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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 Winter. I presume both are enjoying it finely. It is such delightful work to study. George writes regularly every two weeks, though he says he is so busy he can hardly find time.You speak of my continued anxiety for your health. I have long since ceased to be anxious about it, for the winter, because you have written how well you are. But it seems as if it would take as long for you to know it, as it does light to come to us from the fixed stars. I suppose it takes at least six weeks to write a letter and receive an answer to it. It makes Illinois seem a great way off. I suppose it will come earlier in Illinois than in New Hampshire.With much love and best wishes, I amYours most trulyAntoinette[upside down] Feb. 16

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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 2886px × 3802px 62.82 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_105_004_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFSN

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