Newberry Library - Furber Family: Furber, Joseph M. (Samuel's brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Furber Family: Furber, Joseph M. (Samuel's brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Title Furber Family: Furber, Joseph M. (Samuel's brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1851

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 We have just received a very pleasant visit from Mr. Garfield and family (Wife and one daughter from Ohio, Mrs. Garfield and Sarah are sisters, had not seen each other for about eight years. Mr. Garfield lives in Chillicutta is Worth from $30 to $35,000.00 his incum from bank stock is about $1,600.00 incum an broakering business from $12 to $1,500.00 tho he keeps no office as a broker, owns a goat farm within one mile of the city on which he lives worth from $8 to $10,000.00 they spent ten days with us, left last Monday. We have had a must delightful fall, the potatoe crop is the only light crop we have, and that is rotting. I raised about 100 bush. from 7 bush. seed a part of which were somewhat rotten when I dug them, have not roted any scince. Theodore commences ploughing on Monday next with two teams for ? I scorched down the grass this spring 3 acres directly east of my first peace of timothy, Will scorch down two or three acres more in the spring directly North if you wish it, that panic grass is no go Money is tight yet, still the mill has lumber from $11 to $12

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 3 Folder 62

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL11FEYV

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