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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 I would have you go - We are getting along nicely at present Caddie performs her part very well I make out to get sleep enough while the Babe sleeps - The week that you were here & the 2 or 3 weeks before were very very hard for me I wonder I did n't quite break down under it - But the generous Promise is & will be fulfils - 'As the day is so shall thy strength be' I do not mourn I felt a solemn quiet resignation - Almost Joy that Dear Lucys, Suffering and conflicts are all over that she has arriv'd to that heaven where I hope to be & the time is short even if I should live to endure many days of pain & suffering in my turn all things are passing away they will soon be goneDo write frequently I thank Nettie for her good letter receivd

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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 84

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2404px × 3635px 50.04 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_84_012_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FGAA

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