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 self of this excuse to renew an acquaintance with which I was honored more than forty seven years ago." I must transcribe one sentence entire. "From Mrs. Barker I learned with great pleasure, that you are blessed with children who are buds and blossoms of great promise of consolation to yourself, and of future usefulness and ornaments to Society; and I pray you to accept my sincere congratulations upon the auspicious prospect - and my ardent desire that your fondest wishes may be more than realised in the final result."Her "buds of promise" are well underscored, are they not? It is quite an undertaking to answer it I assure you. My fingers are so cold I can hardly write, which accounts in part for the badness. Gen. Hodsdon is not a widower!It is real winter weather here. The river is beginning to freeze up - Samuel thinks he shall not run the mill longer than this week. What did you have for Thanksgiving and how was it cooked? Have you heard of the dreadful accident in New York? An alarm of fire in a building containing 1851 scholars - In a panic, they all - guess I will cut the account from a paper & save writing it. Eliab was not very explicit in his statements in his last letter. Said he rather expected to spend the winter in East Hampton, did not say whether attending school or not. Mary Tower commenced school in Bangor yesterday. Letter from Lissie Doe last week - one of her brothers is violently deranged. I think Mother will have some thing better with writing to put on the other page. Aff. Lucy.

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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 37

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2943px × 3730px 62.85 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_37_009_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEAJ

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