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Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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Title Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1883-1889

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 Faculty meeting in the evening lasted until almost ten oclock. Interviewed more girls.

Thursday
Matthew Arnold read his lecture on Emerson here at 3:45 P.M. I led the prayermeeting - took no exercise - wasted the evening after prayermeeting.

Friday
First review lesson in Bible - the girls asked many questions, and I hardly asked any. Miss Willard spoke in the evening - the South Natick girls came up to hear her.

Saturday Dec. 8
Classes as usual. swept and dusted my room. Went to South Natick to the meeting of the Saturday Night Club - we introduced temperance work there. all but two of those present signed the pledge. Miss Cooley, Miss Lane, May Merian, Miss Joy and Miss Newell went over - all of us in a two seated carriage with a driver. We had a good, successful time.

Sunday Dec. 9
Cloudy - very tired. Bishop Paddock preached in the A.M. about Paul and Silas in the prison at Philipps. Enjoyed the service very much - he read both the Litany and the Communion Service.

Slept mostly in the afternoon. went to Chas. River Village in the evening. A missionary from Ind1a, Mr. Winslow, is here with his wife and 4 children. There was missionary meeting this evening both here and at C.R.V. Mrs Fisher went over.

Monday Dec. 10
Went to Boston at 8:14 - with the Sophomores on Prof. Horsford's invitation to the Foreign Exhibition. Left there about 1 P.M. & went to do a little shopping in the city - came out at 5:00 and mostly fooled away the evening - with the Peterkins - Beethoven Concert I did not attend - wrote letter home -

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 12 Folder 275-276

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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