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 confidently expecting warm weather by and by. We expect Lucy in a week or two. Your assistance is not as present needed about paying her board. We have for long intended to have her here a while to go to school. Samuel has not made an definitive arrangements about business for the coming summer. He will write you about it - house building will take some of his time and attention. He sold his horse, sleigh harness buffalos to a Lincoln man for $124.00. The Pony was slightly lame. Takes pay in hand wood logs. I continue to have "ups and downs" as usual. Have been down since I wrote you last and am coming up now. guess I will coax Samuel to finish this letter. Please continue to write often. It is very good to find a letter at the Office frequently - good bye. Affectionately, Sister LucyTuesday Eve March 9th 1852. I do not know as I am indebted to you for a letter but suppose you will pass to my be what I may write if it does make a balance in my favor, I have had many vanities of life this winter, but on the whole nothing very unpleasant. I have my worst trip now to make shall start next Monday and be away some three weeks, do not know just what will be my business next season suppose I can survey some if I wish I am getting about 100 hand wood logs beech, birch, & maple will cost me here about $6 sawing $3, other expenses $1. total $10. the plank will be worth $14 & $15, I lose none of the logs in getting them down it will

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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 38

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2928px × 3757px 62.98 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_02_fl_38_004_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FEBD

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