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Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to and from various friends, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850

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Title Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to and from various friends, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850

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 I wish that when you write again, you would give me and idea of your further plans of operations, I do not suppose that you intend to always labour by the month, if not I suppose you must have some intention of Settling Somewhere, and make you a homeHave you any idea of where you may be one, two, or three years hence, this laboring by the month or year for wages is (to me) an unpleasant businessI believe that every man who can should have a home, and it should be his chief object to make it the abode of content and happiness, a place of happy retreat from the storms, the noise and bustle, the troubles and difficulties, disappointments and temptations of a wicked world, and this may be done by those in very moderate circumstances in life if they have but philosiphy sufficient to confine their wants, within their means for unquestionably, it is not the amount of a persons possessions that produces either riches or happiness, some are richer, some are contented, and happy with $5,00 that others are in the posession of their thousandsGood night

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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 58

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2983px × 3817px 65.18 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_58_003_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEWE

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