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Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Record Book of letters sent and received, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1852

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Open book Record book of letters sent and received, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1852

Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Record Book of letters sent and received, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1850-1852

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1850-1852

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 Miss Sarah Whitman, Farmer, Now Mrs Merrill of Brownfield Me.
I was happy to see your P.I. as Maria's letter, though I cannot help regretting that you did not take another sheet, and make it as least as long as you intended! I think you and I may fairly feel as old acquaintances and friends, even though our personal intercourse has been limited to an hour or two. I am sure I feel as if well acquainted for three of four years ever since I spent two of the happiest
months of my migratory life, where I heard of, if I did not see you. I am far too much a lover of happiness to permit such "pleasant memories" as attach themselves in my mind to the Autumn of 1845, ever to fade.
I regret extremely the loss of that letter, the one that was "never heard of [[more?]]. It made a sad break in my former correspondence. I could never forget those scenes and the friendships there formed; the cottage on the Hillside, and the long quiet happy evenings: I am afraid it would not do very well to have so pleasant a place within 1/2 doz Mls of Vt. & Mrs. [[?]]. R. Office.
Maria writes that she is afraid of losing you this winter. Why, I am rather late about this correspondence! Besides my letter has been so long delayed it may never really reach its exact direction! The Royal Family, as we used to call it, certainly seem to be in demand. I only wish the Rev Mr. Merrill of Brownfield was the Rev Mr. Merrill of Montague whose Church I attend.
{Policies subject of former con[[?]]ation, Foreign. Astonishing Resolution of Mind in Central Europe Rome Italy. Pres.t's of American & French Republics}
Maria is afraid of losing you. I tell her it is a gain rather than a loss. How does it seem to you? I thought Nancy & my sister Lucy felt somewhat as if it were a den of [[?]] of [[?]]ies. It seems to me that the forming new ties and associations to new places and companions need not really destroy or even weaken the old. The human soul as well as mind is designed not to suffer loss but to expand & widen & strengthen its sphere & its sympathies with every change and new experience.

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 11 Folder 240

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3039px × 4036px 70.22 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_11_fl_240_001_102.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FOK1

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