Newberry Library - Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and E.A.R. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1841

Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and E.A.R. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1841

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Open book Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and E.A.R. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1841

Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and E.A.R. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1839-1841

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1839-1841

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 suppose you know how we had a tame fox We have got a tame muskrat what runneth about the house & is about as tame as a kitten, eats milk, parsnips roots, leaves of turnip cabbage beet & bean & pea pods & most everything else. His castle is in the closet west of the chimney whence he can sully out to the kitchen or pasture. He hath dug him a hole one entrance being in the closet & the other behind the backroom chimney. He is the pet, as cleanly as a kitten & not so mischievous. Upon being called mukky-mukkee,-mukky-he cometh. We caught a young wild duck & kept it a spell but it would not grow tame & we let it go. One day Isaac & I went up to Booby Brook fishing & caught 5 great pickerel, 2 eels & duck & one mussquash. We have got about done haying. Charles has got a cradle & cradled acres of wheat & 1 acre of oats.Ann got home last Friday night so in a very good plight. Only she left 2 of Isaac's books & Mrs Bush's letter tools & ? behind- Isaac came home the twenty sixth of July one weeke before the vacation commenced, & is going back the last of this week I suppose. He is going back to the same place again (Mr. Walker��s) which is a very good place I guess. He & James F. Walker have corresponded during the vacation. J.F.W is a brother of Mr. Asa Walker about 20 years old I believe, studying law.Eliab was intending to write some in his letter but he cut his hand today pretty bad so that he cannot.

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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 70

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3091px × 3858px 68.27 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_70_001_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF5O

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