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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 exactly what the Doctors tell him whatever distress and suffering it may cost him. When he was taking those powerful stimulants last summer, it was considerable time after it was plainly evident to me and to him that it was injuring him before he would leave taking it and then not till he had written to Dr. Rich - when he had the same as told him that he didn't know what to do for him but he might try such & such things Now Dr. Prescott has told him that he thought the Water Treatment cannot help him and has written to Eliab to that effect. I feel so distress'd sometimes to think he is there alone for strangers to experiment upon I can hardly bear it. He needs a kind friend or Brother with him. He has an exceedingly refin'd and exalted mind - But I think you even dont fully understand him he is not (now at least) fit to judge for himself in every circumstance as Eliab would be. I have all along thought his best chance if not the only one for him to get well was to be quiet & do nothing but wait and let nature alone conquer the disease. Still I've been afraid not to have him try. A while ago he wrote me that his hand and arm continued to fail - in his last letter he said there were some symptoms a little more favorable but I didn't think much of it because he has so many time had his hopes rais'd from the merest trifles. If his lameness can not be help'd is it right to wear out and exaust his system in vain attempts so that he can never enjoy anything. But how I have run on & scratch'd down my thoughts just as fast and just as they come into my head. But you must consider it and take it for what it is worth remembering it is only the cogitations of simple old woman but take care when you have read to burn it.when I hear from you again which I hope will be soon I shall probably be in Hampden.[left-hand side] The German Dr. had just come there that day but he seem'd to put great confidence in him.[at top upside down] Joseph I suppose has written you that Dr. P. is gone from there & a stranger, a German Dr. was there and was going to take his place or the establishment would be broken up so Joseph wrote me enquiring whether he had better in case that Dr. did not stay go to some other establishment or to Hampden or to Milo.

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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 79

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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