1 40 123 https://noyesletters.org/files/original/99966f2d4b72f15741de12d2bbd71a6c.pdf 239031e52fc84948aecb4bc9114e2e70 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document To night it is lovely outside Bright moonlight with fleecy [illegible] clouds shifting about over the sky Miss Ballard Dr Sites and I went out to the stern of the vessel to watch the [?spray?] which is thrown up by the movements of the screw I suppose we were about 30 ft from the water. At least that was the Dr's judgement If so the waves dashed up at least 38 ft during the storm. I never witnessed a real storm before at least not such a one as this was. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. It seems almost strange that we shall see land to morrow - I wonder if you have a minister yet. It hardly seems possible there must be a change -- [Note: Missing a page?] which is the highest part of this ship except the masts. I was however mercifully kept from all fear. Oh I wish you could have seen old ocean in its majestic fury. It seemed so wonderful that man could construct any thing that would be able to ride these rolling waves in safety. At sunset they began to cal down and before bed time it was comparatively smooth sailing This morning was up early saw the sun rise, watched the clouds a long time, the came down and prepared for breakfast People are beginning to well I was using a borrowed ink bottle which has just had to go back to its owners so the pencil must come out again After dinner - Well people are beginning to what to get ready for going ashore. We expect to get into Yok ahamma to morrow [Note: Missing a page?] 6th had come for us and was completely tired out. Do not know where we had been but our anxiety was to get home on his account . I am writing at the table in the Saloon where we take our meals. The boys are dusting and cleaning up things generally A tin of scourging dust and a cloth seems to be the outfit of these fellows - these they have always in hand - Nov 1[--9--]1th Oh we had such a beau tiful sunset last night. The after glow over the clouds was splendid. Then the moon and venus were magnificent. We were up on deck until after 9 oclock. I watched the dipper [?Pleades?] the V and Lyric for a long time and sung Jesus Lover of my soul and some other hymns. I mean to sing all of our hymns as we cross the ocean I enjoy going out along and lying in my long chair with nothing but sea and sky about me and thinking of you all .Last night dreamed that a party were coming to our house in pursuit of me . I was to be seized and killed do not know what for. Went out to the barn and when they arrived they came out Mary being with them As we were going back to the house the was an opportu nity for me to escape - but just as I was about to avail myself ot it thought they would then take Mary instead. I said to myself if in going away anything happen ed to her so I remained. At that point I awoke with the feeling that I was not yet fitted for a martyr. This morning went up on deck before breakfast to find it raining and every thing in a state of disagreeable moisture. This wind is not so favorable so we shall not make as much progress as yesterday. Well we shall reach Japan just when it is best and that is enough is it not. 7th Nov 12th - This morning was up early, went out to the stern of the vessel and sat a long time looking at the waves which were larger than I had yet seen. How I wished you could have seen them as they three up showers of spray - with the lovely changes of color mad by the sun shining upon them. The motion was very considerable but I like sitting there along. Can sing as much as I like without disturbing any one could scarcely get down from the high seat without falling came in quite "stuck up" but went to breakfast all the same. Dr Sites and I have funny times trying to get down stairs without a down fall. He told me to-day it was well he had me to steady him but - I think he has a little fear that he may not be able to man- age so much [?avoirdupois?] as your correspondent possesses in a graceful manner. It is a matter of discussion whether it is Thurs or Friday at this present moment It is now [?3?] oclock and we have just crossed the 180° so will drop Friday and get up Sat morning. Have been up on deck for a little while feel as if I was bidding good bye to something more that bound me to America for now we must take up Yokohamma time. Dr sites is writing at another table and we just now have the dining salon all to ourselves. He is very busy when not sea sick reads Chinese and I imagine is preparing work for the future. He has missed the conference at Fuchau by losing the last steamer and his thoughts are there now as the Conference is now in session later One of our passenger claims it is Friday eve, but I will not agree with her - for I want to think of the prayer meeting at home Wish so much I could be there - 8th Sat morn Nov. 14th Must say Sat I suppose though we have had but 5 days this week as yet. We are getting down into the warmer latitudes. the sky looks quite tropical- and we sit out on deck without any thing around us. My green dress is almost too warm but we shall need all our wraps when we get to Japan. Have I told you any thing about or newspa- per correspondent-?- She sailed from New York to San Francisco by way of the isthmuses and goes on to [?Ceylon?]. Is the special correspondent of 6 papers so I sup- pose we shall all get done up. Miss Annie Ballard, a very pro nounced character. She has been on the staff of the New York Sun for 2 years says she has been able to make excellent engagements for the trip. She takes sea life very systematically and [--phylisoph--] philisophically - fires her questions at you with a precission that makes you feel you must tale heed how you answer them lest you should be responsible for a false statement. She would like to go up to Canton I am certain but I do not feel at liberty to ask her to become our guest. The fact is I doubt if we are a very popular class of community with the lad. Mr McCormick the gentle man from N.Y. a good christian business man I have urged to give us a few days if possible. He goes out to Manilla in the interest of some machinary which has been sent on before and needs atten- tion. The people there do not in some way understand how to make a practical use of it so he is en route to enlighten them. Quite a long distance to travel for the purpose is it not-?