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 infant baptized - we should have carried ours bit I did not feel well enough. Monday P.M. came Mr. Sewall to stay with us through commencement. Tuesday morning in the boat came his wife, who has been on a three week's visit to Topsham. The commencement exercises were very interesting. I only heard President Hitchcock from Amherst College the last afternoon address the Rhetorical Society? He is very interesting and good. Shows that he is a great man by not using great words! Samuel attended most all the meetings. Old Father Sawyer was here - preached Thursday evening - spoke an hour and twenty-five minutes! Samuel got all tired out - He is ninety-eight years old. Wednes. evening I went with Mr. & Mrs. Sewall & Samuel to the great annual tea party, meeting of the Alumni ( and every body else that is invited) as the Seminary. I staid about an hour, leaving baby with Isabel & got introduced to Rev. Mr. Jones of Minot, Me. who, as I learned, is the author of the little piece of poetry, "How big was Alexander,

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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 2456px × 3210px 45.15 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_26_010_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FDY2

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