Letter from V. Noyes to "My Dear Daughter," July 1, 1882
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Letter from V. Noyes to "My Dear Daughter," July 1, 1882
Subject
Birthdays; Death; Capital punishment; Hanging; Fourth of July; Salvation of infidels; Biblical teaching
Description
Varnum Noyes starts writing this letter on the day of his birthday and finishes it on July 4th. He remembers the day that Henry left for China. Varnum went to David Winter's funeral. Guitteau was hanged, as decided by the law. He also writes about infidels. Varnum received a teacher's Bible for his birthday.
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Noyes, Varnum
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1882-07-01
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eng (English)
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Seville July 1, 1882
My Dear Daughter
I suppose you may
think of me to day as it is my
birth day, and very likely you
imagine I shall spend a portion
of it in writing you a letter. I
also have some expectation that
you will find a little time to
write to me. Your letters dated
about the 20th of May reached
us day before yesterday. Among
them was one for me and enclosed
a nice piece of [?party?] for which
you will please accept my
thanks. I am writing with a
goose quill pen which you will
perceive does poor execution but
perhaps you will be able to read
it. I shall not trouble you to
read but one sheet as I must
write to Henry also. It is a
delightful day. Yesterday we had
two fine showers one about 11 AM
and the other about 6 P.M. To day
we are having a nice cool breeze
which makes it very comfortable.
This morning I read in our family
worship the 90th Ps. the one, perhaps
you will recollect, that Henry read
the morning he first left us when
he started for China. We went down
to Mr Crane's in the afternoon and
parted with Henry and Cynthia at
the depot in the evening. That
event is now far in the past, and
gret and important events have
taken place since. God in his won-
derful forbearance and long suffering
has seen fit to continue my life
to the present time; how much
longer I shall tarry in the flesh
is known only to him that know-
ith all things.
Since writing the above I have
attended the funeral of David
Winters whose parents live in
the place formerly owned by Sew-
el Colburn at the center of the
township. He was nearly of age
and as his father was a dunker
(Dunker) and his mother a Presby
terian Mr Elliott and a Dunker
preacher attended his funeral.
They both spoke very favorably
of his character. Yesterday as we
learn Guitteau was hung. No more
effort will therefore be made to
obtain a pardon or reprieve for
him. Every possible method has been
resorted to, to get him clear, but
the law has finally been executed.
I suppose you have heard of the
death of Judge Hosmer. I believe
he adhered to his infidelety to
the last, and infidels were called
from Medina to attend his funeral.
I was not there, but understood
those infidels found some difficul
ty to find any thing to say on
the occasion.
July 4. I will finish this letter, begun
on my own birthday, on the
birthday of our Nation. We have had
a cold, uncomfortable, drizzly forenoon
but now a 2 o'clock P.M. it looks a
little more like clearing off. Maria is
with us, came last evening, and the
weather is so cool, we have to keep
a five in our parlor to keep warm.
No celebration at Seville this year. The
day was to be celebrated at the
lake bed I presume it is nearly a
failure. It was nice that your box
reached us this forenoon, with presents
for which you will accept our thanks.
