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are Farmers going to do? Taxes so high & crops cut off. Must Manufacture, Manufacture! Possibly it may prove all for the best that you were obliged to leave College, though we have all felt bad & almost blamed ourselves for suffering it so to be, notwithstanding we could not help it. It seems very necessary from present appearances & prosperity for Ann to have a school-house built, which, if done, will essentially drain the family purses, for some time. It seems rather unfortunate that such an expense should be necessary just bow, when you need funds so much. Charles saved but little wheat & that little was blasted so as to be hardly worth threshing. Oats pretty good. Write particularly as usual. You are such a good boy about it commonly. Mother pleases me, calling you her "little Isaac." I suppose it seems hard to see all her children going & growing away from her. Good bye.Mother & Lucy Nov. 7 1845 Paid 5 Mr. Isaac S. Metcalf Turner MaineNov. 8th 1845Turner Meright-hand side Beware of geese. They are oftentimes more dangerous than ganders, though the latter sometimes hiss the longest. Do you understand my meaning? Ever your affectionate Sister Lucy. Do you hear from Foxcroft often? I do not. Don't know how many scholars they have. Very full at beginning of the term. Mr. Parker has been quite sick, I hear. Injured in getting from a waggon. Do you ever write to him? & to Mr. Tash? You better. Beautiful weather last week in Oct. Warm & fine.bottom of page Joseph and Eliab are well situated; doing well, I suppose, but they will not be able to furnish much, I suppose, at present. Joseph will have to be pretty frugal in order to do what he will be obliged to do for Ann. I intended to send you a little money this fall, but Ann was obliged to take it. If I get a school this winter, perhaps I can. If Charles could only sell his Colt & Things, he could get some money. By the way, Nelly, the red colt is a large, likely, handsome creature & little Becca, Cate's youngest daughter, bids fair to be as valuable as Nelly. Seem if they might be sold. don't it? Mr. H. Sargent and his knee pretty bad. Getting better. Wolves & bears pretty thick here. Theoph. Sargent saw three in the road on Hoxie Hill. Many sheep killed.
Title
Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1844-1851
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date
1844-1851
Place
United States
Subjects
Bowdoin College
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Brothers and sisters
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DuQuoin Coal Company
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Description
Use the link to the finding aid for a fuller description of collection contents that explains the use of the name and subject terms appearing in this catalog record.
Summary
Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members, and some people even wrote "family letters" that were intended to be shared amongst parents, siblings, and the like. Topics of family correspondence tend to be related to religion, daily activities on the farm, weather, and the news of friends and relatives (births, deaths, sicknesses, etc.) Business records of Metcalf's pertain to land ownership, railroad engineering and construction, and running a coal mining business. The mid-19th century business records also document tax payments and some reports including labor and payroll expenses. There are a few drawings and sketches from Metcalf's tenure as division engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad. The first accession of these family papers was a donation of the letters between Charles W. and Albina Rich, given by Grace Leadingham, Charles Rich's granddaughter. This gift was facilitated by Keyes D. Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Biographical/Historical Note
Railroad engineer, farmer, and businessman of Maine, Ohio, and Illinois during the second half of the 19th century. Isaac Stevens Metcalf was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1822. His father, Isaac Metcalf, had married Lucy Heywood in 1810; she died childless in 1820. In March 1821 he married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich, the widow of Charles Rich, by whom she had had three children (named Charles, Elizabeth Anna, and Almeida). Isaac was born to Metcalf and Rich, followed by Joseph, Lucy, and Eliab. Isaac Metcalf (father) died in Boston in 1830, and the family relocated to Milo, Maine, where half-brother Charles had purchased a farm. Isaac Stevens Metcalf lived there with his mother and siblings, preparing for college and working on the farm until he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1844. He graduated there in 1847, having taught school while studying engineering. He surveyed and built railroads in New England until the spring of 1850, when he became a division engineer on the southern section (near Centralia, IL) of the Illinois Central Railroad. Metcalf worked closely with the Chief Engineer, Roswell B. Mason. Metcalf remained on the job until the line was completed to Cairo, IL, in 1855. While in central Illinois, Metcalf purchased land and with his partner Chester A. Keyes laid out the railroad town of Du Quoin, which was officially dedicated on Sept. 20, 1853. On Jul. 5, 1852, he married Antoinette ("Nettie") Brigham Putnam, the daughter of prominent New Hampshire minister John Milton Putnam. The couple had twelve children, three of whom died young. They settled in Elyria, Ohio, in Nov. 1856, to be near Metcalf's half sister, Elizabeth Ann (also known as Ann Elizabeth), and more family joined them within the next ten years. Metcalf and family lived in Elyria for over 41 years, farming and running a flour mill while Isaac Stevens Metcalf maintained business interests in Du Quoin, Illinois (real estate and coal mining). Antoinette died Aug. 14, 1875, and three years later Metcalf married Harriet Howes. That couple had six boys. Harriet Howes died of pneumonia Dec. 7, 1894, and Isaac Stevens Metcalf died Feb. 19, 1898, age 76. A more complete Metcalf genealogy family, focusing on the children of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, is available in the Special Collections Department information files. The genealogy was compiled by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Extent
10.8 linear feet (20 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Format
Business records
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Correspondence
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Diaries
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Genealogy
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Invoices
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Manuscripts, American
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Personal narratives
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Records and correspondence
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Sources
Archival Collection Title
Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers
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Midwest Manuscript Collection
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Newberry Library
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 3 Folder 76
BibID
821787
Size
3218px × 3911px 72.05 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_76_007_004.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FFF7
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