- Opened my black trunk to day for the first time. Could not bear to touch the things which were lying just as they were packed in the dear old parlor at home but it had to be done 9th I never knew how hard it would prove to be this leaving home. You can not know how what A wrench it has been. Good night God bless you all. Nov 16th Yesterday we had service on board. Dr Sites talked upon the 1st Chapter of Acts - We sang at the Captains sug- gestion nearer my God to Thee and Rock of Ages. None of the ladies would undertake to play so we sang without an instrument Not much of a loss when we consider what a wheezing old tea kettle of a [illegible] we have The Dr led in the first singing and called upon me to start the 2nd - I was so surprised I did not look at the [?tune?] in the book but sung our good old one - found afterwards it was not the one set to the words - but was glad I did not notice the other. It was very warm. In the afternoon read the first sermon in the book father gave me It was from the middle of Sampson. and the the dif- ferent lions Christians have to meet. It is a very helpful sermon. I found out some of the special lions I had to fight. Have commenced reading spurgeons evening book so Edward and I will think about the same verse every night. It is such a pleas ure to me to have that tie and when I can get to my trunks can read with father in the morning. Mr Sites and I had another nice talk to day. He would be a nice pastor to have I think - so kind and helpful. He told me he had enjoyed a very happy ex perience since coming on board - a new coming into the light - a renewed amounting for his work. Good night sung and played [Note: Written sideways] our sabbath hymn 10th We hope to get into Yokahamma next sabbath - may remain until Wednesday. Will have an oppur tunity to send this immediately from there. The American steamers do not carry mail now as the United States have withdrawn the subsidy. The English strms take it as freight - so we can hope for letters only once a month until some arrangement is made to the contrary. These men say they will not take it as freight would rather lost the little they would thus make than to do it. Two [--day--] weeks from to day I expect to go up to Canton if all is well. Nov 20th - Yesterday we ex perienced a storm at sea The waves were piled up almost mountain high and we rolled about fearfully - Water came into the room on the upper deck - and billows washed over the very top of the social hall 今晚外面很可爱 明亮的月光与 蓬松的 [难以辨认的] 云 在天空中移动 巴拉德小姐、站点先生和 我走到船尾 观察喷雾的船只 这是由 螺钉的运动 我想我们大约 离水30英尺。至少 那是医生的判断 如果是这样，海浪冲上来 期间至少 38 英尺 风暴。我从未目睹过 至少在真正的风暴之前 不是这样的。 迄今为止，主帮助 我们。这似乎很奇怪 我们将看到土地 明天 - 我想知道你是否 有部长了。它 似乎几乎不可能 做个改变 [注意：缺少一页？] 这是最高的部分 这艘船除了桅杆。 然而我很仁慈 远离一切恐惧。哦，我希望 你本可以看到古老的海洋 在它雄伟的怒火中。看起来 太棒了，男人可以 建造任何会 能够骑这些滚动 安全地挥手。日落时 他们开始冷静下来 睡前是 比较顺利 今天早上起得很早 看到了太阳升起，看到了 乌云良久，来了 下来准备早餐 人们开始 好吧，我用的是借来的 刚刚拥有的墨水瓶 回到它的主人那里，所以 铅笔必须再出来 晚餐后 - 好人 正在开始得到什么 准备上岸。 我们希望进入 Yok 明天的阿哈玛 [注意：缺少一页？] 6日 是来找我们的 完全累坏了。不要 知道我们去过哪里 但我们的焦虑是得到 回家就靠他了。 我在桌边写字 在我们乘坐的轿车 我们的饭菜。男孩们正在除尘 和清理东西一般 一罐鞭笞的尘土和 一块布似乎是衣服 这些家伙 - 他们有这些 永远在手—— 11 月 11 日哦，我们有这样的男朋友 昨晚的日落。这 在云层上发光之后 灿烂。然后月亮和 金星很壮观。我们 一直在甲板上，直到 9 点之后 点钟。我看着北斗 恳求 V 和歌词 很长一段时间，唱耶稣 我灵魂的爱人和其他人 赞美诗。我的意思是唱所有 我们穿越海洋时的赞美诗 我喜欢一起出去 躺在我的长椅上，一无所有 但大海和天空围绕着我 并想着你们。最后的 晚上梦见一个聚会 追赶到我们家 我的 。我将被抓住 杀了不知道是为了什么。去 到谷仓，当他们 到了，他们出来了，玛丽正在 和他们一起回去的时候 到房子是个机会 让我逃避——但就像 我正要利用它 以为他们会采取 取而代之的是玛丽。我对自己说如果 在离开时发生任何事情 编给她，所以我留下了。那时 点我醒来的感觉 我还没有适应 烈士。今天早上起来了 早餐前甲板找到它 下雨了，一切都在 令人不快的潮湿状态。 这风不太好 所以我们不会做那么多 进展如昨日。那么我们 到达日本的时候 是最好的，这就足够了 不是。 7日 11 月 12 日 - 今天早上是 早起，出船到船尾 坐了很久 看着海浪 比我见过的还要大。如何 我希望你能看到 他们三起淋浴 喷雾 - 随着可爱的变化 被阳光照耀疯狂的颜色 在他们之上。议案非常 相当可观，但我喜欢坐着 在那里。能唱多少 随心所欲，不打扰任何人 几乎不能从 高座不落来了 在相当“卡住”但去了 早餐都一样。站点博士 我有有趣的时光试图 不倒下楼梯 落下。他今天告诉我 好吧，他让我稳定他 但我觉得他有点害怕 他可能无法像你那样管理这么多的“avoirdupois” 通讯员拥有 优雅的方式。 这是一个讨论的问题 不管是周四还是周五 此刻是 现在 3 点钟，我们刚刚 越过了 180°，所以周五会下降 周六早上起床。有 在甲板上待了一会儿 感觉好像我在说再见 更多束缚我的东西 现在我们必须去美国 横滨时间。博士点 在另一张桌子上写字并且 我们刚刚吃饭 沙龙都属于我们自己。他是 没有晕船的时候很忙 读中文，我想是 为以后的工作做准备。他 错过了会议 富豪失去最后一艘汽船 他的思想现在在那里 会议现在开会 后来我们的一位乘客声称它 是星期五前夕，但我不会同意 和她在一起——因为我想 在家祷告会 希望如此 我可以在那里 - 8日 星期六早上 11 月 14 日 必须说星期六 我想虽然我们有但是 这周还有5天。我们是 下到温暖的地方 纬度。天空看起来很 热带，我们坐在甲板上 我们周围没有任何东西。我的 绿色连衣裙几乎太温暖了 但是我们都需要我们所有的包裹 当我们到达日本时。我有没有告诉 你有什么事情或报社记者吗？ 她航行 从纽约到旧金山 通过地峡和去 到锡兰。是不是特别 6篇论文的通讯员，所以我支持 摆出我们都将完成的姿势。 安妮巴拉德小姐，非常专业的 已宣布的字符。她已经 在纽约太阳报的工作人员 2 年来，她说她已经能够 进行出色的约会 为这次旅行。她以海洋为生 非常系统和 哲学地激发她的问题 以一种精确的方式向你 让你觉得你必须讲故事 注意你如何回答他们，以免 你应该负责 虚假陈述。她想要 去广州我敢肯定 但我觉得无权问 她成为我们的客人。这 事实上，我怀疑我们是否是一个非常 受欢迎的社区阶层 小伙子。温柔的麦考密克先生 纽约人，好基督徒 我敦促的商人 如果可能的话，给我们几天时间。他 出于兴趣前往马尼拉 一些机械 之前发送过，需要注意。那里的人不在 以某种方式了解如何制作 它的实际用途，所以他是 启发他们的途径。相当 长途旅行 目的不是吗？我打开了我的 第一个到今天的黑色树干 时间。不忍触碰 像他们一样撒谎的东西 装在亲爱的老客厅里 在家里，但必须这样做 9日 我从来不知道会有多难 证明是这样的离家出走。 你不知道怎么回事 一直是扳手。晚安 上帝保佑你们。 11月16日昨天我们有 船上服务。 Sites 博士谈话 在使徒行传第一章—— 我们根据船长的建议歌唱，让我的上帝更接近你 和千古之石。没有任何一个 女士们会承诺这样玩 我们在没有乐器的情况下唱歌 当我们没有太大的损失 想想我们有一个[难以辨认]的喘息的旧茶壶 博士领衔首唱 并呼吁我开始 第二 - 我很惊讶我做到了 不看书上的曲子 但唱了我们的好老歌 - 找到了 后来不是一套 言归正传-但很高兴我做到了 不注意对方。这是非常 温暖的。下午读了第一篇 父亲给我的书中讲道 它是从中间 桑普森。和不同的狮子基督徒必须 遇见。这是一个非常有帮助的 讲道。我发现了一些 我不得不去的特殊狮子 斗争。已经开始 读司布真晚会 预订所以爱德华和我会 想想同一节经文 每晚。是这样的恳求 我一定要打领带 当我可以到达我的 树干可以和父亲一起阅读 早晨。网站先生和 我又谈了一次愉快的事 天。他会是个好人 牧师，我想 - 所以 善良和乐于助人。他告诉我 自从上任以来，他享受了一段非常快乐的经历 登上一个新的进入 点燃一个新的金额 他的工作。晚安唱歌和演奏 【注：横着写】 我们的安息日赞美诗 第十名 我们希望进入 Yokahamma 下一个安息日 - 可能会一直持续到 周三。会有机会 立即发送此消息 从那里。美国人 轮船现在不运邮件 随着美国退出 补贴。英语strms 把它当作运费 - 所以我们可以 希望只收到一次来信 一个月，直到一些安排 是相反的。这些 男人说他们不会接受 因为货运宁愿丢失 他们因此而赚的很少 去做吧。两周后 到今天我想去广州 如果一切顺利。 11 月 20 日 - 昨天我们前 在海上经历了一场风暴 海浪堆积如山 几乎是山高 我们害怕地滚来滚去 水进了房间 在上层甲板和 波涛汹涌 社交大厅的顶部。