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I have concluded to give up my school, the first of April, (i.e, in two weeks), thoughit has been flourishing, the prospect is not encouraging now, and I am tired of keeping it, and want a little rest from the care, and vexation of it, and have no reasonto think it would pay my expenses to get a new boarding place, as I should choose to doif I kept it: Almeda wants I should stay with her next summer to help her as AuntE, is going to Warwick in a few weeks: sometimes in the course of the summer or fall I shallprobably, if I like go down east, there to get my living as I can. March 16thDear Mother,As to Isaacs books - I have been to the AntiquarianBookstore and obtained the following information as to Prices-Lampirer Classical Dict. $2.00 - 2nd hand to $1.50, Coopers Virgil 1.622nd hand $1.25 - Wilson Greek Testament .62 second hand .37Guesbachw ditto - 1.00 & .75 different bindings - Fisks Greek Grammar .75 2nd hand .37Goodrich dc .67 - 2nd hand .37 Greek Reader - New York Edition, with dict .88second hand .42 - Boston Edition Without Dict. = .75 second hand .37Therefore you must ascertain what books he will want and write veryparticularly the names, editions, & authors as a book that is not the ? hole in paperwont often do much good at school. Perhaps Ann as a school ? hole in papermightget them some cheaper than above commented.I left school today as A.A. & J thought it best for me to have a week or so to lookround &c before I go down East. Mr Sherman has given me a certificate if as yourequested.Dear Brother Eliab, I must now answer your truly laconic and pedanticepistle, as it comes next in order. I am sorry for your misfortunebut glad for your apparent good humor - also your progression in Arithmetic.Dear Brother Isaac, I was happy to receive a long letter from you.It contained much interesting news about the war which I had notheard before. I wish you had Mr. Stratton, our writing master, tolearn you to write. Tell Lucy that I am happy to hear of herimprovement in singing &c but had no letter from her in Mother's last.I am contemplating visits to Bunker Hill, State House, Natural Hist.rooms &c during the coming week. I have many things to write but forbearas I hope to see your shortly face to fact. Yours, Joseph M. Metcalf
Title
DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1832, 1835-1839, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Place
United States
Subjects
Bowdoin College
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Brothers and sisters
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DuQuoin Coal Company
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Description
Use the link to the finding aid for a fuller description of collection contents that explains the use of the name and subject terms appearing in this catalog record.
Summary
Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members, and some people even wrote "family letters" that were intended to be shared amongst parents, siblings, and the like. Topics of family correspondence tend to be related to religion, daily activities on the farm, weather, and the news of friends and relatives (births, deaths, sicknesses, etc.) Business records of Metcalf's pertain to land ownership, railroad engineering and construction, and running a coal mining business. The mid-19th century business records also document tax payments and some reports including labor and payroll expenses. There are a few drawings and sketches from Metcalf's tenure as division engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad. The first accession of these family papers was a donation of the letters between Charles W. and Albina Rich, given by Grace Leadingham, Charles Rich's granddaughter. This gift was facilitated by Keyes D. Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Biographical/Historical Note
Railroad engineer, farmer, and businessman of Maine, Ohio, and Illinois during the second half of the 19th century. Isaac Stevens Metcalf was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1822. His father, Isaac Metcalf, had married Lucy Heywood in 1810; she died childless in 1820. In March 1821 he married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich, the widow of Charles Rich, by whom she had had three children (named Charles, Elizabeth Anna, and Almeida). Isaac was born to Metcalf and Rich, followed by Joseph, Lucy, and Eliab. Isaac Metcalf (father) died in Boston in 1830, and the family relocated to Milo, Maine, where half-brother Charles had purchased a farm. Isaac Stevens Metcalf lived there with his mother and siblings, preparing for college and working on the farm until he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1844. He graduated there in 1847, having taught school while studying engineering. He surveyed and built railroads in New England until the spring of 1850, when he became a division engineer on the southern section (near Centralia, IL) of the Illinois Central Railroad. Metcalf worked closely with the Chief Engineer, Roswell B. Mason. Metcalf remained on the job until the line was completed to Cairo, IL, in 1855. While in central Illinois, Metcalf purchased land and with his partner Chester A. Keyes laid out the railroad town of Du Quoin, which was officially dedicated on Sept. 20, 1853. On Jul. 5, 1852, he married Antoinette ("Nettie") Brigham Putnam, the daughter of prominent New Hampshire minister John Milton Putnam. The couple had twelve children, three of whom died young. They settled in Elyria, Ohio, in Nov. 1856, to be near Metcalf's half sister, Elizabeth Ann (also known as Ann Elizabeth), and more family joined them within the next ten years. Metcalf and family lived in Elyria for over 41 years, farming and running a flour mill while Isaac Stevens Metcalf maintained business interests in Du Quoin, Illinois (real estate and coal mining). Antoinette died Aug. 14, 1875, and three years later Metcalf married Harriet Howes. That couple had six boys. Harriet Howes died of pneumonia Dec. 7, 1894, and Isaac Stevens Metcalf died Feb. 19, 1898, age 76. A more complete Metcalf genealogy family, focusing on the children of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, is available in the Special Collections Department information files. The genealogy was compiled by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Extent
10.8 linear feet (20 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Format
Business records
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Correspondence
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Diaries
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Genealogy
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Invoices
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Manuscripts, American
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Personal narratives
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Records and correspondence
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Sources
Archival Collection Title
Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers
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Midwest Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 1 Folder 3
BibID
821787
Size
3071px × 3811px 67.00 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_03_009_002.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FDDP
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