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Open book Metcalf, Charles (son), to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1866

Title Metcalf, Charles (son), to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1866 
Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date 1866 
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 Elyria July 15 1866Dear MotherI should like to see you very muchWe have got our bureau it has got two little drawers and three big drawers it cost fifteen dollers (sic) it is made of curly mapple (sic) I caught a rabbit he did eat chickweed like everything But one day I was holding him in my hand and he got away from me. We sold a boushel (sic) of peas to Mister Williams. And morning I carried a basket full of peas to uncle Eliab and one basket of peas to uncle Doctor. Wilder and I have helped Father's haying. We picked twenty [?] of currants and got ten cents apeice (sic) Father think he is going to the lake againYour lovingSonCharlie Metcalf 
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 6 Folder 130 
BibID 821787
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 2266px × 3642px     47.26 MB 
Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_130_002_001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL11FI4P 
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