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Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1859

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Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1859

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1859

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 Tell Josie I want he should study & read some every dayI am some asham'd of Charles reading Isaac says have him read loud 2 hours every day he is some afeared he wont pass examination He wants him to get into the first Class in the secondary school. I think he will try to learn Isaac says he is more concerned but he will make a good scholar - all the because he is not a pand?as he calls it i.e. always talking says he will think. I hope he will do well but we dont know yet.Charlie wants I think tell you to gather your hop he has just been picking his he wants you should write him all about the pic nic in the cedar grove if they have one & what they do the last day of school & how you get along with the work & if the beans are all pick'd & whether you have had any frost.

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 3 Folder 72

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2304px × 2854px 37.66 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_72_001_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF7Y

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