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Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook pages, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

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Open book Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook (wife). Scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Title Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook pages, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1838

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 A Lady will not say my husband except among intimates but calls him Mr ___ it is also polite to call him by the Christian name except on occasions of ceremony_ _ _ __It is customary to employ the few moments of a visit of mere politeness in looking at the portraits which adorn the fireplace and even taking them down if you are requested to do it.It is extremely impolite to write a letter upon a single leaf of paper even if it is a billet. It should always be double even though we write but two or three lines (It shows a want of respect to seal it with a wafer we must use sealing wax) We must avoid using sealing wax when we are afraid that the seal may be opened if the letter is large use two seals A letter to be shown as a letter of introduction should never be prepared with a seal or pricked with a pin A borrowed book should be covered with paper If when we enter the house of any one we hear persons talking in an earnest way we stop more heavily in order to give notice to those who are engaged in the conversation. If in an assembly two persons retire by themselves to talk of business we should be careful not to approach them nor speak to them until they have separated.

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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 128

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1444px × 1766px 14.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_05_fl_128_005_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FHRE

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