Newberry Library - Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf diary, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1855

Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf diary, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1855

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Open book Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf diary, 1852-1855

Title Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf diary, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1855

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1852-1855

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 21Sabbath - Oct 3 - We read together, aloud eight chapters in Isaiah and then prepared us for meeting - We listened to a very comfortable discourse fr. Mr. Phillips at the Baptist Chh. The poor man has lost one child of small pox and now another is not expected to live A young man who worked in a tailors shop in this building was this morn. found dead in his bed - probably from a fit. Sabbath afternoon here is the universal time for calling but we shall not be troubled for people here know Isaac's habits too well to venture here - Can not help thinking some

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 5 Folder 119-122

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1795px × 2632px 27.07 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_05_fl_119_001_015.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FGMC

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