Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1856

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 as good luck would have it, it was not quite boiling hot, though it made me smart some, but comforter shawl and nightclothes - O my! Well I changed my clothes, got excited into a perspiration, drank what was left, wen to bed, slept nicely, and am all over it this morning. It seems lonely enough since Lucy went away - she is very quiet generally, but a good deal of company after all - more companionable for me than Jane is. She left her sun bonnet and knitting work here. I will send them by Eliab. I had the pleasure of seeing Mrs. Wooster Parker last week in Bangor, said she had been wanting to go and see Joseph ever since he has been at Milo.Aug. 14th Samuel brought me your letter this forenoon - good folks - well done. If you have written a large double letter any time since I was at Milo, it was undoubtedly lost somewhere, as I have never seen it. Finished my rug and ironed today. The rug is real pretty. So it is. It was considerable work, but I do not regret the time or labor, 'twice be a piece of workmanship for folks to remember Lute by when she is dead and gone, you know. Well I am glad Eliab is going up - wish I could go too. Jos. your friends - "occupation, operations & prosperity" - M. Crosby not quite through her school of 16 weeks on the Avenue road grows poor upon it too, but is much liked, and laboring to do goo. I see her occasionally at church. H.A. Moore I generally say "how do you do" to sabba' day - she has had a bad cold- starts a week from tomorrow for Hartford. Mrs. Jewett shakes hands hard, when at all. Mr. J. smiles, bows, looks glad to

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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 23

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2787px × 3609px 57.59 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_23_014_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDT4

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