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take her: J then turned to Susan and asked her if she was sensible, she haddone wrong and derserve of humiliation felt sorry for it, she said she did not know, I then told hershe might go home for I should not receive her without suitable submission, she came back again before long humble enough and I punished her and let hertake her seat; I have 77 scholars in all, 67 present yesterday; begin to feel anxiousand concerned about examinations which I fear will not go off well, - I have hadpleasant weather and walking almost all winter, two days it has rained so violentlythat I have stayed at home and h ad the day to myself; - I am working a smallcollar chippy evening, am sorry about the ruffle as I have wanted it to wearpositively it is not among my things: so it must be there, probably in the topdrawer; - Abby Hill took her books, away about a fortnight since toattend Mr. Converse's school the scholar say; she said nothing to me about it.I do not know for what reason, but probably because of the distance: I have called thereonce since Mrs. Hill came; I believe she expect to return soon and I will find outand write by her:-I wish I had plenty of money - a large store of dry goodis to be sold off at auction commencing to day they will without doubt go low becauseof the scarcity of money: I wish very much that you could have a black alpine orAlpacca dress, the most suitable and useful of all others for you. I want to get some stout cheapcalico for you and I a loose dress like Lucy's and I wish to get for myself a nice Frenchcalico, and such a one would not come amiss to Lucy I presume - cotton cloth forsheets will probably go low, but I have no prospect of getting any money before thosethings are sold - Tell Isaac that Fredric Bartlett is boarding a week with us on businessfrom Houldon where he has a clerkship under order of the officers of army he is adashing sprig who stays out till one or two o clock every night with his lady-lovehis brother who pronounced the oration at the juvenile celebration the fourth of Julyan appointment with the navy and has gone to the Mediterranean-I received a long letter from E Treat, last week which must answer by MrsBurgess who goes up next week to the wedding of her brother with her adopted sister.I shall write my proposal about the school to her there - Why does Almedanever a word to tell how things are prospering with her, butter is about, 20I guess will not be much higher, poultry is high and wheat just now - Is Lucy Almedagoing to obtain her book when I come? I do hope they will take more painsto learn her for she is old enough and situated as she is, she is likely to know littlebesides what her parents teach her in anything.-I have nearly filled my sheet but I believe there is hardly anything in it worth reading - I's little baby well and as interesting as everI long to see the little fellow, has his pate got well? How do you get alongwithout a girl, - J's C going to build a house next summer I hope he willbegin, I should think he and James and all the boys might employthemselves about it, will time to work at farming, accomplish considerable
Title
DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date
1840-1846
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
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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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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 1 Folder 4
BibID
821787
Size
3246px × 4114px 76.45 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_005_003.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FDEB
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