Letter from Henry to Sarah, June 2, 1882
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Title
Letter from Henry to Sarah, June 2, 1882
Subject
Birthdays; Teething; Photographs; Death; Visitors, Foreign; Orphans
Description
Henry wishes his sister Sarah a happy birthday which reminds him of when Gilbert left. Henry continues this letter on the 10th and tells Sarah that Richard Varnum is not well because he is teething. The Whites are expected to go to Lin Chau this year but they have not been able to rent a house so far because the highest official of the place is against foreigners renting houses. A large number of missionaries will be sent out, yet they do not expect any in Canton, just like last year. He concludes with the news that Dr. Kerr's brother died.
Creator
Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1882-06-02
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eng (English)
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noyes_c_cor_768
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Canton June 2d 1882
Dear Sarah
I wrote a birth-day letter
to Mattie yesterday and now your
turn comes to day. I wish you
a happy day and year and many
returns. The birth days would come
along very frequently if all the fami-
ly were still living. Franks on the
31st of May, Matties on the 1st of June
yours on the 2d, and Gilberts on
the 4th. Willie is now I suppose
something [--the--] near the age Gilbert
was when he left home. I remem-
ber almost as well as though it
were yesterday the morning that
he went away. He sat down before
the fire (we had a fire place then) with
his little cap on, without much
realization I suppose that he was
going to leave us. I remember
how we watched the buggy that
he rode away in, as far as we
could see it from the study window
We saw it as it went way along
above Mr Eastons and then lost
sight of it. I wish so much that
we had a photograph of the dear
little boy.
June 10th I had written to this point
the other day when something in
terrupted and I did not finish
and now it is the morning for
the mail to go. I suppose it is
almost time for your long summer
vacation to begin which I suppose
always makes you feel glad.
Summer here has fairly set in and
now we are having steady hot
weather which I suppose will con-
tinue for the next few months.
We are all pretty well except Richard
Varnum who is getting some
large double teeth and so is not
as well as usual. They will be
through before very long now I
presume and then he will feel
better no doubt. He generally is
very bright when he is feeling
well. Bella tried to get a picture
taken of him awhile but could
not get him to keep still long
enough. This reminds me of a
picture I saw a day or two
ago. It was a picture of going
to bed or [u] evening [/u] and another
picture of [u] morning [/u]. The evening
picture consisted of twenty or
thirty babies every one crying
as hard as they could with mouths
wide open, a most doleful looking
company the photographer had got
them one at a time whenever
he could by the instantaneous
process and then put them
all together in a group. In the
companion picture then were
just as many more babies
but all smiling and happy.
The photographer had grouped a
lot of happy looking faces together
in the same way that he did
the other. It was really quite
an interesting picture. I do not
know of anything particular that
has occurred to vary the even tenor
of our way here unless it be
the Missionary Conference which
was held at Mr White's last
Wednesday evening and was quite
well attended. The White's did ex-
pect to go to Lin Chau this
year but as they have not suc-
ceeded in renting a house will
not go, I suppose, at present. The
highest official of the place is not
in favor of a place being rented
to foreigners and so [--I set--] it
proves a difficult matter. I
see by the paper that there
are a large number of mission-
aries to be sent out this
year. As we fared so well
last year I expect we shall
not get any this year.
Dr Kerr has just heard of the
death of his brother. Possibly you
may have heard of it. He was an
only brother. I did not know until
a few days ago that they were left
orphans when young. They have both
proved to be good men. Now I must
close much love from Bella & the children
as much as myself Your Aff Bro, Henry.
