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Metcalf, Harlan Paul (son), to "Pater and Folks" (Isaac S. Metcalf), 1890-1891, 1897, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

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Title Metcalf, Harlan Paul (son), to "Pater and Folks" (Isaac S. Metcalf), 1890-1891, 1897, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

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 (3)Fall Creek where there was water & pine trees & there we ate our dinner under those pines on the bank of that foaming rushing mad Creek in one of the most beautiful spots there is-After dinner we laid down to rest a while - I went across the creek on a fallen log & found a blazed trail. The first I had ever seen --We thought that would probably be the easiest way down so we followed it, & got home much quicker than we had expected, about 4 oclock.On the way down we found another mine - only a month old. There were 4 men working there laying up a pile of logs to make charcoal.It was so far from the track & so high that it was cheaper they said to make their own coal Especially as the ground is covered there with fallen pine logs & some half burnt-I never was so tired since I can "rember" (sic) as I was when we got home - My head ached terribly & I ate for supper a cup of hot water & a piece of cheese - Then G.S. got the tub & some water & I took a bath and came out new and am not even stiff this morning.The only way you can get a bath at this "Mason House" is to go to the kitchen & get a wash tub & take it to your room & carry your own water - Many of the men never take the trouble.After a few days of just washing in the wash room, hands & face alone, with the rest of the miners, I could stand it no longer & invested

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 6 Folder 138

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3344px × 4198px 80.36 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_06_fl_138_002_005.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FIIL

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