TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Isaac Stevens Metcalf
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Family Papers, 1827-1935
Series 2: DuQuoin Records, 1854-1897, bulk 1854-1884
Series 3: Illinois Central Railroad Company Records, 1851-1856
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Inventory of the Isaac Stevens Metcalf Papers, 1827-1935, bulk 1850-1897
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, 2009. ©2009. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898 |
| Title | Isaac Stevens Metcalf Papers |
| Dates | 1827-1935 |
| Dates | bulk 1850-1897 |
| Extent | 10.8 linear feet (20 boxes and 1 oversize folder) |
| Abstract | Letters, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, and business documents of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, a Bowdoin College graduate from Milo, Maine, Illinois Central Railroad division engineer, and DuQuoin, Illinois resident, his wife Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (originally of New Hampshire), their parents, and children. Included are many letters written from college, family letters, Illinois Central Railroad business correspondence with R.B. Mason and other records of railroad construction, and records of a private business partnership - the DuQuoin Coal Company. Families represented include DeWitt, Furber, Metcalf, Putnam, and Rich. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Metcalf |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 24 12 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Isaac Stevens Metcalf Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Grace Leadingham and Keyes Metcalf, 1970; Peter M. Small, 1986.
Processed by
Jeff Metcalf, 1991; Alison Hinderliter, 2009.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access
The Isaac Stevens Metcalf Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Isaac Stevens Metcalf Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Isaac Stevens Metcalf
Railroad engineer, farmer, and businessman of Maine, Ohio, and Illinois during the second half of the 19th century. Isaac Stevens Metcalf was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 29, 1822. His father, Isaac Metcalf, had married Lucy Heywood in 1810; she died childless in 1820. In March 1821 he married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich, the widow of Charles Rich, by whom she had had three children (named Charles, Elizabeth Anna, and Almeida). Isaac was born to Metcalf and Rich, followed by Joseph, Lucy, and Eliab. Isaac Metcalf (father) died in Boston in 1830, and the family relocated to Milo, Maine, where half-brother Charles had purchased a farm. Isaac Stevens Metcalf lived there with his mother and siblings, preparing for college and working on the farm until he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1844. He graduated there in 1847, having taught school while studying engineering. He surveyed and built railroads in New England until the spring of 1850, when he became a division engineer on the southern section (near Centralia, IL) of the Illinois Central Railroad. Metcalf worked closely with the Chief Engineer, Roswell B. Mason. Metcalf remained on the job until the line was completed to Cairo, IL, in 1855. While in central Illinois, Metcalf purchased land and with his partner Chester A. Keyes laid out the railroad town of Du Quoin, which was officially dedicated on Sept. 20, 1853.
On Jul. 5, 1852, he married Antoinette ("Nettie") Brigham Putnam, the daughter of prominent New Hampshire minister John Milton Putnam. The couple had twelve children, three of whom died young. They settled in Elyria, Ohio, in Nov. 1856, to be near Metcalf's half sister, Elizabeth Ann (also known as Ann Elizabeth), and more family joined them within the next ten years. Metcalf and family lived in Elyria for over 41 years, farming and running a flour mill while Isaac Stevens Metcalf maintained business interests in Du Quoin, Illinois (real estate and coal mining). Antoinette died Aug. 14, 1875, and three years later Metcalf married Harriet Howes. That couple had six boys. Harriet Howes died of pneumonia Dec. 7, 1894, and Isaac Stevens Metcalf died Feb. 19, 1898, age 76.
A more complete Metcalf genealogy family, focusing on the children of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, is available in the Special Collections Department information files. The genealogy was compiled by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members, and some people even wrote "family letters" that were intended to be shared amongst parents, siblings, and the like. Topics of family correspondence tend to be related to religion, daily activities on the farm, weather, and the news of friends and relatives (births, deaths, sicknesses, etc.)
Business records of Metcalf's pertain to land ownership, railroad engineering and construction, and running a coal mining business. The mid-19th century business records also document tax payments and some reports including labor and payroll expenses. There are a few drawings and sketches from Metcalf's tenure as division engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad.
