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

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

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 Nettie DunbartonAug. 2, 1860Dunbarton, N.H.Thursday, Aug. 2, 1860My Dearest, -Your good letter mailed Saturday morning, got here by Tuesday's mail. Came quick did it not? You did not say a word about your cough and I wanted to hear that it was better. Very glad the children do so well. Charlie was three years old yesterday. I guess I thought of it a dozen times. Little May fifteen months. I wish father & mother had some of those blackberries. How nice they must be. We have all the blueberries we want. I have not seen a ripe blackberry yet. Those Lawtons must be beautiful to look at. I do not know how Zillah would make out canning them. I should be a little afraid to trust her, she is so careless about doing things just right. If you can sell them why not do so? There will

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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 109

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2213px × 3554px 45.04 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_109_005_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFXK

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