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 better remain here or at Easthampton. She seems to be anticipating a good deal of comfort boarding here this winter. I hope she will find it, but fear she will be disappointed, They spent Thanksgiving here. Several other fraternal individuals were invited, besides one maternal person, but they made not their appearance. We have had two or three short, hasty letters from Anna, and last week Mallie has two little sheets, & half another, full. She seems full of care and business. I shall give her a hint on the "grovelling" use of the "muckrake." I imagine she will be as intent on her household cares as ever I was. She seem to delight much in her petit daughter. The reason they did not go to Du Quoin was that Mr. de Witt lost his valise & had not changes of raiment, but I thought within myself that he might have purchased more already made and proceeded on his way. She seems very happy indeed, and I hope she may be so always. Lizzie Thaxter had had two or three attacks of bleeding at the lungs - is now sick at her sister's,

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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 26

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2369px × 3076px 41.73 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_26_015_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDYL

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