The first accession of these family papers was a donation of the letters between Charles W. and Albina Rich, given by Grace Leadingham, Charles Rich's granddaughter. This gift was facilitated by Keyes D. Metcalf, 17th child of Isaac Stevens Metcalf.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Family Papers, 1827-1935. Box(es) 1-14
- Series 2: DuQuoin Records, 1854-1897, . Box(es) 15-17
- Series 3: Illinois Central Railroad Company Records, 1851-1856. Box(es) 17---
- Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1885-1896. Box(es) 19
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Bowdoin College -- Students
- DeWitt family
- DuQuoin Coal Company -- Records and correspondence
- Furber family
- Illinois Central Railroad Company -- Records and correspondence
- Mason, R. B. (Roswell B.), 1805-1892
- Metcalf family
- Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam, 1829-1875
- Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898
- Putnam family
- Putnam, John Milton, 1794-1871
- Rich family
Subjects
- Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence
- Business records -- United States -- 1851-1897
- Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- College prose -- Maine -- Brunswick
- College students -- Maine -- Correspondence
- Correspondence -- 1827-1935
- Diaries -- United States -- 1839-1901
- Domestic life -- Maine -- 1820-1900
- Domestic life -- Ohio -- 1850-1900
- Du Quoin (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Faith -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Family farms -- Maine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Family life -- Maine -- 1820-1900
- Family life -- Ohio -- 1850-1900
- Farmers -- Maine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Farmers -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence
- Invoices -- Illinois -- 1852-1854
- Male friendship -- United States -- Correspondence
- Manuscripts, American
- Milo (Me.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence
- Railroad engineers -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Rural families -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
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Container List
Series 1: Family Papers, 1827-1935 |
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| Correspondence, diaries, essays and works, personal financial documents, and other materials representing three generations of the Metcalf family. There is one letter from Isaac Stevens Metcalf's father, Isaac Metcalf, to his mother, Anna, from 1827. Aside from that there are letters from his mother to himself and his siblings, and between his siblings: brothers Eliab and Joseph, sister Lucy (married name Furber), half-brother Charles, and half-sisters Elizabeth Anna (also known as Anne, Ann, Anna, or E.A.; married name DeWitt) and Almeida (also spelled as Almeda; married names Searles and Rider). Since the focus of the collection is on the life of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, there are numerous folders containing biographical information, diaries, finance books, and works by and about him in this series, including some information about Bowdoin College and his work on the Illinois Central Railroad. Furthermore, there is correspondence between Metcalf, his two wives (Anna Brigham Putnam and Harriet Howes), and eight of his eighteen children: Wilder Stevens (3rd child); Charles (4th); Marion (5th); Anna (7th, married name Root); John Milton Putnam (8th); Harlan (9th); Grace Ethel (10th, married name Hall); and Henry Martyn (11th). | |||||||||||
| Since the family is spread out in Maine, New Hampshire, and Ohio, discussion in the letters is primarily focused on catching up with family and friend news: births, deaths, marriages, and illnesses. The weather features prominently, as does Christian beliefs and activities. Some letters are from travel and war experiences: Wilder Stevens Metcalf in particular traveled west through Indian territory in Oklahoma and also fought in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, and he sends his relations personal accounts of his travels and adventures. There is a small amount of Civil War-related letters, as Antoinette B.P. Metcalf's cousin Samuel was a Captain in the Union army and wrote her a few letters while he was serving. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with works and other documents following the correspondence. Name used for each correspondent is married name. Unless indicated otherwise, associations in parentheses refer to relation to Isaac Stevens Metcalf. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1842, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also to Samuel S. Furber), 1850-1851, 1853 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1832, 1835-1839, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4-5 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1840-1846 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6-8 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to Lucy M. Furber and Almeida Rich Searles Rider), 1850-1859 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Antoinette B. P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1853, 1860 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf), 1836, 1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11-16 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1842-1851 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), 1852-1853 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother) (also from Lucy M Furber), 1844-1845, 1849-1850 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Almeida Rich Searles Rider (half-sister), n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), 1846, 1854 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to Esther Williams (aunt), 1866 | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | DeWitt, Elizabeth Anna Rich (half-sister), to "folks" or siblings, 1845, 1848, 1851, 1854 | |||||||||
