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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1864

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Open book Friends' correspondence, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1864

Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1861-1864

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1861-1864

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.N. Twiss
Dunbarton
Sept. 13 1864
Dunbarton Sept. 13th 1864
Mr Metcalf
Dear Sir
When I left your plase I promised to write you. I did not stop long at Cleaveland as I found a train ready to start out. Should have got home just as soon to started at 4 o'clock in the afternoon I arrived at Manchester Tuesday evening came home the next day safe and found my family all well. The country looks rough to me after seeing so much smooth land as I have this summer and I often wish I was back It is a [[fair?]] time to sell land here not so high as before the war except some

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 8 Folder 209

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2005px × 3215px 36.92 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_08_fl_209_009_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FKVV

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