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Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

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Open book Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

Title Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1883-1896

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 others too. There is extempore speaking - subject given after the speaker has reached the platform. There is fifteen minutes of parliamentary drill every night which is good - all is conducted by the strictest conforming to Robert's Rules of Order and the officers are changed once a month so every one has those experiences. The exercises are Critique, Essay, 4 or 5 Ex tempore Speeches, Oration, Essay, Oration, Debate, Parliamentary drill, Business, if I remember rightly. And there are thirty or more members so of course you meet nice girls. At home all the energies of the whole family and Mrs. Savage are spent preparing Anna for the future. It was as much as mother's life was worth I believe to fix me a

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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 67

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1987px × 3161px 35.97 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_67_002_004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF26

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