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Furber Family: Furber, P.P. (Samuel's father), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Title Furber Family: Furber, P.P. (Samuel's father), 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 Milo, Oh!I send herewith you Brandymanspapers, also G IV Wingates note - you are a littleto late for me to charge Wingate $050 for deed.I had settled the business before receiving your letter.I have sold no flour since you was up Gouldhad it to sell, but I believe he is out nowand is sleighing is about "done up" I thinkI shall sell some room. I may not sell enoughto pay me before I start as I intend to be offbefore long - as soon as I think Lake Pepin is clearof ice, the Lake navigation I suppose is now openAlf Holman has not returned from the woodsthink he may drown - Ricker I understand is goneto - I don't know where he has left the fernbag and baggage after having paid 6 or 8 hundred dollars, more 500 or 600-You must use your own judgement about selling butterI think in 10 or 12 days will be a pretty good time howeveryou can take bestBell is wanted here until I go she can then writeyour pen a short time she mustn't stay long for shewants to keep school - there Lucy you may laugh at my old fashioned word "keep school" Iwould not write or say "Teach" If I couldJoseph thinks you have given quite enough for the Sennatorget some large hay cutters and tie them togetherP.P Furber

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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 65

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3091px × 3845px 68.04 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_65_001_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEZV

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