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

Overview

Image w/ Text

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

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 while you were here - There seemed to be all the time so much going on, so many things to be said & done, that there was no time for us to stop & love one another. I always think afterwards of so many things that I might have done but did not do, for the comfort of all of you that I always feel bad after any of you go away. The fault is all in myself - I am & always was so much given to being "careful and troubled", that I do not give myself up to the enjoyment of things as I go along, half enough. I am so glad for you, Nettie, that you are safely anchored in port with the little ones, & got along with them so nicely on the way. Mrs. Harlow would call it a special providence that the weather was so fine. I don't know but she is right - that in our many daily blessings, we ought to consider the special love & care of our Heavenly Father to us, more than we do. Our maternal meeting came last Wednes. The passover was the subject - rather a hard

Transcription Status Needs review

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 2 Folder 41

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2079px × 3251px 38.71 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_41_016_009.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEJ3

Help Need help finding, searching, sharing, or downloading? Check out our help page!