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Sky; Storms; Boats; Travel Description An account of the resource This incomplete letter, probably written by Martha, is written aboard a ship traveling to Yokohama. The author describes the views from the boat, including the sunset and the stars. The author also talks about the various passengers and what they have been up to. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_journal_584 astronomy boats dreams landscape singing travel https://noyesletters.org/files/original/0b0f635702dce6005501455cd0f180ab.pdf 6598c399c09f7751b7fa15dcec412bb8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Oct 30th 1887 My dear Edward - Your last letter written just after you had been to Presbytery came yesterday morning. They were brought into the parlor by our table boy who is a new one. He does not steps very lightly and as we were leaving worship and the Dr was praying I looked up to see what had happened There he stood with his hands full of letters and papers and the Dr who had opened his eyes was mo- tioning to him to leave I added my warning gesture and he disappeared [?bearing?] away his precious burden. You may be sure the first thing done after prayers was to sit down and partake of the feast. I was intensely relieved to find Father was better in fact much better. It did seem so nice he could be in the Presbytery where you first went as an [illegible]. I know it must be an intense pleasure to him to have you an officier in his church - the one under God of his own [illegible]- ing. And it is very nice that you have a minister so after your own heart. No doubt you can keep him unless his health becomes so restored that he can under take larger responsibilities But you know Mr [?Bar?] re- mained in Jackson all his life and he was a very able man. I appreciated so much the almost immediate reply he made to my letter did not expect it at all but felt I would like to write to him One of the girls wrote that Charles Elliott did not return to Wooster and [illegible] the possibility it might be for lack of funds. I always felt it quite possible that Calvin Elliot might die a poor man. As far as the son is concerned it will not hurt him to plan and economise some. It is a bright beautiful Sabbath morning and the two Drs. are making their hospital rounds. I went down at half past five to see if my presence and assistance would not result in rather a better cup of coffee for these [illegible] than the boys were able to make. They do as well as they can but are both young When I came up stairs and saw your letters on the table felt like writing a little. I suppose you have just con cluded that Sabbath school Con vention I remember so well when he Mr [?Pond?] was at Seville and [--Clara's--]Em's and my visit to Wellington We will find a more quiet house hold than when there before. Dear little Mother I remem ber just how she looked when he was saying good bye .It was such a disappointment to find that Sarah did not remain at home this year was depending upon her doing so. At this distance it seems hard to see how she could leave. Am sure I would be willing to live on as [u]little[/u] as I [u]possibly could[/u] for the sake of being in the [u]old home[/u] a year. It seems Henry will get home on the [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] Centennial year all around. He was [u]down[/u] and I was [u]up[/u] yesterday just think of that. We exchanged letters and papers & he was here to tea and evening prayers. We come now every sab af- ternoon after he is through with his schoolwork Every body likes him .I told you about his preach in at a moment's notice. People are lost in wonder at the result. I never heard him preach better. He seems about perfect to me, and every body else for that matter. I begin to [illegible] I belong to a pretty good family and the Dr thinks so too. He is about as good as people generally get. With lots of love Mattie 1887 年 10 月 30 日 我亲爱的爱德华—— 你的最后一封信 写在你之后 去过长老会来了 昨天早上。他们 被带到客厅 由我们的餐桌男孩 一个新的。他没有 脚步很轻，就像我们一样 正在离开崇拜和 医生在祈祷我抬头 看看发生了什么 他和他的人站在那里 满手的信件和 论文和医生 睁开眼睛是莫—— 劝他离开 我添加了我的警告 手势，他消失了 拿着带走他的宝贝 负担。你可以肯定 之后做的第一件事 祈祷是坐下来 参加宴会。我曾是 松了一口气 父亲其实好多了 更好的。看起来确实如此 很好，他可以在 你第一次去的长老会 作为[无法辨认]。我知道它必须 成为一种强烈的快乐 让他有你 他的教堂的官员 - 那个 在他自己的上帝之下[无法辨认]。 这是非常好的 你有部长所以 追随自己的心。不 怀疑你能留住他 除非他的健康变得 恢复得如此之好，以至于他可以在 承担更大的责任 但你知道Bar先生重新- 主要在杰克逊他的所有 生活，他是一个非常能干的人 男人。我非常感激 几乎立即的答复 他给我的信做了 完全没想到，但觉得 我想给他写信 其中一位女孩写道 查尔斯·埃利奥特没有回来 给伍斯特和[无法辨认的] 可能是因为缺乏 的资金。我一直觉得很 卡尔文·艾略特可能 可能会死一个穷人。目前 就儿子而言，它会 不伤害他的计划和 节省一些。这是一个明亮的 美丽的安息日早晨 和两位医生。正在制作 他们的医院查房。我去了 五点半下来看看 如果我的存在和帮助 不会导致 为这些人喝杯更好的咖啡 [无法辨认] 比男孩们 能够使。他们也这样做 他们可以，但都很年轻 当我走上楼梯看到 你桌上的信感觉 喜欢写一点。 我想你只是骗局 包括安息日学校 我记得很清楚 他Pond先生在塞维利亚和Clara's，Em's 和我对惠灵顿的访问 我们会找到更安静的房子 保持比以前有。 我记得亲爱的小妈妈 只是她当时的样子 他在说再见。 如此令人失望的发现 Sarah没有留在 今年的家取决于 在她这样做的时候。在这个距离 似乎很难看出她是如何 可以离开。我确定我会 愿意像小那样生活 我可能为了存在 在老家一年。它似乎 亨利将回家 [注：信在第一页结束] 百周年纪念日。他失望而我 昨天才想起来。我们交换了信件和文件 &他来这里是为了 茶和晚上 祈祷。我们来 现在每个礼拜日下午 他之后的下午 是通过与 他的功课 每个人都喜欢 他。我告诉过你 关于他的讲道 一会儿 注意。人们是 不知所措 结果。我从不 听他讲道 更好的。他似乎 对我来说几乎完美， 和其他所有人 对于这个问题。 我开始 [无法辨认] 我 属于不错的 家人和医生 也这么认为。他和一般人一样好 得到。充满爱的Mattie Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Edward, October 30, 1887 Subject The topic of the resource Mail service; Description An account of the resource Mattie tells Edward that she was relieved to hear that their father is doing better. Mattie believes that her father must be very pleased with Edward being an officier in his church. Charles Elliot did not return to Wooster probably because of a lack of funds. The end of the letter is addressed to her mother. Mattie says that people, including herself, think that Henry is an incredible preacher. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #5 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1887-10-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_504 domestic workers medical missionaries Presbyterian Church https://noyesletters.org/files/original/bb418a8f7185d73d248718e888fe02d2.pdf 46bbc817afa93317b2fe92e43f303d7d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China April 3d 1887 My dear Mother The two [?Dr's?] have you out and Mr Wisner is in bed so I am alone Miss Butler will be here before very long and I am to go out with her. She says to do some shopping. I sent a few things home by Belle only little things. The pongee [?tidy?] do not let Bella see please. She gave me one just like it almost and I fear she will think this one was the present she gave me. Also the handerchiefs red and white are just like one she gave Dr Kerr. I did not after all put in anything for Hattie Am so sorry- Did not mean to let the parcel go off in that way but the truth was I put these things together and meant to get her something that was not Chinese. Then I packed the box in a great hurry the day before I came down here and never thought but that the things were all together until the package had been sent up to Henry's Am very sorry about it The shoes I had made in Ashland I have sent over to Miss Butler and she says they fit her Am very glad Do not know but I shall be obliged to go bare footed as I can not get anything made by these shoe makers that I can [?bear?] on my foor for a moment Later Have received the letters from home dated Apr 15th- Am so sorry to hear of Em's illness as we grow older I suppose in [?this?] line our anxieties will increase It seems too bad Em has had such hard work. She seems to be always rather improved upon But she is always so willing to do any thing for any body. Was intensely relieved to hear that Mr Notestine was a little better. If he only gets well the people will I hope be more careful of him. Now your next anxiety will be about Bella and the boys. But I hope you will not be distressed beyond measure. She will not make a long visit I am sure and you will have a chance to see the boys. They are nice children. The Seville people will be interested to see the "grand children" of their old pastor and his wife. As far as Willie is concerned he could be put into a book just as he is and it would read all right. I can not realize that a day or two after the arrival of this they will be there. It seems as if it were all a dream. Dont [u]worry about any thing[/u] in the line of home arrangements. We live quite as well as they do on this side. It has been such a rainy week- rained every day and is pouring down to night- is cold and dismal but we are sitting wit bright lights writing the Dr on one side of the table and I the other Oh Mother I have never told him a word about your condition and you need not fear I shall. He is a good husband. I only wish you could see him. Perhaps you will some time. I make no calcula tions at all about going home now that will be when his strength gives way- which I trust will not be for some time. But I fear it will come sooner than we would have it even for the opportunity of going home. Every day with him is precious to me and I know we can [Note: sideways on page on] only have at best a few years together- I do not know how it was ever permitted that I should marry such a man as Dr Kerr is. It seems more wonder- ful to me every day that God should give me such a gift. I am so happy with him and he says he is very happy. He seems so much like father in many ways. I must stop I do hope you are not feeling badly as when I was at home. It is so hard to live on in that way. Would we could do some thing for you. I think of you all so much. The Lord bless you all Your loving daughter Martha 中国广东 1887 年 4 月 3 日 我亲爱的妈妈 两位医生有你 出去，威斯纳先生进来 床，所以我一个人小姐 巴特勒会在此之前 很长，我要出去 和她一起。她说要做一些 购物。我寄了一些东西 Belle 的家只有一点点 事物。春亚纺整理不 请让贝拉看看。她给了 我一个几乎喜欢它 我担心她会这么想 一件是她送的礼物 我。还有手帕 红色和白色就像 她给了克尔博士的一份。我做了 毕竟没有放任何东西 对于海蒂，我很抱歉 - 没有 意思是让包裹进去 那样，但事实是我 把这些东西放在一起 打算给她一些东西 那不是中国人。然后我 急忙收拾好箱子 我来到这里的前一天 没想到 事情一直在一起，直到 包裹已发送至 亨利对此感到非常抱歉 我做的鞋子 阿什兰我已经寄给小姐 巴特勒和她说他们适合她 很高兴 不知道 但我将不得不光着身子 脚踏实地，因为我什么也得不到 由这些制鞋商制造 我可以忍受我的脚 片刻 后来收到了信 4 月 15 日从家里出发- 听说艾姆生病了，我很难过 随着我们长大，我想在这 我们的焦虑会增加 Em似乎太糟糕了 这么辛苦。她似乎 总是相当改进 但她总是那么愿意 为任何身体做任何事。 听完后大大松了口气 诺斯汀先生有点 更好的。只要他好起来 人们会希望更多 小心他。现在你的下一个 焦虑将是关于贝拉和 男孩们。但我希望你会 不至于难过。 她不会进行长时间的访问 我敢肯定，你会有一个 有机会见到男孩。他们是 好孩子。塞维利亚人 将有兴趣看到“盛大 他们的老牧师和他的孩子们 妻子。就威利而言 他可以被放入一本书中 就像他一样，它会读到所有 正确的。我无法意识到一个 在这个到来之后的一两天 他们会在那里。好像是 如果这一切都是一场梦。别 担心线上的任何事情 的家庭安排。我们住在 和他们在这方面做得一样好 边。下过这么大的雨 周 - 每天都下雨，是 倾盆大雨-很冷 和令人沮丧，但我们坐在 用明亮的灯光写下医生 桌子的一侧和我的另一侧 哦，妈妈，我从来没有告诉过他 关于你的情况的一句话和 你不必担心我会的。他是一个 好丈夫。我只希望你 可以看到他。也许你会 一段时间。我现在根本不考虑回家 那将是他的力量 让路——我相信不会 待一段时间。但我害怕它 会比我们来得更快 即使有机会也要拥有 回家。每天和他在一起 对我来说很珍贵，我知道我们可以 [注：页面侧身] 最多只能在一起几年-我不知道情况如何 曾经允许我嫁给像克尔博士这样的人。它 每天对我来说似乎更美好 上帝应该给予 我这样的礼物。 我太高兴了 和他和 他说他很 快乐的。他似乎 非常喜欢 许多父亲 方法。我必须停下来 我真希望你 没有感觉 像我一样糟糕 在家里。这是 生活如此艰难 以这种方式。将 我们可以做一些 给你的东西。我认为 你们所有人 非常。这 主保佑大家 你爱的女儿 玛莎 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Martha to Mother, April 3, 1887 Subject The topic of the resource Shopping; Textiles; Gifts; Health; Grandchildren Description An account of the resource Martha writes to her mother about the gifts she sent home to Bella. She did not send anything for Harriet on accident. Martha had shoes fitted in Ashland and she is pleased that they fit Miss Butler. Martha was sorry to hear about Emily's illness and starts to think about her own health and age. Martha mentions Bella and the boys coming to Seville. She talks about how the people of Seville would like to see the grandchildren of their old pastor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1887-04-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_922 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/5171681/seville.