Newberry Library - Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

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Open book Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

Title Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1857-1858

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1857-1858

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 April 21st. Not having sent my letter last evening I open it this morning to add to it. This village was thrown into a state of much excitement yesterday by an incident upon the Pearl Road. The train due here from Cleveland about five P.M. ran over a cow at the East End of the East Bridge mutually knocking each other from the track. The Engine left the track as it went upon the bridge (the track is upon the top of the Bridge as at Kendalls Mills) the bridge is forty feet above the water and about 150 ft in length, there were two baggage cars one 2nd Class and the other 1st Class Cars, the Engine went over the bridge off the track and leaped from the abutment down the bank as it left the bridge the tender following it, the baggage cars went past the Engine and then down the bank, the near end of the second one stopping near the top of the bank the forward end of the 2nd Class

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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 50

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2433px × 3053px 42.54 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_50_003_005.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FERG

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