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Thus inconsistent is the man But, joyful news! two Temperance bandsWho daily goes to take his dream; With fervent hearts, united handsExpects his friends consistencies Cooperating with each otherTo atone for his deficiencies. As brother kindly helps his brother, Of Alchohol I'gan my song,- Have risen, and with mighty zeal,For him I might my verse prolong; Are laboring for the common weal;But that were needless - every day And soon we hope to see reclaimedWe all may witness some affray, Those, who degraded and ashamed,Or else, perhaps, some mischief done, Have caused to us for many years, Occasioned by the monster, Rum. Such store of sorrows griefs & tears. Milo for ill was long renowned,- Praying that heaven will kindly aid,Since drunkenness did hear abound And bless these efforts which are madeTo such degree that good men kept With an abundant power & might-Aloof, and oft in secret wept. I'll wish you all a kind good night.Now brother, if you presume to say that I can't fabricate "Sager Poetry" I will positively affirm that you are no judge.Monday Mar. 17th After school in the "School 'us" Charles came after me Friday night, so I went home. Joseph had another Fracus with the S.S.C. the Saturday after you went away, (or rather with Mr. Theoph. Sargent). You know Mitchell told him to keep 14 weeks & Mr. S. was determined he should not keep but 12. Well that day (Sat), the day before town meeting when a new Com. would be chosen, Mr. S. went to the Com. & got them into the school with him, and he talked, and they talked, & inquired of all the scholars about the school but got no word of complaint. Chadbourn asked Angella Frost if she thought the school as profitable, & if she could learn as much as last Winter, (he kept last Winter you know) & she replied unequivocably in the affirmative! The Com. found no fault with the school, but for the sake of peace, they all three rather advised him to leave. But Jo. had no notion of pleasing Uncle Theoph. so much, so he kept on. As might he expected. Mssrs Sargent, Stineford, Fruman & John Philbrooks have taken their children away. Mr. Henry Sargent is very bitter against Theoph. Mr. Stineford refused to furnish any more wood & Aron Hill supplied the school with wood from his own pile, till he & Billington could have a load. You see Mr. Sargent has always ruled the District & it seems hard to him that he cannot continue to do it. He concluded that he should not probably be chosen Agent, thinking, probably that there would be Stinefords, Philbrooks etc. enough to put him in; but Billington told him to his face the other day, that he might set his heart at rest about it, for he could not come it this year. One morning when Jo. went to school he found the back of the stove, & the door, carried off. Mr. John Livermore sent down to Mr. Freeman's to get some mortar to fasten it up with brick; The boy came back saying he could'nt get any. Livermore said he would go down & if he did not give him some, would cut this throat from ear to ear! He got some & with the help of Daniel Holman A. Cook etc. fixed it up nicely. Eliab closes his school Sat. March 15th, having kept fourteen weeks. He has had quite a seige of it for the first time. Has grown poor the last two or three weeks considerable, having had a bad cold. Mssrs. Kimball, Hartwell, and Tolman were chosen S.S.C. - Very good ones, I think. Joseph (ever our Jo.) had a good many votes for 2nd & 3rd Com.- lacked only one or two votes I believe. Chabourn, Macomber & Kittredge had no office whatever. Turner, Day & Tolman Select men. Be it known unto you, the Select Men have laid out a Town road from Alder Station to the south bank of the Piscataquis at Sargent's, (on the top of the County road, remember) and there from the north bank of Piscataquis to Rich's corner, so called, leaving out the width of the river; - hoping you see that will induce the Commissioners to discontinue the Ferry. Wasn't they mighty
Title
Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1842-1845
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date
1842-1845
Place
United States
Subjects
Bowdoin College
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Brothers and sisters
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DuQuoin Coal Company
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Description
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Summary
Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members, and some people even wrote "family letters" that were intended to be shared amongst parents, siblings, and the like. Topics of family correspondence tend to be related to religion, daily activities on the farm, weather, and the news of friends and relatives (births, deaths, sicknesses, etc.) Business records of Metcalf's pertain to land ownership, railroad engineering and construction, and running a coal mining business. The mid-19th century business records also document tax payments and some reports including labor and payroll expenses. There are a few drawings and sketches from Metcalf's tenure as division engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad. The first accession of these family papers was a donation of the letters between Charles W. and Albina Rich, given by Grace Leadingham, Charles Rich's granddaughter. This gift was facilitated by Keyes D. Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Biographical/Historical Note
Railroad engineer, farmer, and businessman of Maine, Ohio, and Illinois during the second half of the 19th century. Isaac Stevens Metcalf was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1822. His father, Isaac Metcalf, had married Lucy Heywood in 1810; she died childless in 1820. In March 1821 he married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich, the widow of Charles Rich, by whom she had had three children (named Charles, Elizabeth Anna, and Almeida). Isaac was born to Metcalf and Rich, followed by Joseph, Lucy, and Eliab. Isaac Metcalf (father) died in Boston in 1830, and the family relocated to Milo, Maine, where half-brother Charles had purchased a farm. Isaac Stevens Metcalf lived there with his mother and siblings, preparing for college and working on the farm until he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1844. He graduated there in 1847, having taught school while studying engineering. He surveyed and built railroads in New England until the spring of 1850, when he became a division engineer on the southern section (near Centralia, IL) of the Illinois Central Railroad. Metcalf worked closely with the Chief Engineer, Roswell B. Mason. Metcalf remained on the job until the line was completed to Cairo, IL, in 1855. While in central Illinois, Metcalf purchased land and with his partner Chester A. Keyes laid out the railroad town of Du Quoin, which was officially dedicated on Sept. 20, 1853. On Jul. 5, 1852, he married Antoinette ("Nettie") Brigham Putnam, the daughter of prominent New Hampshire minister John Milton Putnam. The couple had twelve children, three of whom died young. They settled in Elyria, Ohio, in Nov. 1856, to be near Metcalf's half sister, Elizabeth Ann (also known as Ann Elizabeth), and more family joined them within the next ten years. Metcalf and family lived in Elyria for over 41 years, farming and running a flour mill while Isaac Stevens Metcalf maintained business interests in Du Quoin, Illinois (real estate and coal mining). Antoinette died Aug. 14, 1875, and three years later Metcalf married Harriet Howes. That couple had six boys. Harriet Howes died of pneumonia Dec. 7, 1894, and Isaac Stevens Metcalf died Feb. 19, 1898, age 76. A more complete Metcalf genealogy family, focusing on the children of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, is available in the Special Collections Department information files. The genealogy was compiled by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Extent
10.8 linear feet (20 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Format
Business records
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Correspondence
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Diaries
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Genealogy
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Invoices
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Manuscripts, American
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Personal narratives
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Records and correspondence
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Sources
Archival Collection Title
Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers
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Midwest Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 1 Folder 31
BibID
821787
Size
2862px × 3432px 56.24 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_31_002_003.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FE3U
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