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seville</a> illness marriage presents https://noyesletters.org/files/original/468e2896172b2916fd7de52cf175fa69.pdf 46884b13d3e6accbad0d67e4060675f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China June 7th /79 My dear precious sister This is not the 2nd of June but it is a birth day letter never-theless - so please consider it thus. Your birthday this year came on Sabbath [u]our communion[/u] in the native church - and three from the girls school - and one of the women applied for bap- tism. They were examin- ed on my birth day - entered the church on [u]yours[/u]. It did seem very nice indeed Now all our first class - 7 we hope are christians five are church members two hindered from joining by the opposition of their parents Sau Ying's mother says they will turn her out of doors if she believes in "this doctrine but is it not a blessing they can not help her believing although they do forbid her confessing Christ. One of the girls belonging to the third class with whom however no agreement had been written became deeply interest and her Mother hearing of it came and took her home saying she would bring her back in a day or two but she has never returned and now we feel sure she is to be kept at home lest she should become a Christian. Hattie has decided to keep up the term until the middle of July and I hope I can remain in Canton until then although it is somewhat later than I had thought of doing - school closed - then away for Chefoo. I know you will be at home if all is well - very soon now - not sorry for a rest after such an anxious year. We have thought a great deal about you all. Poor Gilbert & Mary - what a shame to keep them in such a state of anx iety. I do know that Miss Fitch quite well - should think in many respects she would make a good woman for the place but was rather surprized that she desired it. You speak of not making calls .I can sympathize with you there - cannot bear to get into that business. As for letter writing I am totally dis-couraged - shall never get to the end of my list - but it is a good way to lose correspon- dents - to neglect them. Perhaps I can do something in that line during vacation. Miss Rowe from Hong Kong came up yesterday leaves in the morning. We have an Amer- ican vessel in harbor just now. Two of the officiers Mr [u]Grimes[/u] and Brown have called upon us and yesterday Mr Grimes who is from [?Peoria?] Ill. yesterday came in to visit the school and seemed very much pleased. A very pleasant gentleman he is. I received a letter from Miss Kooser of Bankok yesterday and she says Mr Culbertson is coming up to Canton for a change - as he is a [u]single[/u] gentleman I presume we shall not have the pleasure of en- tertaining him. Dr Happer is in Hong Kong - to-day - gone to [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] feel glad it is so near the last. Not much of a birthday letter this but I can not tell you how much I wish for you in the year to come - blessings [u]phys- ical[/u]-mental and [u]spiritual[/u] As Hattie says we shall all live our time out and then be at rest. What a word that is [u]rest, perfect rest[/u]. The girls will be so glad to have you at home again Would it not be nice if there was no ex- pense in getting home from China If there was not you would see me there instead of lying by in Chefoo during vacation. Your loving sister Mattie 中国广东 6月7日/79 我亲爱的宝贝妹妹 这不是 6 月 2 日，但这是一个生日 天信不过—— 所以请考虑一下。 你今年的生日 安息日来到我们的 当地人的交流 教堂 - 和三个来自 女子学校 - 和其中之一 女性申请 bap- 主义。他们在检查—— 在我生日那天编辑 - 进入 你的教堂。它做了 看起来确实很好 现在我们所有的第一堂课—— 7 我们希望是基督徒 五是教会成员二 阻碍加入 父母的反对 秀英的妈妈说他们 会把她拒之门外 如果她相信“这个学说 但这不是他们的福气吗 不禁让她相信 尽管他们确实禁止她 承认基督。中的一个 属于第三者的女孩 但是没有的班级 协议已经写好了 引起了浓厚的兴趣 和她的母亲听说 它来了，把她带回家了 说她会带她 一两天后回来，但是 她再也没有回来 现在我们确信她是 待在家里，以免 她应该成为 基督教。海蒂有 决定保住任期 直到七月中旬 我希望我能留下来 在那之前在广州 虽然有点 比我想象的晚 做 - 学校关闭 - 然后 离开柴富。我知道 如果大家都在家，你会在家 很好——现在很快—— 不后悔休息后 这么着急的一年。我们 想了很多 关于你们。可怜的吉尔伯特& 玛丽——留着真可惜 他们处于这种焦虑状态 忠诚。我知道小姐 非常适合 - 应该 在很多方面认为她 会成为一个好女人 对于这个地方，但相当 惊讶于她想要它。 你说不做 打电话。我可以同情 和你在一起——无法忍受 进入那个行业。作为 对于写信，我完全 气馁 - 永远不会得到 到我名单的最后——但它是 失去通讯员的好方法——忽视他们。也许 我可以在那做点什么 假期期间排队。错过 来自香港的罗来了 昨天起来叶在 早晨。我们刚刚在港口有一艘美国船只 现在。两名军官先生 格莱姆斯和布朗有 召唤我们和昨天 来自皮奥里亚的格莱姆斯先生 生病了昨天进来 参观学校，似乎 非常高兴。一个很 他是个令人愉快的绅士。 我收到了小姐的来信 昨天 Bankok 的 Kooser 她说卡尔伯森先生 即将到广州参加 改变 - 因为他是单身 先生，我想我们会的 没有乐趣招待他。哈珀博士是 在香港 - 今天 - 去了 [注：信在第一页结束] 很高兴它是如此接近最后一个。没有太多的生日 给这封信，但我不能告诉你我有多想要 你在这一年 来——祝福身心和 像海蒂一样精神 说我们都会活下去 我们的时间和 然后休息。什么 一个词是休息， 完美的休息。那些姑娘们 会很高兴有 你又在家 会不会很好 如果没有费用得到 从中国回家 如果没有 你会看到我 在那里而不是说谎 通过在 Chefoo 期间 假期。你的爱 妹妹玛蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to her "Precious Sister," June 7, 1879 Subject The topic of the resource Birthdays; Christian converts; Baptism; Schools; Travel Description An account of the resource Martha wishes Sarah a happy birthday, even though it was on June 2nd. Then, she writes about girls and women applying for baptism. Some of the girls' parents were against them joining the church. Mr. Culbertson will come to Canton and Mattie says that they will "not have the pleasure of entertaining him" since he is a single man. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879-06-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_716 birthdays communion converts girl students https://noyesletters.org/files/original/59e7adcecbd301d12e95f8ba441741f7.pdf 883d29099a373cf440360813a2c61386 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China Dear Clara, I do not think I have written to Mother or Em for a long time but now Hattie and Henry are gone and the letters all depend upon me I will try and go arround in turn and so will answer the letters I received by the last mail and then begin [?square?]. I am so sorry brother Frank [--coughfs--] coughs so much it must be a heavy drain upon his strength I sit to night at Henry's study table where he has worked so constantly the past years. Every thing reminds me of him some of the books lie on the table just as he left them. I do not let myself think of them very much yet the parting I had though much about but when it came grace was given and it was nice to feel I was doing this for you and them. If they both come back well and strong I shall feel very happy. Have not heard from them although they have been gone 3 weeks in fact can not hope to hear for another week. We are going on very comfortable except we have had bitter cold weather for Canton. Colder it is said than was ever known in Hong Kong before. I was glad part of the household escaped it suppose they were warm enough in Bank- kok. You would laugh if you could see me taking accounts with [?our?] cook. He came up to night and wanted to know if I had leisure to take [^the] accounts Now I wrote them last Saturday and this was only Tues, so I said What accounts