| 1 | 23-27 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) (also to siblings; also from Samuel W. Furber), 1850-1856 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1845, 1847 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1839 | |||||||||
| 1 | 30-31 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1842-1845 | |||||||||
| 2 | 32-42 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), 1846-1856 | |||||||||
| 2 | 43-45 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother) (also from Samuel W. Furber; also to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf and siblings), 1844-1850 | |||||||||
| 2 | 46 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), to miscellaneous, 1846, 1849, 1856, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 47 | Various, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1839-1843 | |||||||||
| 2 | 48 | Various, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 2 | 49 | Furber, Lucy M. (sister), Poem: "Farewell to Foxcroft", n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 50 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1857-1858 | |||||||||
| 2 | 51-52 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to Antoinette B.P. Metcalf), 1856-1858 | |||||||||
| 2 | 53 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1861-1866 | |||||||||
| 2 | 54 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), 1850 | |||||||||
| 2 | 55 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to Charles W. Rich (half-brother) (also from Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf), 1850 | |||||||||
| 2 | 56 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to "folks (at Elyria) (also from Lucy M. Furber), 1850-1851, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 57 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to "Brother" (unidentified), 1856 | |||||||||
| 2 | 58 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), to and from various friends, 1850 | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law), business correspondence, 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | Furber, Samuel W. (brother-in-law). Essay: "A message from the heart…", n.d. | |||||||||
| 3 | 61 | Furber Family: Furber, John (Samuel's brother), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 62 | Furber Family: Furber, Joseph M. (Samuel's brother), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 63 | Furber Family: Furber, Mehitable ("Bell") (Samuel's sister), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 64 | Furber Family: Furber, Olive (Samuel's sister), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 65 | Furber Family: Furber, P.P. (Samuel's father), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 66 | Furber Family: Furber, Sarah (Samuel's sister), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 67 | Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, 1883-1896 | |||||||||
| 3 | 68 | Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter). Testimonial, from Edwin C. Williams, 1894 | |||||||||
| 3 | 69 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Betsy Conant (aunt), 1846 (copy), 1862 | |||||||||
| 3 | 70 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and E.A.R. Rich), 1839-1841 | |||||||||
| 3 | 71 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 3 | 72 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1859 | |||||||||
| 3 | 73 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1835-1836 | |||||||||
| 3 | 74 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1838-1840 | |||||||||
| 3 | 75-81 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother) (also from siblings), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1844-1851 | |||||||||
| 4 | 82-85 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac and Antoinette B.P. Metcalf (wife), 1852-1860, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 86 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Isaac, Joseph, and Eliab Metcalf (AMSRM's sons), 1835, 1845, 1848 | |||||||||
| 4 | 87-89 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother) (also from Eliab Metcalf, brother), 1845-1850 | |||||||||
| 4 | 90 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Wilder S. Metcalf (son) [advice to her young grandson], n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 91 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Charles W. Rich (half brother), n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 92 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Charles W. and/or Albina Rich (half brother and CWR's wife), 1853-1857 | |||||||||
| 4 | 93 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to Esther Williams (aunt), 1864-1865 | |||||||||
| 4 | 94 | Metcalf, Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (mother), to unknown, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 95 | Various, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1841-1857 | |||||||||
| 4 | 96 | Metcalf, Antoinette (daughter), to family, re: death of Grace Ethel Metcalf Hall (daughter), 1896 | |||||||||
| 4 | 97 | Various, to Antoinette Metcalf (daughter), 1931, 1961, n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 98 | Metcalf, Antoinette (daughter). Obituary, 1962 | |||||||||
| 4 | 99 | Metcalf, Antoinette (daughter). Report Card, Elyria (OH) High School, 1889 | |||||||||
| 4 | 100 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Elizabeth Anna Rich DeWitt (half-sister), 1854 | |||||||||
