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 Nov. 28th 1848.Dear Brother Issac Your letter Nov. 19th was gladly rec'd last night, as also the intelligence that Jos. is going to Boston Thursday, so I made great haste & good speed & finished your shirts today to send by him. I have not time to do them up & perhaps 'tis just as well, as they would doubtless get tumbled on the way . Just deliver them to your Washerwoman. Sorry I had not time to whiten them. I have not stitched & fiddledidumed them as I might have done, but made them perfectly plain for loss of time. I hope they will fit & suit you - please let me know. You know folks that keep home always find considerable to do, even with small families, & fixing, getting ready & more etc. makes me somewhat hurried. We have expected all along to move to Bangor the first of Dec. Samuel bought a house for 700.00 day before Thanksgiving, a few roads this side of the Bangor House on the opposite side the St. but sold it again in two days for $50. more than he gave. 'Tis a pretty house outside, two story, white, & convenient inside, but built to sell, he thought - Chambers unfinished. II liked the idea of having an "our house" much, & felt quite disappointed at first when he sold it, but I conclude he knows best. A house in the Jewett block on Third St. is now hired for our use, but appearances & advices of a later date seem to indicate that it is probably best & that we probably shall spend the Winter in Milo; that is, I myself. I will be there, & our husband will be scaling as he was last winter. His Father & Mother want to go to N. Hampshire two or three months, & want Samuel & I to go and take care of Mehitable & John during their absence! You see we can save rent, firewood etc. and be doing up visiting enough to last a long time, all the while! I shall divide myself between

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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 34

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2943px × 3656px 61.60 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_34_014_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FE7T

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