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and painting. It is not probable that it will be completed in season for us to move before the crisis, so we shall e'en stay in the shell & make no attempt to hatch or crawl out prior to that period. Afternoon Mother & Charles have just concluded not to try to move till just before haying, as the spring work is driving, so they think it inexpedient; as it is put off so long, I think it doubtful whether we get started before Snow comes, so I am going to do my best endeavours to fit up our parlor suitable for the reception of company. The boys are ploughing a spot in the north field for a garden, as the place by the house is so weedy. The boys have brought in several kinds of flowers this Spring - I suppose you have Lilacs. I have begun to collect specimens for an Herbarium. When you come home, Ann we will study Botany together, and when we get a suitable book, we will have a nice Herbarium like Joseph's & go snacks getting specimens. I don't expect to do much gardening this summer for lack of a good place & strength to take care of it; but I must entice Jimmy or somebody else to make me some flower boxes. I myself, I all alone made Eliab a pr of shirts entire, in 5 days this week, besides doing several other little matters, & Joseph has engaged the S. Circle to make him a pr. which they will finish next time they meet I suppose. I intended to have gone last time but it was too windy. The revival in Brownville is more interesting than ever it is said, especially in the north part, so much so, that Mr. Sewall & Wilkins could neither of them leave to come here this week & there has been no minister here except a Mr. Mayherd, (young man from Charleston) who was here two or three evenings. Major Furber thinks he experienced religion last week. When he was sick a year ago, he made many promises with regard to how he would spend his life if it was spared, which people think he has not performed; but he said at the commencement of the meeting that he thought he had kept them all. He now thinks differently about it. Mr. Richards says when this meeting is done he is going to hold a protracted meeting. You did not write anything about the vest which you sent up - do you want it made & sent back or shan't you want it till you come home. Monday morn. Mr. Cutter & Aron are going back this afternoon & we will send this by then. I went to meeting yesterday all day. Mr. Thibbets from Exeter preached in the forenoon & Mr. Strout from Brdaford in the afternoon - preached an excellent sermon from 1 Corinthians 1-30 - using up the Universalists, Deists, Infidels etc. etc. entirely. Amongst us ll we have made an awful looking letter I think. I fear you will not be able to read it - write soon - particularly[right-hand side] Ann we want to hear all about your school troubles & trials, employments & pleasures & all the rest.Nota bene Isaac! Charles left his pant out? (and gloves in the pocket) at the tavern where he stay'd ? I believe wants you should go directly and see about it he sent by Mr. Welch but he could'nt remember the place and you were up the river he said, I'm very much afraid he never'll get it again.
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 30
BibID
821787
Size
3024px × 4364px 75.55 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_01_fl_30_002_002.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FE2T
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