| 4 | 101 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1854, 1856, 1858 | |||||||||
| 4 | 102 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Charlie Metcalf (son), ca. 1866 | |||||||||
| 4 | 103-113 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Isaac S. Metcalf, 1850-1866 | |||||||||
| 4 | 114 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Wilder S. Metcalf (son), 1872 | |||||||||
| 4 | 115 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to Albina Rich (wife of Charles W. Rich), 1856, 1858 | |||||||||
| 4 | 116 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), to "Mother", n.d. | |||||||||
| 4 | 117 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife), letter fragments | |||||||||
| 4 | 118 | Various, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1847-1866, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 119-122 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Diaries, 1852-1855 | |||||||||
| 5 | 123 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Diaries, 1857-1858 | |||||||||
| 5 | 124-125 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Diaries, 1860-1863 | |||||||||
| 5 | 126 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Diary fragments, 1866, n.d. | |||||||||
| 5 | 127 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Poems, etc. (by and copied by…), ca. 1844-1875 | |||||||||
| 5 | 128 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Scrapbook, 1838 | |||||||||
| 5 | 129 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife). Testimonials to, 1845, 1847 | |||||||||
| 6 | 130 | Metcalf, Charles (son), to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1866 | |||||||||
| 6 | 131 | Metcalf, Charles (son), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1866, 1884 | |||||||||
| 6 | 132 | Metcalf, Charles (son), to Marion Metcalf (daughter), 1930 | |||||||||
| 6 | 133 | Metcalf, Charles (son). Appointment books, 1893-1895 | |||||||||
| 6 | 134 | Metcalf, Charles (son). Memorial letters and poem, ca. 1930 | |||||||||
| 6 | 135 | Metcalf, Charles (son). School essay: "Sleigh Ride", 1869 | |||||||||
| 6 | 136 | Metcalf, Eliab W. (brother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1851 | |||||||||
| 6 | 137 | Various, to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1849 | |||||||||
| 6 | 138 | Metcalf, Harlan Paul (son), to "Pater and Folks" (Isaac S. Metcalf), 1890-1891, 1897, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 139 | Metcalf, Harlan Paul (son), to Anna M. Root (daughter), 1891 | |||||||||
| 6 | 140 | Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to Antoinette B. Metcalf (daughter), n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 141 | Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to Marion Metcalf (daughter), 1883, 1889 | |||||||||
| 6 | 142-143 | Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to Anna M. Root (daughter) (also from Isaac Stevens Metcalf; also to Azariah Smith Root, Anna's husband), 1882-1894, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 144 | Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife), to various, 1879, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 145 | Metcalf, Harriet Howes (wife). Obituary, 1894 | |||||||||
| 6 | 146 | Metcalf, Henry Martyn (son), to "Folks", 1892 | |||||||||
| 6 | 147 | Metcalf, Henry Martyn (son). Diary, 1896-1898 | |||||||||
| 6 | 148 | Metcalf, Isaac (father), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1827 | |||||||||
| 6 | 149-150 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Elizabeth Anna Rich DeWitt (half-sister), 1844-1855, n.d. | |||||||||
| 6 | 151 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1839 | |||||||||
| 6 | 152-153 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also from Joseph M. Metcalf and Anna M.S.R. Metcalf; also to Samuel Furber, Lucy's husband), 1850-1851 | |||||||||
| 6 | 154-165 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1835-1859 | |||||||||
| 7 | 166-171 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother) and siblings, 1839-1854 | |||||||||
| 7 | 172 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Metcalf (daughter), 1893, n.d. | |||||||||
| 7 | 173-187 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1850-1866 | |||||||||
| 7 | 188 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1846 | |||||||||
| 7 | 189 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1848, 1851 | |||||||||
| 7 | 190 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Eliab W. Metcalf (brother), 1856-1857 | |||||||||
| 7 | 191-195 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), 1844-1850 | |||||||||
| 7 | 196 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Josiah K. Metcalf (cousin), 1847 | |||||||||
| 8 | 197 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), 1844, 1846-1847 | |||||||||
| 8 | 198-199 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), 1852-1857 | |||||||||
| 8 | 200-202 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to Anna M. Root (daughter), 1878-1897 | |||||||||
| 8 | 203 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. "The Family Letter", 1891 | |||||||||
| 8 | 204 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence, 1839 | |||||||||
| 8 | 205-207 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence (mostly Bowdoin college friends), 1844-1849 | |||||||||
| 8 | 208 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence (mostly Edward Everett), 1850-1853 | |||||||||
| 8 | 209 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence, 1861-1864 | |||||||||
| 8 | 210 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence: Brooks, Herbert E., 1864-1865 | |||||||||
