Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1846-1856

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1846-1856

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 I called with Eliab over to see his Beecroft family, Saturday did not get out of the carriage. Well, I think I must leave one page at least for Mother and Samuel, good bye dear brother, do write often, your affectionate sister Lucy.My very dear Son As Lucy is the "ready writer" you will not complain that I give up most of the writing to her especially as you will be very much the gainer by it. She has written the "news - you cannot wonder or blame me for feeling a great deal of anxiety about your health, do use every precaution that is reasonable & be on the look out for a good chance somewhere else I should rather you would work for half as much pay somewhere in N.E. as you could command there than to have you stay there in that Savage, Log house, fever + ague place,dont you expect Eliab will get sick if he goes to N.Y. & all about South at this hot season of the yearCharles's man Christopher continued to get his pay for the time he had worked & then went off without saying any thing about it. C. was sorry he had not sent him away before for he didn't like him almost concluded to dismiss him a fortnight before �� He has a young Hart cousin to Albina that he liked very much but did not expect he could keep but a short time �� C sold his lambs 91 a piece, & his wool, I bought 3 barrels flour $4.50 per lb & &what are your wages, & what your expenses, where you are do come away from that fever & Ague place soon as you consistently can & do write more particularly about your own personal health comfort & feelings, do you get Eastern news much[left-hand side] Do you get any Down East Newspapers? get a chance if you can to mark on the European and North American when they get it agoing so as to be nearer home

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 2 Folder 37

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2942px × 3756px 63.26 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_37_003_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FE9X

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