Letter from Hattie to Father and Mother, May 13, 1875
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Father and Mother, May 13, 1875
Subject
Sleep; Travel; School buildings
Description
Harriet addresses her letter to her parents, and says the rest of the family is asleep. She enclosed an English translation of an Epistle for them. She says there is seven months until they will be home. Henry's throat has improved but he will still not be preaching much. She would have written to her brothers if it were not so late.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #1
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1873-05-13
Contributor
Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
Type
Text
Identifier
noyes_c_cor_097
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Canton China.
May 13th 1875
My dear Father and Mother,
The rest of the
household has retired and
are already I doubt not far
on the way to the land of
Nod so I will not attempt
to write a letter out only send
a few lines by way of
introduction to [?Ahung's?]
Epistle which I send here with
I enclose a translation as
it would otherwise not be
very intelligible to you.
I suppose the rest have
told you all the news
and I presume there
are not Enough fragments
left to fill even half a
sheet . By the time you
receive this I suppose you
will have the scattered
members of your household
gathered around your home
for summer vacation all but
your Chinese children and
they are coming soon.
Only [u]seven months[/u] after this
and they will soon fly away.
It is already four since the
school-house was burned
and it seemed such a
short time . The days seem
to be just as full and
busy Every hour as when
the school is here. HEnry's
throat seems to be better
but I imagine he will
not try to preach
much of any this year.
The other members of the
"Happy Family" as they are
beginning to call us here are
very well. And now
with so much love for all
I will say good night .
Tell Edward and Frank
I would write to them
if it were not so late.
Ever your loving daughter
Hattie --
May 13th 1875
My dear Father and Mother,
The rest of the
household has retired and
are already I doubt not far
on the way to the land of
Nod so I will not attempt
to write a letter out only send
a few lines by way of
introduction to [?Ahung's?]
Epistle which I send here with
I enclose a translation as
it would otherwise not be
very intelligible to you.
I suppose the rest have
told you all the news
and I presume there
are not Enough fragments
left to fill even half a
sheet . By the time you
receive this I suppose you
will have the scattered
members of your household
gathered around your home
for summer vacation all but
your Chinese children and
they are coming soon.
Only [u]seven months[/u] after this
and they will soon fly away.
It is already four since the
school-house was burned
and it seemed such a
short time . The days seem
to be just as full and
busy Every hour as when
the school is here. HEnry's
throat seems to be better
but I imagine he will
not try to preach
much of any this year.
The other members of the
"Happy Family" as they are
beginning to call us here are
very well. And now
with so much love for all
I will say good night .
Tell Edward and Frank
I would write to them
if it were not so late.
Ever your loving daughter
Hattie --
中国广东 1875年5月13日 亲爱的父亲母亲， 剩下的一家人去睡觉了。 / 而且我确定去Nod的路很近了 / 所以我只会写几行 / / 关于我寄的书卷的介绍给你们 / 我翻译过 不然的话 那字体很难辨认。 我认为剩下的人已经和你们说过新闻了 / 而且我认为 没有太多细节告诉你们 甚至写不满半张纸。 在你们收到的同时 我认为你们团聚在一起， / 未来迎接放暑假 所有成员聚集在一起。 / 但是你们的中国孩子们 很快就来了。 只剩七个月 而且会过得很快。 学校被烧一事 已经过去四个月了 而且看起来时间很短。 / 学校在的时候 每天都很忙。 / Henry的嗓子看起来好些了 但是我想他不会去传教了 今年都不会。 / “快乐家庭”的其他成员 因为他们已经开始这么叫了 所以我们很高兴。 现在 我们都被爱包围。 我是时候说晚安了。 告诉Edward和Frank 如果还早的话 我会给他们写信的 爱你们的女儿 Hattie --
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Father and Mother, May 13, 1875,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed May 15, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/153.