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Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

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Title Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1866

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 Dunbarton, December 19, 1851Your letter of November 30 came in due season, and though it is somewhat late to night, to think of writing, I believe I must make a beginning. I have been wishing you were here this evening. I seems as if I should have considerable to say to you, but perhaps if you were really here, I could scarcely utter a syllable. I am very apt to do my talking, as Washington did his laughing (inside).This is a lovely evening, and it succeeds a glorious day. Father went to make calls this afternoon, and as mother did not feel quite well enough to go out, I went with him. The sleighing is remarkably fine, and the blue sky to day is perfectly cloudless. So with father for company I enjoyed the ride much, and the calls also. This evening I have been reading to father and

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 4 Folder 105

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2922px × 3801px 63.59 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_105_002_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFSA

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