Newberry Library - Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother) (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metca..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1850

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Open book Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1850

Title Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother) (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metca..., Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1850

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1844-1850

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 Milo Oct. 26th 1847.Dear Brother Jos. Am sorry you have been troubled with Gloves, socks or shirts either. - but 'twas all we had to pay with. Would'nt trouble about stockings and gloves - wear them if you want, or send them home again. Sam - excuse me - Mr. Furber is going to Bangor tomorrow probably - so we write a bit and send pants, which were all completed last week. A pair of the raw material deposited in the pocket of each pr for the unfortunates who purchase and wear the same to mend with. You may recommend them as the man did for his Gum all chewed in his own family! Albina wants all you have to make. She is in a great rage to get Charles' debts paid. Nobody has been after your horse - but C. Says you better not let him go on trial, he is so ugly - contrary but put in a team might work well. Very high spirited. What think you of poor Pres. Shepherd? Alas! "There's many a slip" etc. Rather mortifying and vexatious really though, wasn'nt it? You inquire about bosoms etc. You sent cloth for six shirts and linen for fours bosoms - Four shirts I marked for and sent yo you, two having bosoms and two without. Two shirts, by your order I marked for and sent to Isaac together with the remainder of the linen, manufactured into shirters. Do you stamina now? O think you would like the shirters. If you need more bosoms and 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 44

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL11FELS

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