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

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

Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 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 8La Crosse Wisconsin 152 MilesJust at dark, quite a village though little of it could be seen. Apparently on a high bottom. Much business. High Levees made of Willow Bushes. Leave La Cross after 9 P.M.Morning July 6. FridayHung up for Fog, and doubtless much in Night.Fog soon begun to Lift slowly though, Fountain City or Holmes' Landing Wisconsin195 Miles 8 A.M. A few new houses in a beautiful recess under the high grassy hills, apparently a fine opening between them to the back country.Some of the way the Islands are so heavily timbered & channels between them narrow, that the bluffs are hardly to be seen.Mount Vernon Minn. 8.30Hallsï¿½ï¿½: Landing " 9Twelve Mile Bluff Wisconsin probably 223 MilesA few houses building under a magnificent hill.1/4 Mile above hailed by a man's handkerchief for PassageBeautiful Prairie on the Left in Bottom.

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 7 Folder 179

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2062px × 3186px 37.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_179_017_008.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJT3

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