He replied - "pit-ting yan [Note: Chinese script] gal a bogh" In other words Indeed there are a good many accounts - So of course I dutifully got my book and pencil and went to work. I cant say I feel looking after the finances is my particular fort but nevertheless I expect to be under the necessity of doing something about it. Last ever we went down to the other end of the mission about 1 1/2 miles distant to take tea with our single sisters of the Weslyian Mission did not get home until nearly 11 oclock as the tide was against. Had a very pleasant time. Mr and Mrs Whitehead also Mr Masters one of the single brethren were also invited so we had a sprinkling of gentlemen. I wish you could see some of the beautiful Came- lias we have just now in bloom They are pure white the plant {a house plant} looks like a little tree has a host of birds and had this blossom fragrance I think it would be perfect [Note: written horizontally across page 4] I believe this is sometimes called Japonica at home I have been trying to settle up my correspondence list during the New Year's week when we had no teachers but find I have still 25 unwritten letters. As our schools do not open for another week I hope to reduce it a little more ere that time. Did I tell you my Bloomfield ladies had sent me out a nice box of pictures and nice little presents for the schools during the [?coming?] year. They will be such a help to us all - Johnnie Happer has been making some frames for a few of the pictures [--from--] with some [?slraws?] the second Mrs Happer brought out from American for the purpose or rather such a purpose. I am so sorry to hear of Sarahs ill health [u]She must stop teaching at least[/u] for a year or she will soon be obliged to stop altogether. I shall want to hear about that Christmas Concert - am sure it will be good. Dear Edward I think so much about his disappointment in reference to that machine. It will be nice when Henry and Hattie can know all about the many things it is so impossible to write about fully. I do hope their visit will be a great comfort to the dear dome circle - feel as if my [Note: written horizontally across page 1] contributing is letting them go. We have an English lady to use the instrument on Sabbath eve at our Mission- [?Any?] service and have a complete set of new times. I am free to confess I do not enjoy the new wine- the old according to my fancy was better Good night must [?send?] greet- ing to one or two more before I sleep. It seems strange to think I shall get all the Canton letters The policeman's gong sounds in my ear as I write We have not felt [Note: written upside down on page 1] Any fears at night Your loving Sister Martha 中国广东 亲爱的克拉拉， 我不认为我有 写给母亲或Em 很长一段时间，但现在海蒂 亨利走了， 字母都取决于我 我会 试着轮流转转 所以会回信 我收到了最后一封邮件 然后开始正方形。我是 很抱歉弗兰克兄弟 咳得很厉害，一定是 严重消耗他的力量 晚上我坐在亨利的书房里 他工作过的桌子 过去几年不断。每一个 事情让我想起了他 有些书躺在 就在他离开他们的时候。我愿意 不要让自己想起他们 我的离别 虽然很多，但当 它来了，恩典被赐予， 很高兴我在做 这是给你和他们的。如果他们 都恢复得很好 我会感到非常高兴。 没有收到他们的消息 虽然他们已经走了 3周其实不能指望 再听一周。我们是 进行得很舒服，除了 我们经历了严寒的天气 为广州。据说比 曾在香港出名 前。我很高兴的一部分 假设家庭逃脱了 他们在银行足够温暖- 角。如果你会笑 可以看到我记账 与 [?our?] 厨师。他上来了 到晚上想知道 如果我有闲暇去记账 现在我上周六写的 这只是周二，所以我说 他回答了什么帐目—— “pit-ting yan [注：汉字] gal a bogh” 换句话说，确实有 很多帐户 - 所以 当然，我尽职尽责地拿到了我的书 铅笔去上班了。 我不能说我感到被照顾 财务是我的专属 堡垒，但我仍然希望 迫不得已 关于它的东西。最后一次 我们去了另一个 任务结束约 1 1/2 相隔千里喝茶 我们的卫斯理单身姐妹 任务没有回家 直到将近 11 点 潮流是反对的。过得很 愉快的时光。先生和夫人 怀特黑德也是马斯特斯先生之一 单身弟兄们也 受邀，所以我们洒了 先生们。我希望你可以 看到一些美丽的来了- 我们刚刚盛开的谎言 它们是纯白色的植物 {a house plant} 看起来像 小树上有很多鸟 有这花香 我认为这将是完美的 [注：横写在第 4 页] 我相信这有时在家里被称为粳稻 我一直在努力整理我的通讯清单 在新年那一周，我们没有老师，但 发现我还有 25 封未写的信。作为我们的学校 不要再开一个星期我希望减少一点 那个时候更早。我有没有告诉你我的布卢姆菲尔德 女士们给我寄了一盒漂亮的照片， 在 [?coming?] 期间为学校准备的精美小礼物 年。他们对我们所有人都会有很大的帮助 - 约翰尼 Happer 一直在为一些 与一些 [?slraws?] 第二夫人 Happer 合影 为了这个目的，或者更确切地说，从美国带出 目的。听说莎拉身体不好，我很难过她 必须停止教学至少一年，否则她很快就会 必须完全停止。我想听听 那场圣诞音乐会——我相信它会很好。亲爱的 爱德华 我想了很多关于他的失望 参考那台机器。亨利会很好 海蒂可以知道很多事情 不可能完全写出来。我真希望他们的访问会 给亲爱的圆顶圈一个很大的安慰——感觉好像我的 [注：横写在第 1 页] 贡献就是让他们离开。我们有英语 女士在安息日前夕在我们的使命中使用该乐器- 任何服务并拥有 一套完整的 新时代。我是 坦白我愿意 不享受新的 酒——老 根据我的 花式更好 晚安 必须发送问候- ING到一个或 之前还有两个 我睡觉。它似乎 觉得奇怪 我会得到所有 广信 警察的 锣声响起 我写作时的耳朵 我们没有感觉到 [注：在第 1 页倒写] 晚上的任何恐惧 你亲爱的姐姐 玛莎 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Martha to Clara Subject The topic of the resource Family; Diseases; Cold weather conditions; Finance; Missionaries Description An account of the resource Martha writes to Clara about Frank's illness and how it is probably a great drain on his strength. Henry and Harriet have both left and Martha is feeling rather lonely but is looking forward to seeing them again. Martha has been looking over the finances even though she does not think it is her greatest strength. Martha tells Clara that she's so sorry to hear about Sarah's illness and thinks that Sarah should stop teaching for a while. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n.d. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_889 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Guangzhou&amp;country=">Guangzhou</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1819729/hong-kong.html">Hong Kong</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1609350/bangkok.html">Bangkok</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/4506731/bloomfield.html">Bloomfield</a> family flowers holidays illness weather https://noyesletters.org/files/original/55e85dcecc6c3c563c496d5d6b9c7dc9.pdf 43fe07834c982b6b7c092e8852b813a8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 3 [--It--] we are so thankful Henry did not suffer oh so thankful I asked the Doctor yesterday afternoon if there was any dan- ger of his choking at the last- and he replied "Oh no." He said there was no disease the organs were all in order but too weak to carry our [?their?] functions. That was the reason he did not suffer pain. It was a beautiful way to go. No one here but honoured loved and respected him. The community did not realize he was so near death - nor did he. He was chosen president of the Med Miss. Soc. [--the--] at their Annual meeting the very day before he died. It was suggested by one of the members that he was going home