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Title Furber Family: Furber, P.P. (Samuel's father), 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 number came to market pro Housiendom the day beforewe arrived in Chicago - John is well and hearty, likesthe country, and indeed I don't know who would not.We have attended a congregational meeting to day one mile fromMr. Wingates - a smart Preacher, preaches and resemblesMr. Munsel of Brewer or East Brewer, Bellattracts the attention of all the fashionable Bells on thesouth. her hair I mean, no I dont mean so, the lack of hairis what attracts attention; among the mammas and daughtersyoul hear conversation like the followingDaughter - Only look mamma and see that young Lady with her hair cut off, how odd it looks.Mamma - Poor girl she has probably been sick and under the necessity of having it cut off, what a pity, such beautiful hair!At length the same Lady who is intended in everybody's businessexcept her own will venture to enquire, Miss, I presume youhave been sick as I see you have had your beautifulhair cut off - not at all madam, replies Bell my health isperfect, my hair was cut off by the mandate of Easternfashion - no fashionable young lady in the East wears longhair - the important news flies like electricity throughthe female ranks and as people (ladies) believe that fashionsoriginate, or grow (like pine trees) in the East I have nodoubt but many a young Ladies hair sets as lightly -on her head as a Frenchmens head does on his shouldersin a Revolution(you may think the above fiction, your mother has read it, says it is true)

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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 65

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3077px × 3892px 68.56 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_65_014_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF13

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