| 8 | 211 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Friends' correspondence: Watson, Robert (includes letter about Sioux uprising), 1855, 1862-1863 | |||||||||
| 8 | 212 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Bangor High School Alumni invitation, 1846 | |||||||||
| 8 | 213 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Bowdoin College documents, 1839-1849 | |||||||||
| 8 | 214 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Congregational Church dismissal request, 1849 | |||||||||
| 8 | 215 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Memories of Pater I.S. Metcalf and the Old Home (printed - 2 copies), 1922 | |||||||||
| 8 | 216 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Obituaries (see also oversize), 1898 | |||||||||
| 8 | 217 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Sermon: In Memory of Isaac Stevens Metcalf (printed - 2 copies), 1898 | |||||||||
| 8 | 218 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Biographical: Testimonials to, (including testimonial from Roswell B. Mason), 1850, 1855 | |||||||||
| 9 | 219 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1839 | |||||||||
| 9 | 220 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diary, 1847-1848 | |||||||||
| 9 | 221 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1849-1851 | |||||||||
| 9 | 222 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1851-1852 | |||||||||
| 9 | 223 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1852-1853 | |||||||||
| 9 | 224 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 9 | 225 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diary, 1855-1858 | |||||||||
| 9 | 226 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Diaries, 1864, 1866 | |||||||||
| 10 | -- | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Account book, 1855-1858: SEE Illinois Central Railroad Account book, 1852-1854 [Box 17, Folder 382] | |||||||||
| 10 | 227 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Account daybook (also included is Record Book of letters and telephone calls sent and received, 1887-1889), 1882-1886 | |||||||||
| 10 | 228-229 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Account daybooks, 1889-1891 | |||||||||
| 10 | 230-231 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Account daybooks and diaries, 1894-1897 | |||||||||
| 10 | 232 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Account ledger, 1888-1891 | |||||||||
| 10 | 233 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1844-1896 | |||||||||
| 10 | 234 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: New Hampshire Central Railroad - Estimates of Construction Requirements and related letters, 1849-1850 | |||||||||
| 10 | 235 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Real estate documents, 1859-1870 | |||||||||
| 10 | 236 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Financial: Miscellaneous financial documents, 1843-1865 | |||||||||
| 10 | 237 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Garden: Journal, 1895-1897 | |||||||||
| 10 | 238 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Garden: Notes and specimens, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 239 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Notes about his children, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 240 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Record Book of letters sent and received, 1850-1852 | |||||||||
| 11 | --- | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Record Book of letters and telephone calls sent and received, 1887-1889: SEE Financial - Account daybook, 1882-1886 [Box 10, Folder 227] | |||||||||
| 11 | 241 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Record Book of letters sent and received (also includes list of people to whom the Isaac Stevens Metcalf obituary was sent, [1898]), 1895-1897 | |||||||||
| 11 | 242 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Works: Compositions, 1839-1840 | |||||||||
| 11 | 243 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Works: Compositions (Foxcroft Academy), 1842-1846 | |||||||||
| 11 | 244 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Works: Compositions (Bowdoin College), 1845-1846 | |||||||||
| 11 | 245 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Works: Illinois Central Railroad remembrances, ca. 1895 | |||||||||
| 11 | 246 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens. Works: Religious essays, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 247 | Metcalf, Isaac Stevens (son), to Anna M. Root (daughter), 1894 | |||||||||
| 11 | 248 | Metcalf, John Milton Putnam (son), to Anna M. Root (daughter) (also to Azariah S. Root, Anna M. Root's husband; also from Caroline Metcalf, John M.P. Metcalf's wife), 1891-1898 | |||||||||
| 11 | 249 | Metcalf, John Milton Putnam (son), to Azariah s. Root (son-in-law), 1884 | |||||||||
| 11 | 250 | Metcalf, John Milton Putnam (son), to father, mother, and family (also from Caroline Metcalf, John M.P. Metcalf's wife), 1890-1895 | |||||||||
| 11 | 251 | Metcalf, John Milton Putnam (son). Miscellaneous materials, 1893, n.d. | |||||||||
| 11 | 252 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1840, 1843 | |||||||||
| 11 | 253 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother), to Lucy M. Furber (sister) (also to Samuel Furber, Lucy's husband), 1850 | |||||||||
| 11 | 254 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1838 | |||||||||
| 11 | 255-262 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1839-1850 | |||||||||
| 11 | 263 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother), to unknown, 1849 | |||||||||
| 12 | 264-265 | Various (friends, doctors, cousin Charlie), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), 1845-1850 | |||||||||
