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Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838-1840

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Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838-1840

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1838-1840

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 I have made you some warm shirts, and fitted some nice dickeys exactly to them which you must button on, and which you must certainly take off at night, if you do not wear night shirts which is much the best way: you have old shirts enough that you can use for that, and had you not better. Mother will send another night shirt marked I.S.M. We want you should send the wool, without fail by Mr. Hobbs and Joseph's shirt, and your new vest to be made, and I dont know but we shall deem it best to make that up for P. and make you a double breasted one out of some old pants. so send it; do'nt be troubled any about your debt to Mr. Fox just tell him that you will settle it when your brother comes down in a week or two. It is no strange thing for folks to wait longer than that, there as well as here. Mother some thinks of making you a "regular built" pack out of some woolen cloth, when C. comes. Hobbs will bring you a bundle containing 4 Shirts, 2 dickeys, a comforter, pair of gloves, old mittens, suspenders, an inkstand, any old bible, and a needle and some silk where with to mend your clothes, your boots and shoes must wait a 'leetle' longer but I hope there'll be a way before long } & then I guess we will call it square & have no more bother wont we? I gave 20 cts for the inkstand which is as good as ever twas & 37 cts for the comforter in which is there is no perceptible difference from new.1838 Cr. Dr.July 24 - by second had jacket - 5.00 1839 Apr. 19 to cash --- .50 " by second hand vest 1.00X " to slate -- .15 " by pr second shoes .75 " to umbrella 1.001839 Apr 18 by cash .30 June 13 by cash 1.00" Sep 2 by cash .21 Aug. 21 to mock silver pencil .10 Am = $7.26 Sept 1 to wallet .05 Oct. 13 to inkstand .20 " to comforter .35 Am. = $3.3514th Eve. It has been a rainy day & we have threshed the flax & put it out in the frog pond to rot and gathered the garden sarce? & excellent roots. Some of the white sugar beets were very large - one weighed 7 1/2 pounds! They are going to send the bundle tomorrow morning by Mr. Hobbs and it is getting quite late in the evening and I am tired etc.etc. as you very well know or else I would fill up the rest of the sheet. from your affectionate brother Josephright-hand side P.S. I have got a sore eye. My shoes are done! We have killed 2 of the cats. Good bye. Joseph

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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 74

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3206px × 3858px 70.81 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_74_007_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF8L

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