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

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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 strange visitation vanished through the wall of the house! This Mrs. Johnson is one of the principal mediums. Two of our nearest neighbors are mediums. Prof. Pond's lectures was "on the sins & danger of consulting familiar spirits." Our cellar is almost digged. Our special object of this letter is to introduce to your notice the eldest son (nearly twenty I think, perhaps twenty one) of Mr. Samuel Crosby of Hampden with who we boarded. The substance of the matter is, he wants to be an Engineer, but don't know how to begin. One Mr. Deane of Winthrop teaches Engineering, but asks eight dollars a year tuition and $2 per week board, which makes it rather expensive. William has a natural turn for Mathematics & has paid considerable attention to it. Understands the theory of Surveying well to. He is tall awkward, bashful, green- taught school successfully last winter. Is determined to settle in the western states somewhere. His father wishes to know if you would be willing to take him with you, and teach and help him along as you can. He will pay you what is right for your trouble- he will go right on any time you would wish. If you cannot do then, he would like your advice about the next best course to take to make an engineer of him - whether to send him to that man or not. He would not get much but the theory there probably. Please write as soon as you receive this as the young man is waiting to know what to do with

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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 38

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2910px × 3823px 63.69 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_38_005_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEBJ

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