Newberry Library - DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846

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Open book DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1840-1846

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, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription Dear MotherWe sent a letter and book by W. Sanford last week, buthaving heard nothing from you I don't know as you have received it:I wrote to have Lucy come as soon as she can, she can board to Mr. Cutlersat 7/6 I suppose though the price was not mentioned. The school is just the rightsort for her, and I shall need her help. I have 50 scholars mostly from 10 to 15 years, get along very well so far: Lucy will need for books, Smith's & Colburn's Arithmetic, Lucy's Geography and any atlas, National Reader, Grammarwriting book and National Spelling book. She can trim up that old black &white straw as well as she can to wear to school and I should think her bonnetwould look quite as well trimmed with blue because there is more of it,but I don't know. She had better I guess stop Mr Cutlers first because her thingsmust be left there: - If Eliab comes to bring her he had better stay all night with Isaac.Isaac has sold the butter for 5,00 lacking, 2 cents. shall we send it up or pay it toMr Hatch? I wish you would write very particularly all about your affairsand calculations for I want to know about it. The interest in religion continues,there are more than a hundred young converts and many inquiries, butIsaac is rumored, putting religion far away from him. - thinks he has nottime to attend meetings much.Mrs. W. has not been at all well for a few days; her old girl that she expectedhas come now. Mr W. has sold his cow and wants to buy a good heifer threeyears old or so, when he can turn her out to grass, he would pay money,said he saw a heifer yesterday that he liked for $25 but don't want to buyjust yet, perhaps C. could sell him one of his, for money, and would it not bebetter to sell one cheap. for the sale of money?

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 1 Folder 4

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3030px × 3804px 65.99 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_002_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDDY

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