Newberry Library - DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also to Samuel S. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851, 1853

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Open book DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also to Samuel S. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851, 1853

Title DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also to Samuel S. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851, 1853

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1851, 1853

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 and Mississippi river with New Orleans: it is but 17 years since the first house was built in it and that as a military station, - it is now the greatest wheat market in the world has a large trade in lumber from Michigan across the lake. I suppose that if Samuel and Eliab with their business talents & knowledge of the lumber trade, were to establish themselves there, or in any of these lake posts they might become princes in wealth in companion with some other things. I do'nt know as I shall hardly forgive it in Mr. Furber that he did not go home this way: he might have gone as quick and without much if any more expense and have had the pleasure of seeing all these flourishing lake towns. I think when I return I shall take the railroad across the country rather than to go around the lakes. The weather has been cold and extremely dry all the spring: no rain fell for six week, every thing was parched; there was a hard frost the last of May:- the tree put out slowly with leaves sere and yellow,;- in the last two weeks, we have had showers, and warm weather, and vegetation has come on with a most rapid pace. We had radishes and lettuce, currants and strawberries are coming rapidly forward. The minority who follow Mr. H. are building a meeting house;- He preaches a morning service only at the Court House without any salary; a great deal of bitterness is felt against him on the part of some.He is imprudent in speaking, warm and impulsive in his feelings, fearless and independent in speaking, sometimes Template:Side of letterwe have strawberries every night for tea almost, from a neighbours garden, plenty black raspberries coming on. I am glad you have so good a gardens wish I could be there.

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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 2

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3097px × 3871px 68.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_02_004_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FBZ2

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