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Marion Metcalf diary, 1892-1901

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Open book Marion Metcalf diary, September 1895

Title Marion Metcalf diary, 1892-1901

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1892-1901

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 bread - Baked apples - Sweeping went with Bessie Brooks to see Mrs Cadmus again about the Junior C.E. Mending in evening -

Sunday - Showery - Ch. S.S. Jail, and Junior C.E. - only Chas. Smith in my S.S. class, & Mr Harry Davies for a few minutes. 18 children at the Junior Meeting, not counting Nelson Metcalf. Jail - Harry, Gates, Gardner, Fred Dunham, Miss Marie Lickorish, Mr Hubert Day, & I. Text in A.M. "I must be about my Father's business-"

Monday - Beautiful weather -

Washing & Ironing 1.50
Bread (Sat.) .29
Doughnuts .20
Lizzie - board 4.00
Mrs Fay - milk 1.00
Ch. & S.S. Coll. .10
Keyes .08
Nelson .05
Ikey .13
From Pater 5.00
Bread - Monday - .15
Went with Pater on church business, filling out cards - in P.M. Grace Court, Broad St. & West Side - went to see Flo in evening - Mrs A.H. Smith came -

Tues. Rain in night - pleasant by day - Pater & I went in P.M. with Keyes & Nelson, to see Mrs Twiss - called at the Ritchey's on the way back. found where the Tulks live

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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 277

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2598px × 4904px 72.94 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_277_002_152.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FQNE

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