Letter from Hattie to Mother, September 29, 1875
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Mother, September 29, 1875
Subject
Missionaries; Travel; Weather; Boarding schools; Christian education of girls
Description
Harriet warns her mother that her letter will be "dry." Henry and Mr. Henry have left for a mission trip. The students came back two months ago, and everything is going well. Harriet hopes Edward's "Corn Prince" will be successful. She hopes the weather will start cooling soon.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1875-09-29
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_156
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Canton China
Sept 29th 1875.
My dear Mother -
I have just been writing
a letter to Mrs Ellinwood which
I am afraid is as dry as a
basket of chips and now shall
I write a few lines to you of the
same sort. [u]Henry[/u] and [u]Mr[/u] Henry
have gone away on a Mission trip of
a week - left this morning. The
chief item of interest to us is that
the SS China has left Yokohama
and we may expect our
[u]home letters[/u] a week from to-day.
The schools are going on
nicely the wheels seem to be
oiled this term, there has as
yet hardly been the slightest
fiction I hope such a
state of things is not too
good to last. It hardly
seems possible that it is
two months to-day since
the scholars came back.
WE are glad to hear that
Edward's "Corn Prince" is
finished. I do hope
it will prove a success.
I suppose you are
beginning to think about
cold weather but we
do not seem yet to
have much prospect of
a change ,but October
is so near it seems
as though it must
grow cooler soon .
I think the past
summer has been
rather a trying one
and I am sure we
shall all be glad
when we see and [/u]feel[/u]
the last of it.
Much love for all
from Your aff dau
Hattie
Sept 29th 1875.
My dear Mother -
I have just been writing
a letter to Mrs Ellinwood which
I am afraid is as dry as a
basket of chips and now shall
I write a few lines to you of the
same sort. [u]Henry[/u] and [u]Mr[/u] Henry
have gone away on a Mission trip of
a week - left this morning. The
chief item of interest to us is that
the SS China has left Yokohama
and we may expect our
[u]home letters[/u] a week from to-day.
The schools are going on
nicely the wheels seem to be
oiled this term, there has as
yet hardly been the slightest
fiction I hope such a
state of things is not too
good to last. It hardly
seems possible that it is
two months to-day since
the scholars came back.
WE are glad to hear that
Edward's "Corn Prince" is
finished. I do hope
it will prove a success.
I suppose you are
beginning to think about
cold weather but we
do not seem yet to
have much prospect of
a change ,but October
is so near it seems
as though it must
grow cooler soon .
I think the past
summer has been
rather a trying one
and I am sure we
shall all be glad
when we see and [/u]feel[/u]
the last of it.
Much love for all
from Your aff dau
Hattie
中国广东
1875年9月29日
亲爱的母亲
我刚刚给Ellinwood太太写了一封
非常无聊的信
现在我要给您写几行差不多的。
Henry和Henry先生今天早上去传教组织的旅游了
他们要出去一周。
最让我们感兴趣的是
轮船China已经离开横滨了
我们期待一周后收到的家信。
学校运营很好
几乎没有困难
这种情况不要太好。
不太可能的是
学生们回来用了两个月。
我们很高兴
Edward的“玉米王子”完成了。
我十分希望它成功。
我猜您可能开始担心天气凉
但是我们这里还没有开始降温
但是十月份快到了
会很快降温的。
我认为夏天是一种尝试
而且我确定
当我们看到它并且感受到它的最后一刻，
我们会很高兴。
满满的爱
爱您的女儿
Hattie
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Letter
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Citation
Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Mother, September 29, 1875,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed May 15, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/212.