Newberry Library - Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838-1840

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Open book Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838-1840

Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838-1840

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1838-1840

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 Dear Brother Was not you disappointed with my piece of a letter?While I was gone to my traps they sent it away without my knowledge as I meant to tell you Marabah Hill borrowed 4 Traps and set them in the intervale catched but 2 muskrat so he got sick of the bargain and let me the traps and I set them and caught 7 so now I have got 8 skins and 2 cat and a fox skinswill you be so good as to find out what they bring we have done all the ploughing but that over east and have burnt off the piles and picked up the brands and have got out most of the manure. we recieved a letter from Joseph last week he has sent me 2 youth companions and I expect that he will send each number we recieved your letter last saturday Willis Porter he said that it had 'been thare an awful spell" Joseph says that he has to rise at 5 oclock, and he has the least time to study or read that he ever had in any situation whatever I study evenings so learn to spell and work we have shut up 4 of the turkeys but we do not expect that they will get fat for thanksgiving yesterday I went agunning up to boobar brook to find some partridges but I could not see one Eliab W MetcalfI have got a box (20 or 25 lbs of very nice butter which you may sell if you can at the very highest price if the market is dull & butter very low you may wait a while before you sell it if you think best I dont know as you will like to "peddle out,, the one pair of pants but you can I guess take 'em to to some little shanty or "board a coaster & you'll sell 'em they're very stout and such as laborers want. I should be very glad if it had happened so that you could be at home "thanksgiving,, but as it is I would by no means advise you to leave before your quarter is out & especially as you did before. I guess I shall send you cloth enough for jacket & pants and you can get them cut &

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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 74

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3138px × 3905px 70.15 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_74_008_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF8Q

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