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

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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 back when I come. Isaac, Bell wants something to read, and I took the liberty to draw forth from your trunk "Shirley," "Lamartine" and above all "David Copperfield" - How nice that is, and how we want the rest of it. She has read most of it to me. There are a number at least of your books here. Upham, two Vols. Laurel, Rhetorical Reader, some Greek books, Kavanagh, Hactimus, Evangeline &c. "Margaret Smith" and "Whipple's Lectures" I lent to Lissie Doe. Bell wants to read them very much, but Lis has gone to Portland to spend vacation & marry Mary Shirley (bridesmaid) and I can't get there now. Catechism, cord & tassel shall be duly attended to. I must go bake - Samuel will finish. In love and haste. Lucy. The big beautiful Cactus is all dead, but Samuel bought of Brockmiller two more - one two years old with four buds, said to be handsomer than the old one - and one a year old - no buds.We desire you if you please to send us a box of your nice new butter forthwith. Letter from Ann recently. Samuel will buy a cow soon - make no butter - sell milk to the branding house. Please send the butter by carts soon as convenient, to be left at his stopping places. Wish you could also send a Monk's hood Lily, Flax & roots at the same time. I have not been to sewing circle for two or three weeks - stormy &c. Mrs. Jewett has been quite sick - well now - Charles Jenkins better - believe I wrote you that he had several attacks of hemmorage, which reduced him very much and much and much alarmed his friends. Jane has got a new Atlas & gets along nicely with her lessons. Has got through the Catechism. Mrs. Goddard's little babe weighed 4 1/2 pounds, had fits all the time & died in two or three days - she cried I cried a great deal. I have got some acquainted with her. Our dozen biddies have laid some 20 dozen eggs

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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 2793px × 3609px 57.71 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_23_006_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDSF

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