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Furber Family: Furber, Mehitable ("Bell") (Samuel's sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Title Furber Family: Furber, Mehitable ("Bell") (Samuel's sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1851

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 May 14What a beautiful morning, isn't it? Really seems like summer, Mary E isover here, spect we shall go maying by and by - the people all thoughtI had gone to Minnesota when I went to Hampden, wish they hadnot found out to the contrary, Mr Lane started to come afterme to take the school in the Stonefield district, when he gotto the village he was informed that I had gone west so he wentback, tis just as well I should not have wanted to keep there -We have not heard from Father since he was at Mr Wingates-John had a long letter from him written while there, I believehe lost Niles Carver in Boston. He went to Mary Sykes's inWorcester, she is getting along well, has five of the prettiest childrenhe ever saw, her husband sent her a thousand dollars fromCalifornia last winter, Lucy Gould & her husband are saving everycent so they say to emigrate to the West with, Father says Gouldappears to be a fine man. Mrs Hale and Emily had not got alongHe met Mr Haskell in New York, he is going right up where theboys are - Mr Temple will probably stay be three weeks longerbelieve he is liked very much, he lived in the island of Malta

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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 63

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3043px × 2564px 44.68 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_63_006_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEZD

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