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a large number of truckmen and others in the city that are determined tocelebrate the coming of the convent they are preparing an Efigy ofthe Lady Superior with which they mean to march round in thestreets of the city and out to Charleston as near the convent ground asthey can get and then shoot it and tis expected that there will bean irish mob if they should - a Mr. Mc Calla has been deliveringlecture at Park Street exposing the evils of Popery and Mr. PepperEdelor of the Cath Centinel and other Catholics tried tointerrupt the meeting but could not make out - I intended to havefinished this letter and sent it last week but could not - Almeda hasnot been well you know this long time for several days she has been very sick andyesterday she had a daughter born a very fine looking child but it isdead - her health is improving more and I think of going in to the country in 3 or 4 weeks if she gets along well. I want verymuch Joseph that you should come here and go with me butI don't know as it will be expedient for you to come so soon becauseof the work at home Charles will have so much to do but you maybe thinking about it that will do no harm if you should not come dotry to be a good boy keep yourself neat and clean do wash your face andneck clean as often as twice a day at least all of you. I had a whileago considerable thought of having you Isaac come too this winter &go to school at Andover where Caleb is there is a good school and very cheap.I suppose I could get a chance there where the whole expense for boardand tuition would be more than a dollar a week but on the wholeI do not now think it best the expense of getting here and back wouldbe so much and Eliab would be left almost alone but youmust certainly go to school somewhere so do try to be a very good boythat Charles may be the better able to spare you - Almeda thinkI had better go to Warwick and stay 2 or 3 months and then come back &spend the winter here but I have not concluded whether I shall go toMilo this fall or not - I have not been to Lowell or Woonsocket oranywhere else scarcely since I came here what is the reason Isaacthat you have not written do set right about it and write me a goodlong letter - Almeda wants Lucy to stay with her 2 years or moreright side provisions? are very high there this summer but [page torn] 28 for him 23 cents
Title
Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac, Joseph, and Eliab Metcalf (AMSRM's sons), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1835, 1845, 1848
Creator
Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date
1835, 1845, 1848
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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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
midwest ms metcalf Box 4 Folder 86
BibID
821787
Size
3478px × 4215px 83.92 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_86_001_002.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11FGCI
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