Newberry Library - Furber Family: Furber, Sarah (Samuel's sister), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1851

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Title Furber Family: Furber, Sarah (Samuel's sister), 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 Cottage Grove Minnesota April 25 - 1851Dear Sister LucyI have been thinking of you this morning and determined to wait no longer, but take time to write you which I know I ought to have done long ago, but I have heard from you through the others, and know you have heard from us but do not for a moment think that I do not feel an interest in your welfare. how gratifying one hours conversation with you would be, how I would like to hear from your own lips an account of your brothers death, and of the birth and death of your little Anne. I was so sorry that she could not live, but God knows best, and how much I would like to hear you tell of your health, of your happiness, and your hopes of heaven, for I feel assured that although you are afflicted you are not unhappy, a Christian need not, should not be, although tried as by fire tempted, and exceedingly distressed for a time yet he knows that all things work together for good to those that love God and how many other interesting topics should we find to converse upon -- but it may not be, at least for the present, I hope however if your health is restored that you and Samuel will spend some months with us, we are hoping to see Fathers folks soon - I cannot help fearing that Mother will not find all her anticipations realizedMr Haskell came over after Mother yesterday Olive is expecting to be confined every hour - the cares of life are coming thick and fast upon her, yet she seems to bear it all patiently

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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 66

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3140px × 3918px 70.43 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_66_002_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF1P

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