Newberry Library - Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856-1858

Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856-1858

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Open book Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856-1858

Title Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856-1858

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1856-1858

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 to work here is being done for prices at which contractors must lose money. If things do not look better I may go to farming next spring. Some of the R.Roads are being built, but every thing is done by skulldugery, not much chance for any body unless they are willing to lend themselves to all kind of fraud and iniquity. What can dried apple and cheese be bought for in Elyria next Sept or October? also butter? will you make some enquiry and let me know, I have sold the apple I bo't cleared $2.00 per Bbl. Have sold but little of the tea, large quantities in this market, could have done well in cheese if it would have come without damage. freight on apples was one cent per pound on soap five, I have never heard one word of the fire in Bangor but what I saw in the

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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 52

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1876px × 3100px 33.31 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_52_004_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEV0

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