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[printed notice]To the Superintending School Committee of the City of Bangor.The Instructor of the Schoolinforms said Committee, that the children belonging to said School, whose names are below stated, avenot been furnished with suitable books; that notice in writing or personal notice has been given to theirparents, masters or guardians and that they have neglected or refused to furnish the same, to wit:_____________________________________________________________________________________NAMES OF PARENTS ETC. NAMES OF CHILDREN BOOKS REQUIRED[upside down starting from bottom of page]Dear Mother Jan 30th 1842 I acknowledge I have not done very well about writing sinceI came back, not from want of enough to say but because no time seemscome right to set about writing unless I take it Sunday evening as I am now doing. You will wonder what I do with my long "evenings", and I willendeavor to show you how I am as positively engaged then as in the daywell, Mr. Walker has constantly taken books from the Library, - interesting ones too,to read aloud, he and I alternately, he the beginning of the evening, and I thelatter part, with my knitting in hand, now if I spend an evening in any otherway I lose part of the story, moral or whatever. I enjoy these evenings so muchthat I have become quite a recluse in respect to society, having been out but twoevening since my return, both upon particular invitations. At one of the placesI met with W. Dennett, the other time I visited Caroline Prescott's mother, sheis a grand good scholar this term. Mond. eve, I received your letter and one fromJo at the same time and was very glad of them. I pity poor Jo. I am muchconcerned for fear that he will fail. I have been thinking of writing, anddo mean to though I am some afraid I shan't get it there before he getsthrough. I want to give him some advice but suppose he has plenty.I feel greatly relieved that C. has settled with Wyman even if not to the bestadvantage. I hope Isaac will get the other school for a little more needful, will bevery convenient, and there never was a scarcer time for money it is said to bethe same at New York and Boston, as here. I have got none yet -- have literallybeen without a farthing since I spent the .25 that Lucy gave to get thread on myonly gloves are a pair that I carried from home - too small for you -- for schoolgloves. I have really become very economical - query- do I deserve credit for it?Mr. W. has tried to take up the order without success but thinks I can have it beforelong now, my board money has been wanted and wanted, without my beingable to pay, so that I could not have changed my lodgings if I had wishedMr. and Mrs. W. have concluded to stay here till their year is out, when they will eithergo out of town or change boarding place. - I feel rather undecided what courseto take. If I write that I will go to Houleton, if they want me, I do'nt know but Ishall be obliged to give up my chance here, upon uncertainties, for, it is notat all probable that I can ascertain what the chance would be at Houletonbefore then to commence here, so that if I engage to go there upon a certaincompensation, I should have to give up the chance here whether I had that or notsometimes I get so wearied with my never ceasing 'schooling', of my flirting &giddy, restive and not very limited flock, that I think I do'nt care a fig, ifI do give up the chance: there are many agreables in living here which Icould not have in keeping school from place to place but perhaps content balancedby greater freedom from harassing and unquieting cares in the country. I have heard anopinion partly expressed by Mr. Walter and Wakefield talking together that the city would not support two Schools in some sense high, taught by males much longer, andand perhaps a school something like Mr. Littlefield's might be taught by a femalewhich would save much expense, but supposing this, whether I could get along even ifI wanted, it would be a question.
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
3282px × 4127px 77.54 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_04_005_001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FDER
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