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Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1859

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Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1859

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1859

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 Stay'd till 3 o clock Wednesday when we went to the Cars & did not leave them except to change Cars till we arrived at Elyria thursday evening about 9 oclock (27 hours from Boston - Isaac paid 2,00 extra for Sleeping Cars for us all from Albany to Cleveland we paid half price for C. & M from Bangor to Boston - Isaac got her along the rest of the way free - they have both been very very good Children & seem to be very happy - Mary had one cry tho not long the night we got here - we were all very tir'd Charlie had a very sore Mouth (canker) almost a week but is very well now He & Mallie gave us some old wool Delaine for Mary a dress which is better than we should have got for herOur whole expense from Bangor to Elyria 23, for me 13 for Charlie (he had lodging Breakfast & dinner at the Quincy house) and 2,50 for Mary lendes? a little

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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 72

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2357px × 2822px 38.10 MB

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Unique Identifier NL11FF7W

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