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Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Albina Rich (wife of Charles W. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856, 1858

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Open book Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Albina Rich (wife of Charles W. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856, 1858

Title Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Albina Rich (wife of Charles W. Rich), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1856, 1858

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1856, 1858

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 April 1, 1858 -Dear Albina -I must write a little though with Charly in my arms. He is very well now though requiring more attention than before he was sick. We are thinking to wean him before warm weather but I dread it. I think it will be more of a task than with any one of the other children. Wilder and Percy play out of doors a great part of the day now. A box of sand, that happened to be at the door affords them great amusement and employment. Libby is not very well now, so, for the good of the walk, she has been up here every morning for a number of days. Her eyes are

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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 115

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2390px × 3721px 50.92 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_115_002_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FG3Y

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