| 12 | 266 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother). Catalogue of Plants found in the vicinity of Cedar Grove, 1850 | |||||||||
| 12 | 267 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother). Essay: Supposed feelings of Columbus upon the discovery of the new world, 1838 | |||||||||
| 12 | 268 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother). Phrenological character of, as given by N. Wheeler, Practical Phrenologist, May 1848 | |||||||||
| 12 | 269 | Metcalf, Joseph M. (brother). Last Will and Testament, with envelope and instructions to Lucy M. Furber (sister), 1850 | |||||||||
| 12 | 270 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter), to Harlan P. Metcalf (son), n.d. | |||||||||
| 12 | 271 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter), to Anna M. Root (daughter), 1873-1910 | |||||||||
| 12 | 272 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter), to family, 1891 | |||||||||
| 12 | 273 | Various, to Marion Metcalf (daughter), mostly, regarding the death of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, and orders for the printed Metcalf genealogy, 1898-1903 | |||||||||
| 12 | 274 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter). Birthday letters from family, n.d., 1886 | |||||||||
| 12 | -- | Metcalf, Marion (daughter). Diary, 1870-1889: SEE Illinois Central Railroad Account Book, 1852-1854 [Box 17, Folder 382] | |||||||||
| 12 | 275-276 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter). Diaries, 1883-1889 | |||||||||
| 12 | 277-278 | Metcalf, Marion (daughter). Diaries, 1892-1901 | |||||||||
| 12 | 279 | Metcalf, Peletiah (uncle), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1848-1849, 1860 | |||||||||
| 12 | 280 | Metcalf, Peletiah (uncle), to Samuel G. Metcalf (uncle), 1831, 1833 | |||||||||
| 12 | 281 | Metcalf, Peletiah (uncle), to "Sister", 1866 | |||||||||
| 13 | 282 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son), to Charles R. Metcalf (son), 1899 | |||||||||
| 13 | 283 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son), to Irving W. Metcalf (Wilder's cousin), 1889, 1917 | |||||||||
| 13 | 284 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son), to Isaac Stevens and Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (Wilder's parents), 1866-1867, 1878, 1887 | |||||||||
| 13 | 285 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son), to Marion Metcalf (daughter), 1898-1899, 1930 | |||||||||
| 13 | 286 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son), to Anna M. Root (daughter), 1866-1898 | |||||||||
| 13 | 287 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Account of trip into Indian territory (Oklahoma), ca. 1888 | |||||||||
| 13 | 288 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Aristocracy in America (graduation oration), 1873 | |||||||||
| 13 | 289 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Certificate of Election to Councilman, Wellington, OH, 1884 | |||||||||
| 13 | 290 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Certificate of Membership, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (SEE OVERSIZE), 1893 | |||||||||
| 13 | 291 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Clippings about, 1919, 1925, 1935 | |||||||||
| 13 | 292 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Correspondence, etc. regarding illness and death, 1935 | |||||||||
| 13 | 293 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). Poems about, 1894, n.d. | |||||||||
| 13 | 294 | Metcalf, Wilder Stevens (son). War mementoes, Spanish-American War, 1899 | |||||||||
| 13 | 295 | Putnam Family: Barber, Mary (ABPM's cousin) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife) (also to Isaac Stevens Metcalf), 1863-1865 | |||||||||
| 13 | 296 | Putnam Family: Pond, Lucy G. (ABPM's cousin) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1859, 1863-1866 | |||||||||
| 13 | 297 | Putnam Family: Putnam, Carrie E. (ABPM's cousin) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1864-1866 | |||||||||
| 13 | 298 | Putnam Family: Putnam, George (ABPM's brother) to Isaac S. Metcalf, re: Metcalf's 2nd marriage after Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf's death, 1878 | |||||||||
| 13 | 299-305 | Putnam Family: Putnam, Rev. J.M. and Arethusa (ABPM's parents) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife) and Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also from ABPM's siblings), 1836-1866, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 306 | Putnam Family: Putnam, Rev. J.M. (ABPM's father). Collection of poetry and miscellaneous letter, 1845, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 307 | Putnam Family: Putnam, Samuel, Capt. (ABPM's cousin; Civil War soldier) and Franc. Putnam (Samuel's wife) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1864-1865 | |||||||||
| 14 | 308 | Putnam Family: Walker, Augusta Webster (ABPM's sister) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1846-1856 | |||||||||
| 14 | 309 | Putnam Family: Walker, Augusta Webster (ABPM's sister) to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1861-1865 | |||||||||
| 14 | 310 | Rich, Albina K. (wife of Charles W. Rich), to Charles W. Rich (half-brother), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 14 | 311 | Rich, Charles W. (half-brother), to Albina K. Rich (Charles's wife) and family members, 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 14 | 312 | Rich, Charles W. (half-brother), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1844 | |||||||||
| 14 | 313-314 | Rich, Charles W. (half-brother), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf, 1851-1860 | |||||||||
| 14 | 315 | Rich, Charles W. (half-brother), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), 1845 | |||||||||
