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

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 Sunday eve March 3rdI am getting along very well at ? with my house, but am Somewhat fearful that my means will will give out before I get it entirely compleated, I find as I progress with it that I have to raise my estimate of its cost, I am satisfied now that when compleated it will have cost me $1,000,00 one thousand dollars, but I shall have a good house built in good stile --- It will consist inside of two 15 feet square rooms, one 12 X 15 feet, one tearoom 8 X 10, one buttrey, 6 feet by 8, a cloathes press 3 X 4 feet, and a stair way, a chaimber? 15 X 32 feet, 3 1/2 feet from the chamber? floor? to the plaits? , The outside will exhibit two frounts? 32 feet each, one of them with a verandah 32 feet by 5, and a fine cellar at an expense of about $150,00 one hundred and fifty dollars, I shall not be able to paint until after I move into it, may paint in the fallTheodore had a vey good and comfortable house near finishedMr Haskell had a very good dwelling but not yet everything finished

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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 3003px × 3844px 66.09 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FEWD

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