Newberry Library - Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1860, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

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Open book Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1860

Title Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1860, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

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 that we may all meet in the "old mans Home" - a permanent home, where heart meets heart - where Sorrow and sickness and parting never comeO how thankful I ought to be (& I think I am) that I have such good children - all of them so good - How good & kind Isaac is about writing it is a great comfort to me - we had letters from him & Charles yesterday Charles talks of coming home we shall expect him in a month or six weeks - I feel very much afraid he will be sick in consequence of coming so late in the seasonAlbina has worried so much about his coming home that he has concluded to come there is no doubt but that he wants to come enough but I believe he had thought it would be very much for his interest to stay till near Spring - I hope when Isaac comes you you & little Mayo come and stay a good long time I do long so to be more acquainted with the baby Mayo I dont know but he is getting to be too smart to be

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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 83

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2804px × 3667px 58.87 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_83_011_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FG90

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