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

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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 day except Tuesday, and every night, I think. It rains very steadily to day, freezing as it falls making it awfully slippery. Do not expose yourself too much in the winter wind or carry that heavy instrument too much. I want to see your weather-beaten face. I shall begin to be jealous of the Prairie Winds! Don't like the idea of their being too familiar with a face that belongs to me! No news from the cosmopolitan yet. I should think it was time. I am glad the church building advances or is likely to do so. What can the matter be with Dear Sprague? He ought to be the foremost in the matter. Hasn't he a good wife, or has an irresistible desire to

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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 107

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2219px × 3597px 45.71 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_04_fl_107_014_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FFWB

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