| 14 | 316 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to Lucy Furber and/or Elizabeth Anna Rich DeWitt (sister and half-sister), 1850 | |||||||||
| 14 | 317 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (wife), 1864-1866 | |||||||||
| 14 | 318 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to Isaac Stevens Metcalf (also to and from Rider and Metcalf family members), 1842-1858 | |||||||||
| 14 | 319 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to Joseph M. Metcalf (brother), 1845, 1847-1848 | |||||||||
| 14 | 320 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to Elizabeth (ARSR's daughter), 1856 | |||||||||
| 14 | 321 | Rider, Almeida Rich Searles (half-sister), to "Mother and Sister", n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 322 | Rider Family: Searles, James R. (ARSR's son), to Anna Mayo Stevens Rich Metcalf (mother), 1856 | |||||||||
| 14 | 323 | Root, Anna Metcalf (daughter), to Marion Metcalf (daughter), 1877-1880 | |||||||||
| 14 | 324 | Root, Anna Metcalf (daughter), to Azariah and Francis Root (AMR's husband and son), 1894 | |||||||||
| 14 | 325 | Root, Anna Metcalf (daughter), to "Percy", 1911 | |||||||||
| 14 | 326 | Root, Anna Metcalf (daughter). Poems to, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 327 | Various, to Anna Metcalf Root (daughter), 1881, 1889 | |||||||||
| 14 | 328 | Miscellaneous family correspondence, 1838-1897, n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 329 | Miscellaneous genealogy notes (SEE ALSO DuQuoin Mining account book, 1864-1866), n.d. | |||||||||
| 14 | 330 | Unidentified family papers: poems, clippings, diary, ca. 1857-1886 | |||||||||
Series 2: DuQuoin Records, 1854-1897, bulk 1854-1884 |
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| Statements, receipts, invoices, account books, land deeds and agreements, and tax documents relating to the management of land and a coal mining company in Du Quoin, Illinois, owned by Isaac Stevens Metcalf and/or Metcalf’s business partner Chester A. Keyes. Includes land agreements between the two business partners and individuals buying plots of land, payroll information for coal mining labor, invoices for supplies, property tax receipts, and statements of amounts of coal mined per month or year. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 15 | 331 | Account books - Mine Accounts (also includes Metcalf genealogy), 1864-1866 | |||||||||
| 15 | 332 | Agreements and Contracts - Keyes, Chester A., 1854-1869 | |||||||||
| 15 | 333 | Correspondence - Austin, C.D. (Gunpowder manufacturer), 1863-1864 | |||||||||
| 15 | 334 | Correspondence - Baldwin, A.D., and Reed, John M., 1864-1867 | |||||||||
| 15 | 335-338 | Correspondence - Bigger, C.A., 1864-1868 | |||||||||
| 15 | 339 | Correspondence - Bigger, C.A., 1873 | |||||||||
| 15 | 340 | Correspondence - Brooks, H.E., 1862 | |||||||||
| 15 | 341 | Correspondence - E.P. Pettes & Co. (for C.A. Keyes), 1856-1859 | |||||||||
| 15 | 342 | Correspondence - Illinois Central Railroad Co. (includes letters from C.A. Comstock, Paymaster, and A. Mitchell, Engineer, 1st Division), 1861-1869 | |||||||||
| 15 | 343 | Correspondence - Johnson, H.W., 1869-1878 | |||||||||
| 15 | 344-353 | Correspondence - Keyes, C.A., 1855-1867 | |||||||||
| 16 | 354 | Correspondence - Mead, J.G., 1863-1864 | |||||||||
| 16 | 355 | Correspondence - Wall, G.W. (Attorney), 1869-1877 | |||||||||
| 16 | 356 | Correspondence - Wall's Colliery Coal Mining Company (Thomas Lyon and George T. Wall), 1865-1882 | |||||||||
| 16 | 357 | Correspondence - General, 1856-1879 | |||||||||
| 16 | 358 | Correspondence - General, 1880-1881 | |||||||||
| 16 | 359-362 | Real Estate Records, 1854-1869 | |||||||||
| 16 | 363 | Real Estate Records, 1873 | |||||||||
| 16 | 364 | Real Estate Records, 1883 | |||||||||
| 16 | 365 | Statements - DuQuoin Flouring Mills Coal Mine, 1868-1875 | |||||||||
| 16 | 366-370 | Statements - G.S. Smith & Co., Merchants and Bankers, 1869-1884 | |||||||||
| 16 | 371 | Statements - Royalties, Wall's Colliery Coal Mining Company, 1863-1873 | |||||||||
| 16 | 372-378 | Statements and Balance Sheets - General, 1857-1869 | |||||||||
| 17 | 379-380 | Taxes and other miscellaneous financial records, 1860-1869 | |||||||||
| 17 | 381 | Taxes and other miscellaneous financial records, 1897 | |||||||||
Series 3: Illinois Central Railroad Company Records, 1851-1856 |
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| Correspondence, accounting records, contracts, drawings, weekly construction reports, payroll information, work estimates, invoices, and receipts documenting the day-to-day construction of the section of the Illinois Central Railroad around Centralia, Illinois. Includes a substantial amount of correspondence between Isaac S. Metcalf and Illinois Central Chief Engineer Roswell B. Mason, who supervised the building of the entire line from Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, between 1851-1856. Metcalf employed local laborers for railroad construction, so there are many of records from local businesses around Centralia, and some information about the use of Irish labor. Drawings (see oversized folder and rolled documents box) includes sketches of bridges, measurements of culverts, railroad land plans, and grade elevations. Also includes a small amount of printed documents, including a wage calculator and assorted Illinois Central timetables and blank forms.. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 17 | 382 | Account Books (larger account books also includes Isaac S. Metcalf personal account book, 1855-1858; and Marion Metcalf account book, 1870-1889), 1852-1854 | |||||||||
| 17 | 383 | Contracts, 1852, n.d. | |||||||||
| 17 | 384 | Correspondence - Ashley, J.F. (Division Engineer), 1854 | |||||||||
