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 and you will probably hear from them before long. Eliab made no purchase in Pennsylvania. We like Maria better and more day by day - she has been with me a good deal during Eliab's absence. She "knows what's what" perfectly, has everything just so, is a very complete little body (little, I say, for she never weighed more than ninety seven pounds) and withal loving & kind and good, one of the dearly loved sisterhood. I wish you could both be acquainted with her personally. she is a famous hand to take care of Percie - had almost the whole care of her youngest brother when an infant, & understands the whole category of baby talk, baby medicines &c. &c. I am getting along finely - have walked across the room one or more times every day for some days - have not been out to ride yet, but hope to in a few days. I am so glad I do not have to resort to the bottle for the baby as Albina does. This is a strangely jumbled up letter - I cannot tell you how many times I have left it since I began - The season here is unusually forward. The grass & foliage has a brilliancy and freshness which we do not see every year. The little Corydalis you sent, Nettie, is so pretty & so odd - "Dutchman's

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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 39

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2534px × 3297px 47.84 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_39_008_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEDB

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