Newberry Library - Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Charles W. and/or Albina Rich (half brother and CWR's wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1853-1857

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Open book Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Charles W. and/or Albina Rich (half brother and CWR's wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1853-1857

Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Charles W. and/or Albina Rich (half brother and CWR's wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1853-1857

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1853-1857

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 Children I was very glad indeed of your good letter & rejoice to hear that there is a greater attention to religion. If it is of God may you all share in it & may it be lasting as eternity & not like the morning Cloud and the early Dew. I wish I could step in and sit & chat with you evenings I want to see Josie & Mary I expect he will be such a great smart boy I shall hardly know him I suppose he can fetch in all the wood & chips that Charlie & he chop Isaac has telegraph'd twice to the boys from Chicago & N York. But he has not written to tell us when he is coming however we are all expecting him & Nettie & Mayo next week shall have a letter I guess soon I went down to Eliab's yesterday had not been there since thanksgiving day Maria is not very well had a very bad cold & head ache they had a great social gathering it the vestry all the people invited who attend the Central Church Maria took a very bad cold perhaps by wearing thin shoes I am glad to hear that Charlie learns to read & I am rather glad that he does not go to school Lucy says she would not send a child to school to Wm. L. at any rate. Lucy conclude & so did I that Charlie as been talk'd to coax'd warn'd and teas'd enough that he must get started by[left-hand side and top] Isaac has help'd the boys out of a great straight with some of his money. Eliab is a smart financier I suppose. A man said he beat all that if he a cent in the world and ow'd 100000 dollars he would pay it all up at the time it became due

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 4 Folder 92

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2707px × 3445px 53.40 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_92_034_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FGKC

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