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Open book Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866

Title Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1866 
Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
Date 1850-1866 
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 Dunbarton, Feb. 3, 1852My dear friend -This is a magnificent winter evening and I have been thinking of you till it almost seemed as if you were here. Your kind letter of January 14 came this afternoon. I was quite happily disappointed in receiving one to day. I had been trying not to expect a letter, lest it should fail to come!It seems you have been having more snow and cold weather, and so have we. We have had an unusual number of storms, and a great amount of snow. Every Sabbath in this year has been stormy with one exception. I do love to have pleasant Sabbaths; but we must have cloud as well as sunshine. Last year, I noticed we had a very unusual number of beautiful Sabbath days. Perhaps the opposite may be true of this year.I am very happy to know that you have a Presbyterian Minister at Jonesboro' and 
Transcription Status Needs review
Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative. 
Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection
Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record
Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 4 Folder 105 
BibID 821787
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 2914px × 3789px     63.21 MB 
Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_105_005_001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL11FFSO 
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