Your precious dollar sent to me I will
endeavor to invest in something (per
haps a book) which may be profitable
to me while living and to others
when I am gone. The children at home
on my birth day presented me with a
fine teacher's bible to use in my bible
class. With much love your father
V. Noyes.
塞维利亚 1882 年 7 月 1 日
我亲爱的女儿
我想你可能
今天想我，因为它是我的
生日那天，很可能你
想象我会花一部分
给你写一封信。我
也有些期待
你会找到一点时间
写给我。你的来信日期
5月20日左右到达
我们前天。之中
他们是我的一个，封闭的
一个不错的聚会
你会接受我的
谢谢。我正在写一个
你会用的鹅毛笔
感知执行不佳，但
也许您将能够阅读
它。我不会麻烦你
我必须阅读一张纸
也写信给亨利。它是一个
愉快的一天。昨天我们有
上午 11 点左右有两次细阵雨
另一个是下午 6 点左右。今天
我们有凉爽的微风
这使它非常舒适。
今天早上我在我们家读到
崇拜第 90 首诗篇，也许
你会记得，亨利读过
他第一次离开我们的那个早晨
他开始为中国。我们下去了
下午去克兰先生家
与亨利和辛西娅分手
晚上的仓库。那
事件现在已成为过去，并且
重大而重要的事件有
以来发生。上帝在他奇妙的忍耐和长期的苦难中
认为适合继续我的生活
到现在；多少钱
我将在肉体中停留更长的时间
只有那无所不知的人才知道。
自从写了上面我有
参加大卫的葬礼
父母住的温特斯
Sew以前拥有的地方-
位于中心的 el Colburn
乡。他快成年了
因为他的父亲是个扣篮手
(Dunker) 和他的母亲是一位长老会的 Elliott 先生和一位 Dunker
牧师参加了他的葬礼。
两人说话都非常赞
他的性格。昨天我们
得知吉托被挂了。不再
因此将努力
获得赦免或缓刑
他。每一种可能的方法都已
诉诸于，让他明白，但
法律终于得到执行。
我想你听说过
霍斯默法官之死。我相信
他坚持自己的不忠
最后，异教徒被称为
从麦地那参加他的葬礼。
我不在，但我明白
那些异教徒发现很难找到任何话要说
场合。
7 月 4 日。我会写完这封信，开始
在我自己的生日，在
我们国家的生日。我们有过
寒冷、不舒服、下着毛毛雨的上午
但现在是下午 2 点。它看起来
有点像清理。玛丽亚是
和我们一起，昨晚来了，
天气这么凉，我们要坚持
在我们的客厅里有一个五人取暖。
今年在塞维利亚没有庆祝活动。这
这一天将在
湖床我想它几乎是
失败。很高兴你的盒子
今天下午到了我们这里，带着礼物
你会接受我们的感谢。
你的宝贵美元寄给我，我会
努力投资于可能有利可图的东西（可能是一本书）
对我和其他人
当我走了。孩子们在家里
在我生日那天送给我一个
很好的教师圣经在我的圣经中使用
班级。非常爱你的父亲
五、诺伊斯。
My Dear Daughter
I suppose you may
think of me to day as it is my
birth day, and very likely you
imagine I shall spend a portion
of it in writing you a letter. I
also have some expectation that
you will find a little time to
write to me. Your letters dated
about the 20th of May reached
us day before yesterday. Among
them was one for me and enclosed
a nice piece of [?party?] for which
you will please accept my
thanks. I am writing with a
goose quill pen which you will
perceive does poor execution but
perhaps you will be able to read
it. I shall not trouble you to
read but one sheet as I must
write to Henry also. It is a
delightful day. Yesterday we had
two fine showers one about 11 AM
and the other about 6 P.M. To day
we are having a nice cool breeze
which makes it very comfortable.
This morning I read in our family
worship the 90th Ps. the one, perhaps
you will recollect, that Henry read
the morning he first left us when
he started for China. We went down
to Mr Crane's in the afternoon and
parted with Henry and Cynthia at
the depot in the evening. That
event is now far in the past, and
gret and important events have
taken place since. God in his won-
derful forbearance and long suffering
has seen fit to continue my life
to the present time; how much
longer I shall tarry in the flesh
is known only to him that know-
ith all things.
Since writing the above I have
attended the funeral of David
Winters whose parents live in
the place formerly owned by Sew-
el Colburn at the center of the
township. He was nearly of age
and as his father was a dunker
(Dunker) and his mother a Presby
terian Mr Elliott and a Dunker
preacher attended his funeral.
They both spoke very favorably
of his character. Yesterday as we
learn Guitteau was hung. No more
effort will therefore be made to
obtain a pardon or reprieve for
him. Every possible method has been
resorted to, to get him clear, but
the law has finally been executed.
