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Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1866

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Open book Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1866

Title Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1866

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1861-1866

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 Samuel W.F.Jan 13, 1866Cottage Grove Jan'y 13 '66I.S. MetcalfDear BrotherI rec your letter of the 2d with its sad intelligence to day, words would fail me in any attempt to express my sorrow, I know that for our loved Mother we need not mourn, all's well with her and what a blessed meeting for Lucy when she welcomed her to those "Mansions" where the good and the pure only are, How cord after cord is being blessed which holds us here, and when the last one's severed may we be as ready and as well prepared as our dear mother was, then death can do us no harm. I very much regret that I could not see mother again there were so many

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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 53

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1902px × 3138px 34.18 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_53_005_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEVM

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