| 17 | 385 | Correspondence - Ashley, L.W., 1852-1853 | |||||||||
| 17 | 386-387 | Correspondence - Calhoun, J.B. (Assistant to R.B. Mason), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 17 | 388 | Correspondence - Dunham, Collins, 1854 | |||||||||
| 17 | 389 | Correspondence - Fox, Wm. O., 1854 | |||||||||
| 17 | 390 | Correspondence - Holt, Nelson, 1851 | |||||||||
| 17 | 391 | Correspondence - Leavenworth, E., 1851-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 392-400 | Correspondence - Mason, Roswell B., 1851-1855 | |||||||||
| 18 | 401 | Correspondence - Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to R.B. Mason and others (copies), 1852-1853 | |||||||||
| 18 | 402 | Correspondence - Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to R.B. Mason and others (letterpress copybook), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 403 | Correspondence - Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, to R.B. Mason and others (originals), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 404 | Correspondence - Patz, Otto (re: building the Centralia (IL) Passenger House), 1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 405 | Correspondence - Roots, B.G., 1851-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 406 | Correspondence - Rowley, D.W.C. / Rowley, Smith & Company (contractor, Little Muddy), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 407 | Correspondence - Watson, George (Superintendant, Southern Division), 1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 408-409 | Correspondence - General, 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 410 | Drawings: SEE Oversize folder and Rolled Items Box | |||||||||
| 18 | 411 | Estimates, general, 1852-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 412 | Financial Documents, miscellaneous, 1853, n.d. | |||||||||
| 18 | 413 | Invoices / Receipts - Bailey, Broad & Co. (labor - laying track etc.), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 414 | Invoices / Receipts - G.S. Smith & Co. (raw materials and supplies), 1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 415 | Invoices / Receipts - Hinckley, G.M. (supplies), 1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 416 | Invoices / Receipts - J. Halsall Co. (stationery), 1853 | |||||||||
| 18 | 417 | Invoices / Receipts - Keyes, C.A. (rent), 1852-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 418 | Invoices / Receipts - Majors, E.J. (labor - boring for water), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 18 | 419 | Invoices / Receipts - McClelland, Isaac (brick work), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 420 | Invoices / Receipts - Patrick, Morrison & Co. (Lumber), 1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 421 | Invoices / Receipts - Pettes & Chickering (whale oil and other supplies), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 422 | Invoices / Receipts - Rowley, Smith & Co. (labor and supplies), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 423 | Invoices / Receipts - Shapleigh, Day & Co. (supplies), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 424 | Invoices / Receipts - Smith, J. Condit (payroll management), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 425 | Invoices / Receipts - T.G. Thomas Co. (plumbers), 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 426 | Invoices / Receipts - W. & L.E. Gurley (Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments), 1852 | |||||||||
| 19 | 427-428 | Invoices / Receipts - Miscellaneous, 1853-1854, n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 429 | Payrolls (with printed table for calculating wages), 1852-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 430-431 | Reports - Construction - Buck, Adam, 1852-1853 | |||||||||
| 19 | 432 | Reports - Construction - Buck, Frederick, 1853 | |||||||||
| 19 | 433-434 | Reports - Construction - Holt, Nelson, 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 435-436 | Reports - Construction and Workers - Mitchell, Abram, 1853-1854 | |||||||||
| 19 | 437 | Timetables, Forms, and other printed documents, 1852-1856 | |||||||||
| -- | -- | Oversized Folder: 1. Centralia [Illinois]: Pit for a Turntable 44 feet diameter, Ill Cent. R.R. Ink drawing; 2. Plan of Desk, Nov. 1852 DuQuoin. Ink drawing; 3. [Sketch of bridge masonry], Little Muddy, Feb. [n.d.]. Pencil drawing; 4. Final Measurements of Culverts by A. Buck, Jul. 23, n.d. [accompanying sketch of bridge masonry, above?]; and 5. Wooden Piers of Bridge Over. [four views: 2 elevations, plan of bottom, and plan of top]. n.d. Ink Drawing, ca. 1852-1856 | |||||||||
| -- | -- | Rolled Documents Box: 1. Land Plan, Railroad and other lands on 2nd Division, ICRR. FRAGILE; and 2. Railroad Grade Elevation Drawing, Sections 61-112, 2nd Division. Jan. 1-Mar. 1, 1854. n.d., 1854 | |||||||||
Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1885-1896 |
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| Four photographs of Metcalf family members. Two are unidentified but thought to be of Isaac Stevens Metcalf's first wife, Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf, as a young woman and as an old women. The family portrait shows Isaac Stevens Metcalf, his second wife Harriet Howes Metcalf, and all but the youngest three of their children, taken around 1885. There is a sheet accompanying the photograph that identifies all of the family members. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 19 | 438 | Metcalf family portrait, ca. 1885 | |||||||||
| 19 | 439 | Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam (wife) (2 photographs), n.d. | |||||||||
| 19 | 440 | Metcalf, Grace Ethel (daughter), ca. 1890s | |||||||||