Newberry Library - Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1857

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Title Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1852-1857

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1852-1857

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 You had a lot of grafting done? I did not think so much of it but those Harlow Grafted Trees need manure. The great numbers of young nursery trees near them steal away all the nourishment from the soil.
[arithmetical calculations crossed out]
Does your corn come up well? Do you be likely to sell any of your horses this summer? How much wood do you shear? Do you hoe those young trees set out in the garden occasionally this summer?
What do you do about your cultivator or Horse Hoe. I almost wished I had sent up one or the other at any rate. You certainly ought to have one.
I suppose they save considerable work in hoeing. And you have considerable to do including carrots

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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 199

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2065px × 3241px 38.33 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_08_fl_199_003_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FKHU

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