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Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1851

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Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1844-1851

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 Dockham, which man, as a man, I do detest. Possibly unjustly, but I have a decided "antipathy" to him. Which would you join, if you were Charles, & intended to travel South and West, the S.O.T. or the I.O.O.F. He seems to grow more & more discontented lately. Is determined to go off South and West on an "exploring expedition." I wish he would select a proper 'help-meet' and settle down in his new house on his ample farm, contented with the good things he already possesses, instead of wandering to the ends of the earth, seeking rest & finding none, as he assuredly would. Theodore Furber has bought a Possession 1/2 mile from Warren, and can have as much land as he wishes to purchase for 1.00 per Acre, when it comes into Market. He writes his health is better than for some years before. Mr. Hoxie's family all expect to start for Wisconsin in the Spring. I hope this region won't be entirely depopulated for the sake of populating the 'far west'! Charles had a Threshing Machine here last week (Marshall's from Bradford) commenced threshing Wednes. Morn, staid till Friday noon, and threshed 190 bushels of grain; 105 bu. Thursday. Worked best of any Machine we ever had here. No wheat Our wheat all stands in the fields yet! Charles was sick, he could get no help to cut it till very late. Then came wet weather damaging it, and finally a great freshet carrying away the bridge, so it could not be got home. No great loss, however, for C. said it would hardly have paid for Threshing at first. C. has got four "Chugs" to Winter, as he says to make a "Spee" in the Spring. One great black & white one he is going to carry to Bangor next

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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 77

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3219px × 3912px 72.09 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_77_001_005.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFFG

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