milk, as the good lady Webb had none in the house. We got along nicely - had to wait more than two hours for the Lawrence at Searsport, which did make us feel almost impatient. arrived at Deer Isle about 1/2 past one when we found carriages in waiting to take passengers to the town on N.W. Harbor, as it is called. There are a great many places in the incorporated town of Deer Isle, besides this, as for instance, S.W. Harbor, S.E. Harbor, Burnt Cove, The Landing, the Beach, Little Deer Isle, Isle of Haut etc. etc. This, however, is the principal place in the kindom. The whole town contains about 4000 inhabitants. We conclude on the whole it is a tolerable decent kind of a place - better than we expected. We have really a nice boarding place. The most neat and quiet little place that you can imagine, overlooking this "N.W. Harbor." The whole family consists of one very small and very smart woman called "Widow Webb", one boy rejoicing in the two endearing titles of Bub & Charley, (about eleven years old), one black cat with four white feet and a white nose, and one solitary Canary bird. Withal a very quiet, sober, cosy little family. We occupy the Parlor and adjoining bedroom. We judge from furniture

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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 24

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2889px × 3683px 60.92 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_24_006_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDUF

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