on furlough. The reply was "that does not make any difference we want him for our Pres. Dr Boyd told him of this the morning of the day he died. At our reg- prayer meeting here which we have every Tues. at 5 PM he was remembered very earnestly and lovingly. I told him of this yesterday and added they seem to feel they care not let you go. He looked up with those beautiful eyes of his and said I am glad to know they prayed for me. That was not 24 hours ago and now he lies speechless and silent. I cannot cannot realize he is gone, that these trips wich have been made almost daily now for 2 years when I was able to go are [--now--] a thing of the past. Since he moved into Dr. Machles house, I could from my guest room see the very one 4 in which he lay. Today his form still lies there but to morrow we shall lay him beside his beloved [--Ri--] son Richard to rest-until the resurrection morn. Dr. Kerr Cynthia [--and--] Richard and Henry together on this side of the world. Father Mother Edward Frank and Gilbert on the other. [--Haf--] Half of the family belonging to the dear old Home on the Hill in Seville clothed in white robes, the others half- can not be long in joining those gone before. How glad they will be to see Henry. For him we can not shed a tear. He is forever with his Lord whom it was his meat and drink to serve our Earth. He told me once his work was his life and Hattie that it was his meat and drink, and so his his daily walk witnessed. The ground has been the souls of those about him and he has sown seed there in that ^has will now and in the future bring forth an hundred fold. Our breasts are full of thank- fulness that God has given us such a brother to give back to [?him?]. A shock of corn fully ripe. But of the loss to you to us here to his work, who can measure that. It is a comfort that it will not be long before we shall all be gathered home. Mr Boggs and Henry are to have the charge of the funeral which will be held in the Noyes Memorial Church the one he and Bella built and gave to the Board The weather has changed but we are praying that it may not rain for one more day. I never can forget [--how--] what a storm 5 we had when Dr Kerr was burried. The funeral to morrow is put at 1-o-clock so as to get home from the Cemetery before dark. I shall try to go out but it is a long way. If it rains can not. [u]3 o clock[/u] Have just come down from Henry's saw him again. He has not greatly changed since morning. The room is so still, the wind blow ing in from the open windows and the quiet sleeper looks so serene. Is just lying on the bed proped up by pillows with a large wreath of flowers at its foot in a [?short lounge?] we met his translator this morning at whose side he has worked for years and he broke down completely and wept unrestrainedly. How the Chinese loved him. Bella did not sleep at all last night has seen no one to day. A great many would have liked to have gone up and seen the dear face once more but it did not seem best to say any thing about it. Did i say that the service to morrow is to be partly in English and partly Chinese. Mr Boggs and Henry for the English and 2 Chinese pastors educated at Fati will speak in Chinese. The singing will be in Chinese with the exception of "Saved by Grace" sung as a solo by a gentleman I felt we must have that [illegible] Lover of my Soul will be sung at the grave. Will do this right up and send it off writing to morrow. Do not know when the mail goes, so you may 3 我们非常感谢亨利 没有受苦哦，太感谢了 昨天问了医生 下午，如果他最后有窒息的危险—— 他回答说：“哦，不。”他 说没有病 器官都井井有条 但太虚弱，无法承载我们的 他们的职能。那是 他没有受苦的原因 疼痛。这是一个美丽的 要走的路。这里没有人，但 尊敬的被爱的和被尊重的 他。社区做到了 没想到他离得这么近 死亡——他也没有。他是 被选为医学会主席 传教士协会在他们的年度 在他前一天见面 死了。有人建议 他曾经的成员 休假回家。 回复是“那不 做出我们想要的任何改变 他为我们的Pres。博伊德博士 早上告诉他这件事 他死的那天。在我们的监管 - 我们在这里的祷告会 每个星期二都有。下午 5 点，他 被非常认真地记住了 和亲切。我告诉他这件事 昨天并补充说他们似乎 感觉他们在乎不让你 去。他抬头看着那些 他美丽的眼睛说 我很高兴知道他们祈祷 为了我。那不是24小时 以前和现在他说不出话来 和沉默。我不能不能 意识到他已经走了，这些 已完成的旅行 现在几乎每天都 2 年 当我能够去的时候 过去的事情。 自从他进入博士 Machles 家，我可以从 我的客房看到了 4 他躺在里面。今天他的 形式仍然存在，但 明天我们把他放在身边 他心爱的儿子理查德 休息直到复活 早晨。克尔·辛西娅医生 理查德和亨利在一起 在世界的这一边。 父亲母亲爱德华弗兰克 另一边是吉尔伯特。 一半的家庭属于 亲爱的老家 塞维利亚的希尔穿着 白袍，其他人半—— 加盟时间不长 那些过去的。他们多么高兴 会去看亨利。为了他 我们不能流一滴眼泪。他 永远与他的主同在 这是他的肉和饮料 为我们的地球服务。他告诉我 曾经他的工作就是他的生命 海蒂认为那是他的肉 喝酒，所以他每天散步 见证。地面已经 他周围的人的灵魂 他在那里播下了种子 现在和将来都有 产生一百倍。 我们的乳房充满了感谢- 神所赐的丰盛 我们这样的兄弟要回馈 给他。满满一粒玉米 成熟。但是对于你的损失 到我们这里到他的工作，谁 可以测量。它是一个 安慰它不会 早在我们都成为 聚集到家。博格斯先生和 亨利将负责 将举行的葬礼 在诺伊斯纪念馆举行 他和贝拉的教堂 建造并交给董事会 天气变了，但是 我们祈祷它可能不会 再下一天雨。我从不 可以忘记一场风暴 5 当克尔博士在 埋葬。明天的葬礼 放在 1 点钟，以便得到 之前从公墓回家 黑暗的。我会尝试出去，但是 这是一条很长的路。如果下雨 不能。 3点刚到 从亨利那里下来看到他 再次。他没有大大 从早上开始就变了。这 房间那么静，风吹过 从打开的窗户进来 安静的卧铺看起来如此 安详。只是躺在 枕头支撑的床 用大花环 在一个短休息室的脚下 我们遇到了他的翻译 他在谁身边的早晨 工作多年，他破产了 彻底倒下，哭了 肆无忌惮。中国人如何 爱他。贝拉没有 昨晚一夜没睡 今天没有看到任何人。一个伟大的 许多人会喜欢 已经上去看到了 亲爱的脸，但 似乎不太好说 关于它的任何事情。我说了吗 明天的服务是 部分使用英语和 部分中国人。博格斯先生和 亨利讲的英文和两位中国的牧师 受过法蒂教育的牧师将 说中文。歌声 将是中文的 《被恩典拯救》除外 一位绅士独唱 我觉得我们必须拥有那个 [无法辨认] 我灵魂的爱人将是 在坟前唱歌。会做 把它寄出去 明天写。不知道 当邮件发送时，您可以 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Illness; Death; Sudden death; Family; Memorials; Grief Description An account of the resource This section of an assigned letter, attributed to Martha, starts on the third page. Martha explains how thankful she is that Henry did not suffer. Nobody had expected him to die so soon--he had just been chosen to be the president of the Medical Mission Society the day before. Martha talks about how he should soon be with his loved ones who have also passed on in China as well as in the United States. The funeral will be held at the Noyes Memorial Church, the one Henry and Bella built. Martha remarks on how the Chinese loved him. The service will be both in English and Chinese. The letter ends on the sixth page. