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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 Your last letter, of Oct. 28th 31st was received on Tuesday last,and has done me good all the week. When commencing ityou seem to have just received a piece of letter from me writtenat Pinckneyville. Did I not write to you the result of the Curlee vs. Reyes trial?The verdict, although a mixed one, various points beingconsidered, and variously decided, was in favor of Mr Reyes: avoidingto Curlee less than Mr Reyes had offered him a year before. Besidesthat the interest was not allowed, which was a loss to Curlee of some70 or 80 dolls. You say you felt cross having a canker sorein your mouth. I do not believe it, that is the crossest itwas all in your imagination. I have plagued you, and dared you toit enough to know. Being cross is an exploit of which you are entirelyincapable. You had better "meekly" give up all pretentions to it.You would I know if you could hear me snub some of these Suckers,occasionally , so as to know by observation what Cross is. I amvery sorry for the canker though. Hope it is all well. I am afraidyou and Mother do too much work, & get tired. Why do you havea cold? Be careful - Hire some help in the house, if you needit in the least. Getting home here last night, I found lettersfrom Bangor, Samuel, Eliab & Lucy. Lucy only one page thoughand you know she is the news writer. Little Charlie is there, came downfrom Milo the only passenger on stage. Coach & four all to himself! Eliab& Maria comfortably housekeeping & all well. Eliab & Samuel wrotevery fully of their business. They have got along much better thancould have been expected. It has you know been a very hard timefor business men everywhere. They seem to me to have been unusuallyfortunate. With such hard times in the business world; thechances appeared decidedly against them. Especially as Samuel'slast winter Lumber failed to come to market, and the twenty or twentyfive thousand dollars owed to Pendleton to Ross by Furber & Bradeen put itout of the power of so 'P. & R. who were relyed upon as the backers of Furber

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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 176

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3307px × 4259px 80.63 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_07_fl_176_026_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FJLW

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