I suppose you have heard of the
death of Judge Hosmer. I believe
he adhered to his infidelety to
the last, and infidels were called
from Medina to attend his funeral.
I was not there, but understood
those infidels found some difficul
ty to find any thing to say on
the occasion.
July 4. I will finish this letter, begun
on my own birthday, on the
birthday of our Nation. We have had
a cold, uncomfortable, drizzly forenoon
but now a 2 o'clock P.M. it looks a
little more like clearing off. Maria is
with us, came last evening, and the
weather is so cool, we have to keep
a five in our parlor to keep warm.
No celebration at Seville this year. The
day was to be celebrated at the
lake bed I presume it is nearly a
failure. It was nice that your box
reached us this forenoon, with presents
for which you will accept our thanks.
Your precious dollar sent to me I will
endeavor to invest in something (per
haps a book) which may be profitable
to me while living and to others
when I am gone. The children at home
on my birth day presented me with a
fine teacher's bible to use in my bible
class. With much love your father
V. Noyes.
塞维利亚 1882 年 7 月 1 日
我亲爱的女儿
我想你可能
今天想我，因为它是我的
生日那天，很可能你
想象我会花一部分
给你写一封信。我
也有些期待
你会找到一点时间
写给我。你的来信日期
5月20日左右到达
我们前天。之中
他们是我的一个，封闭的
一个不错的聚会
你会接受我的
谢谢。我正在写一个
你会用的鹅毛笔
感知执行不佳，但
也许您将能够阅读
它。我不会麻烦你
我必须阅读一张纸
也写信给亨利。它是一个
愉快的一天。昨天我们有
上午 11 点左右有两次细阵雨
另一个是下午 6 点左右。今天
我们有凉爽的微风
这使它非常舒适。
今天早上我在我们家读到
崇拜第 90 首诗篇，也许
你会记得，亨利读过
他第一次离开我们的那个早晨
他开始为中国。我们下去了
下午去克兰先生家
与亨利和辛西娅分手
晚上的仓库。那
事件现在已成为过去，并且
重大而重要的事件有
以来发生。上帝在他奇妙的忍耐和长期的苦难中
认为适合继续我的生活
到现在；多少钱
我将在肉体中停留更长的时间
只有那无所不知的人才知道。
自从写了上面我有
参加大卫的葬礼
父母住的温特斯
Sew以前拥有的地方-
位于中心的 el Colburn
乡。他快成年了
因为他的父亲是个扣篮手
(Dunker) 和他的母亲是一位长老会的 Elliott 先生和一位 Dunker
牧师参加了他的葬礼。
两人说话都非常赞
他的性格。昨天我们
得知吉托被挂了。不再
因此将努力
获得赦免或缓刑
他。每一种可能的方法都已
诉诸于，让他明白，但
法律终于得到执行。
我想你听说过
霍斯默法官之死。我相信
他坚持自己的不忠
最后，异教徒被称为
从麦地那参加他的葬礼。
我不在，但我明白
那些异教徒发现很难找到任何话要说
场合。
7 月 4 日。我会写完这封信，开始
在我自己的生日，在
我们国家的生日。我们有过
寒冷、不舒服、下着毛毛雨的上午
但现在是下午 2 点。它看起来
有点像清理。玛丽亚是
和我们一起，昨晚来了，
天气这么凉，我们要坚持
在我们的客厅里有一个五人取暖。
今年在塞维利亚没有庆祝活动。这
这一天将在
湖床我想它几乎是
失败。很高兴你的盒子
今天下午到了我们这里，带着礼物
你会接受我们的感谢。
你的宝贵美元寄给我，我会
努力投资于可能有利可图的东西（可能是一本书）
对我和其他人
当我走了。孩子们在家里
在我生日那天送给我一个
很好的教师圣经在我的圣经中使用
班级。非常爱你的父亲
五、诺伊斯。
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Noyes, Varnum , “Letter from V. Noyes to "My Dear Daughter," July 1, 1882,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 19, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/944.