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

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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 A days routine.Rise at half past five.From 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 _________ Study. Reading lessons and History.From 7 1/2 to 8 _________ Breakfast.From 8 to 1/4 9 __________ Exercise; usually walking.From 1/4 9 to 9 1/4 _________ Prayers, in the lecture room, followed by a short "moral lesson" from Mr. RussellFrom 9 1/4 to 10 1/2 _______ Study Analysis, and Rhetoric.From 10 1/2 to 1/4 11 ________ Recess.From 1/4 11 to 12 ________ Recite Analysis and Rhetoric.From 12 to 12 1/2 ________ Dinner.From 12 1/2 to 1 _________ Miscellaneous Reading.From 1 to 2 __________ Study FrenchFrom 2 to 2 1/2 __________ Class in Reading.From 2 1/2 to 1/4 3 __________ Recess.From 1/4 3 to 3 1/4 __________ Study French.From 3 1/4 to 1/4 4 __________ Elocution.From 1/4 4 to 4 __________ Closing Exercises, Singing Etc.From 4 to 4 1/2 __________ Recite French.From 4 1/2 to 5 ___________ Sometimes walk. sometimes read aloud.From 5 to 5 1/2 __________ Supper.From 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 ________ Regular study hours (Devote to French, History, or Composition.) From 7 1/2 to 9 __________ In the Lecture room (except Saturday evening)From 9 to 9 1/4 _________ Prayers in the Lecture room.

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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 103

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1761px × 2766px 27.91 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_103_016_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFO8

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