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 Milo Apr. 1st 1844Dear MotherHere I am at home in the little north room,and here I expect to stay for the present. I arrived at Bangor,Tues. eve March 19th - staid at Mr. Pomroy's a little more than a week - enjoyed myself much, came up with Mr. Cutts last Thurs.I found the schools in Bangor, begun when I got there, so I saidnothing about it nor told any one that I thought any of taking onethis spring - Mr. Walker and Wakefield are on the new committee chosenafter I got there. I found Charles keeping house all alone and gettingalong very well: Lucy had been gone four weeks I suppose they havewritten you from Foxcroft, so you know more about them than I do,I had a comfortable passage, only I was very sea-sick and havehardly got over it yet. It cost me six dolls, and half to get to Bangor,to get to Milo $8,50 including all expenses, If I had known about theschools, and how comfortably Charles was getting along, I would have staidtwo or three weeks longer in Boston. I hope you will not be in a hurryto start, but stay till the 1st of May, at least, for it will be less expensivethen, and the travelling will be very bad till about that time. I wish youwould buy and bring a parcel of palm leaves really split, for I amconvinced we could make something by braiding them to sell them oneat a time round here. Almeda sent a letter to me while I wason the way home, sending for some things, which of course will bein Boston &c. but which you had better not take out, but let it goon to Washington as there is nothing of any consequence in it,Almeda can send her directions in this;When you first get to Boston we want you should fixupon a time to start for down east, - you can see by the papersthe days the steamboat runs, and write to us when you aregoing to start, and Charles will be at Bangor - he wants togo down when it comes good wheeling, - if you write someto get any thing we think of, - either in Boston or Bangor.Mrs. Child when she learned my loss, presented me with $5,00which was very kind of her.

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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 3086px × 3955px 69.87 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_007_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDEF

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