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 Nettie ElyriaAug 16 1859Elyria, Aug. 16, 1859Dearest,'The day is done', and in spite of my poor eyes I must sit down and pen a record for you. Clara has just come up to tell me Wilder was a good boy to day, & I felt so glad I could not wait till morning to tell you of it. I have really felt troubled all day with the fear that you might regret taking him. He is so different from little Mayo that I think he may not be as pleasant a traveling companion. But your favorite maxim comes to my relief - "The trouble" &c.I remained at Dr's half an hour more after you left, and picked up and shut up, in the

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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 108

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2197px × 3498px 44.01 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_108_002_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFWH

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