广州 1882 年 6 月 2 日
亲爱的莎拉
我写了一封生日信
昨天给玛蒂，现在给你
轮到了这一天。我希望你
快乐的一天和一年，还有很多
返回。生日会到来
如果全家人都还活着的话。弗兰克斯在
5 月 31 日，马蒂斯 6 月 1 日
你的 2d 和 Gilberts
第4个。我想现在是威利
接近吉尔伯特时代的东西
是他离开家的时候。我记得几乎和它一样
是昨天的早晨
他走了。他之前坐过
火（当时我们有一个火的地方）
他的小帽子，没有太多
意识到我想他是
离开我们。我记得
我们是如何观看那辆越野车的
他骑马走了，就我们而言
可以从书房窗口看到
我们看到了它，因为它一路走来
在伊斯顿先生之上，然后输了
看到它。我非常希望
我们有一张亲爱的照片
小男孩。
6 月 10 日我写到这里
前几天有东西在
打断了，我没有完成
现在是早晨
邮件去。我想是
快到你漫长的夏天了
假期开始了，我想
总是让你感到高兴。
这里的夏天已经来临
现在我们有稳定的热
我想这将在接下来的几个月里持续下去。
除了理查德，我们都很好
Varnum 得到了一些
大双齿等不是
和往常一样。他们会
很久以前通过现在我
假设，然后他会觉得
毫无疑问更好。他一般是
当他感觉时非常明亮
出色地。贝拉试图拍照
带走了他一段时间，但可以
不要让他保持太久
足够的。这让我想起了一个
我看到一两天的照片
前。这是一张去的照片
睡觉或晚上和另一个
早上的照片。晚上
图片由二十个或
三十个婴儿每个都在哭
尽可能用嘴巴
敞开心扉，一副最忧郁的样子
摄影师的公司
他们一次一个
他可以通过瞬间
处理然后把它们
所有人都在一起。在里面
当时的同伴照片是
和更多的婴儿一样
但所有人都微笑和快乐。
摄影师组了一个
很多快乐的面孔在一起
就像他做的那样
另一个。真的很
一张有趣的照片。我不
知道任何特别的事情
发生了改变偶数的基调
除非是
宣教大会
在怀特先生的最后一次举行
星期三晚上，很
出席良好。白家倒是料到这次会去林洲
一年，但由于他们没有成功租到房子
不去，我想，目前。这
地方最高官员不是
赞成租用一个地方
给外国人等等
证明是一件困难的事情。我
从报纸上看到那里
是否有大量的传教士被派出去
年。因为我们表现得很好
去年我希望我们会
今年没有得到。
克尔博士刚刚听说
他哥哥的死。可能你
可能听说过。他是一个
只有兄弟。直到我才知道
几天前他们离开了
年轻时的孤儿。他们都有
被证明是好男人。现在我必须
贝拉和孩子们的爱
和我一样，你的兄弟，亨利。
Dear Sarah
I wrote a birth-day letter
to Mattie yesterday and now your
turn comes to day. I wish you
a happy day and year and many
returns. The birth days would come
along very frequently if all the fami-
ly were still living. Franks on the
31st of May, Matties on the 1st of June
yours on the 2d, and Gilberts on
the 4th. Willie is now I suppose
something [--the--] near the age Gilbert
was when he left home. I remem-
ber almost as well as though it
were yesterday the morning that
he went away. He sat down before
the fire (we had a fire place then) with
his little cap on, without much
realization I suppose that he was
going to leave us. I remember
how we watched the buggy that
he rode away in, as far as we
could see it from the study window
We saw it as it went way along
above Mr Eastons and then lost
sight of it. I wish so much that
we had a photograph of the dear
little boy.
June 10th I had written to this point
the other day when something in
terrupted and I did not finish
and now it is the morning for
the mail to go. I suppose it is
almost time for your long summer
vacation to begin which I suppose
always makes you feel glad.
Summer here has fairly set in and
now we are having steady hot
weather which I suppose will con-
tinue for the next few months.
We are all pretty well except Richard
Varnum who is getting some
large double teeth and so is not
as well as usual. They will be
through before very long now I
presume and then he will feel
better no doubt. He generally is
very bright when he is feeling
well. Bella tried to get a picture
taken of him awhile but could
not get him to keep still long
enough. This reminds me of a
picture I saw a day or two
ago. It was a picture of going
to bed or [u] evening [/u] and another
picture of [u] morning [/u]. The evening
picture consisted of twenty or
thirty babies every one crying
as hard as they could with mouths
wide open, a most doleful looking
company the photographer had got
them one at a time whenever
he could by the instantaneous
process and then put them
all together in a group. In the
companion picture then were
just as many more babies
but all smiling and happy.
