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Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

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Open book Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook (wife). Scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Title Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1838

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 altogether naught. Did not the short life up here decide thy destiny and canst thou not praise God in nobler strains for that thou wast a sinner and art now ransomed, redeemed and glorified. Dost thou not oft bethink thee of thy friends still dwelling here; and will not thy fresh spirit gladly fly to us on errand & all divine. O very near thou ?ei??t to us, & this but a short space divides us. and we shall meet then on a holier shore. Till then praise God in thy brightest home of love. And here will toil and per??t till called above.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Nov. 17, O how I long to be able to say from my heart, I love this blessed day, the best of all the seven." I believe I do love it some, but whether the best - and whether come it on account of its holy associations & employments, I dare not yet affirm.__Dec. 8, 1850 - This sabbath is my first in Merrimack whither I come on the 2e day of this month to pass a term of ten weeks at Mr. Russell's school in this place. It is a beautiful day and I do want to go to meeting - but Mr. Russell has services in the

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 5 Folder 128

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3306px × 4068px 76.99 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_05_fl_128_019_088.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FI16

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