The photographer had grouped a
lot of happy looking faces together
in the same way that he did
the other. It was really quite
an interesting picture. I do not
know of anything particular that
has occurred to vary the even tenor
of our way here unless it be
the Missionary Conference which
was held at Mr White's last
Wednesday evening and was quite
well attended. The White's did ex-
pect to go to Lin Chau this
year but as they have not suc-
ceeded in renting a house will
not go, I suppose, at present. The
highest official of the place is not
in favor of a place being rented
to foreigners and so [--I set--] it
proves a difficult matter. I
see by the paper that there
are a large number of mission-
aries to be sent out this
year. As we fared so well
last year I expect we shall
not get any this year.
Dr Kerr has just heard of the
death of his brother. Possibly you
may have heard of it. He was an
only brother. I did not know until
a few days ago that they were left
orphans when young. They have both
proved to be good men. Now I must
close much love from Bella & the children
as much as myself Your Aff Bro, Henry.
广州 1882 年 6 月 2 日
亲爱的莎拉
我写了一封生日信
昨天给玛蒂，现在给你
轮到了这一天。我希望你
快乐的一天和一年，还有很多
返回。生日会到来
如果全家人都还活着的话。弗兰克斯在
5 月 31 日，马蒂斯 6 月 1 日
你的 2d 和 Gilberts
第4个。我想现在是威利
接近吉尔伯特时代的东西
是他离开家的时候。我记得几乎和它一样
是昨天的早晨
他走了。他之前坐过
火（当时我们有一个火的地方）
他的小帽子，没有太多
意识到我想他是
离开我们。我记得
我们是如何观看那辆越野车的
他骑马走了，就我们而言
可以从书房窗口看到
我们看到了它，因为它一路走来
在伊斯顿先生之上，然后输了
看到它。我非常希望
我们有一张亲爱的照片
小男孩。
6 月 10 日我写到这里
前几天有东西在
打断了，我没有完成
现在是早晨
邮件去。我想是
快到你漫长的夏天了
假期开始了，我想
总是让你感到高兴。
这里的夏天已经来临
现在我们有稳定的热
我想这将在接下来的几个月里持续下去。
除了理查德，我们都很好
Varnum 得到了一些
大双齿等不是
和往常一样。他们会
很久以前通过现在我
假设，然后他会觉得
毫无疑问更好。他一般是
当他感觉时非常明亮
出色地。贝拉试图拍照
带走了他一段时间，但可以
不要让他保持太久
足够的。这让我想起了一个
我看到一两天的照片
前。这是一张去的照片
睡觉或晚上和另一个
早上的照片。晚上
图片由二十个或
三十个婴儿每个都在哭
尽可能用嘴巴
敞开心扉，一副最忧郁的样子
摄影师的公司
他们一次一个
他可以通过瞬间
处理然后把它们
所有人都在一起。在里面
当时的同伴照片是
和更多的婴儿一样
但所有人都微笑和快乐。
摄影师组了一个
很多快乐的面孔在一起
就像他做的那样
另一个。真的很
一张有趣的照片。我不
知道任何特别的事情
发生了改变偶数的基调
除非是
宣教大会
在怀特先生的最后一次举行
星期三晚上，很
出席良好。白家倒是料到这次会去林洲
一年，但由于他们没有成功租到房子
不去，我想，目前。这
地方最高官员不是
赞成租用一个地方
给外国人等等
证明是一件困难的事情。我
从报纸上看到那里
是否有大量的传教士被派出去
年。因为我们表现得很好
去年我希望我们会
今年没有得到。
克尔博士刚刚听说
他哥哥的死。可能你
可能听说过。他是一个
只有兄弟。直到我才知道
几天前他们离开了
年轻时的孤儿。他们都有
被证明是好男人。现在我必须
贝拉和孩子们的爱
和我一样，你的兄弟，亨利。
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Sarah, June 2, 1882,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 23, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/841.