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Aug 24th 1889 My dear Ones at Home We are in the last stages of the disease called at home Spring fever- and you will believe this when I tell you of the only hour I had at command to write home 1/2 of it has been spent in a slate of doing nothing almost. Dr McCandlass is here and is not at all well came last Monday. Olivia is as well as one could expect but by no means able to go back to Hai han a fortnight hence. The Dr feels he must go in three weeks and wants to take her. About an hour ago Dr Kerr proposed to go down himself and let them stay here - until the middle of Dec. This proposition almost took my breath away and I have not much vim left. It does not seem a very safe thing for him to go down into this cholera district in Sept and take on Dr Mc Candlass practise. As for me I should have literally nothing to do as I could not speak hainanese and my work up here would be left undone or looked after by others There we would be away when Henry and his family came I have wanted so much to be here to receive him The Dr and I would be the only ones at the station And not able to speak the language at all would be away about three months. I told my husband I thought the time had come to pray for direction. Truly we live a day at a time. It seems as though we can know in the least what is coming. But God does so we need not worry. Yesterday a Mr & Mrs Furge son from Bammo Birmah were here leaving last night about 10 oclock for Hongkong. It just took up the time I had arranged to give to letter writing as a result no mail for home. This Mrs Furgeson was Miss Newell the daughter of that gentleman who was married to Mrs Fondas sister in Newark when I was there She has changed so much I never should have known her. Her husband does not have good health at his station and they are leaving the mission field, think probably it is as well they should. He came out "not as a missionary but to translate the bible into the language of the KaiChins a people resident in that part of Burmah. Mr Gilman and family are here at Dr Swans Mrs G is not able to sit up. has had Dysentery. Dr Kerr says it will be some time before she will get strong. Henry and Olivia may go to Macao next week or the following one- Unfortunately the Sanitarium was rented the middle of Aug. for two months or more so there is no place for the Hainan people except private houses. Our leper girl put in an appearance this morning. The man to whom she was engaged died and now his friends want to get rid of her and are doing so by forcing her to get married This they are accomplishing by refusing to give her enough to ear poor child how I do pity her. But we can do nothing for her. Well good bye Am so distressed at the way I am doing, but energy seems to have entirely oozed out and so no letters. It must be nice to have the house with a new roof. [u]Dear old home[/u] how I long to [u]see it again[/u]. and the dear ones there. Where er we roam There is no place like home And the old home on the hill is where our hearts all ways turn for rest and comfort -- I do hope we can see it and you before very long- am going to think so I think of you all so much. Nothing but death will ever separate us will it. What a [u]blessing[/u] the family relation is I do not believe there are many families where the bond is so strong as with us. I wonder where Henry is now perhaps when this reaches you he will have left for San Francisco. The missionaries will give him a warm welcome when he returns. Now I must not say more. God bless you all Do not worry or trouble about any thing more than you can help. The [u]Lord[/u] will take care of us all until the end of life and then take us to himself Much love from both of us. Mattie 1889 年 8 月 24 日 我亲爱的在家 我们在最后 这种疾病的阶段称为 在家里春天发烧-和 你会相信这一点 我告诉你唯一的时间 我有命令写 家 1/2 已经花掉了 在无所事事的情况下 几乎。麦坎德拉斯博士是 在这里，一点都不好 上周一来的。奥利维亚 是最好的 期待但绝不可能 回到海涵一个 两周后。博士觉得 他必须在三周内离开 并想带走她。关于 一个小时前，克尔博士提议 自己下去，让 他们留在这里——直到 十二月中旬 这个命题 差点让我屏住呼吸 而且我没有太多的vim 左边。似乎不是很 安全的事情让他下去 进入这个霍乱区 九月和麦克博士较量 坎德拉斯练习。至于我 我应该什么都没有 做我不能说话的事 海南人和我的工作 在这里将被搁置 或由他人照顾 那里 我们会在什么时候离开 亨利和他的家人来了 我想要这么多 来这里接待他 博士和我会 车站里唯一的人 并且不能说话 语言将是 离开大约三个月。 我告诉我丈夫我想 祷告的时候到了 为方向。真的，我们生活在一个 一天一天。好像是 虽然我们可以知道 至少会发生什么。 但是上帝这样做了，我们不需要 担心。昨天弗格先生和夫人 来自 Bammo Birmah 的儿子 昨晚离开这里 香港10点左右。 它只是占用了我的时间 已安排给信 结果写了没有邮件 为家。这位弗格森夫人 纽厄尔小姐是女儿 那个绅士 嫁给了方达夫人的姐姐 我在那里的时候在纽瓦克 她变了很多 我从来不应该知道 她。她的丈夫不 在他的车站身体健康 他们正在离开任务 场，认为可能是 他们应该。他来了 出“不是作为传教士，而是 把圣经翻译成 开钦语 居住在该地区的人 缅甸。吉尔曼先生和 家人在斯旺斯博士 G 夫人坐不起来。 得过痢疾。克尔博士 说会有一段时间 在她变得强大之前。 亨利和奥利维亚可能会去 澳门下周或 下面一个-不幸的是 疗养院是租来的 八月中旬两人 几个月或更长时间，所以没有 海南人的地方 私人住宅除外。我们的 麻风病女孩露面 今天早上。那个男人 她订婚的人死了 现在他的朋友们想要 摆脱她并正在做 所以强迫她结婚 这是他们正在完成的 拒绝给她足够的 听听可怜的孩子我怎么办 可怜她。但我们可以做到 对她来说没什么。不错不错 再见 我很心疼 我正在做的事情，但是能量 似乎已经完全渗出 出去，所以没有字母。它必须 有房子真好 有一个新屋顶。亲爱的老 回家，我多么渴望看到它 再次。和亲爱的 那里。我们在哪里漫游 哪里也不如自己的家 还有那个老房子 山是我们的心 道路转向休息和 安慰——我希望我们能 看到它和你以前很 长久以来-我会这么想 我都这么想你们 很多。除了死亡什么都没有 我们将永远分开 它。何等祝福 家庭关系是我做的 不相信有很多 债券所在的家庭 和我们一样强大。我想知道 亨利现在可能在哪里 当这到达你时，他 将前往圣 弗朗西斯科。传教士 会给他一个温暖的 他回来时欢迎。 现在我不能说 更多的。上帝保佑你们 不要担心或麻烦 关于任何事情 比你能帮上忙。这 主会照顾我们 直到生命的尽头 然后把我们带到他身边 双方的爱 我们。 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Dear Ones at Home, August 24, 1889 Subject The topic of the resource Diseases--Seasonal variations; Cholera; Bible--Versions; Dysentery; Dwellings Description An account of the resource Martha writes home reporting spring fever. Dr. McCandlass and Olivia are ill and will not make it to Hai han; Dr. Kerr offers to go in their stead. Mattie thinks there is a great risk of cholera in this and could not go herself, as she doesn't speak Hainanese. She wishes she could have received Henry as he visited and looks to God to see them through this. The Fergusons are leaving missionary life as Mr. Ferguson is ill, and his original task was to translate the Bible for the KaiChins of Burmah. Henry and Olivia might go to Macao for lack of a sanitarium. Mattie is concerned for a leper whose fiancee died. She suspects Henry must have reached San Francisco by now. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889-08-24 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_813 Bible Chinese language home homesickness illness missionaries translations https://noyesletters.org/files/original/64d97d892c06a8b193a24af873a30cf8.pdf 1b80cb4a9bb45cd0c1c866912452400a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton [?April 1st?] My dear Mary - Hattie wrote you a birth day letter March 30th and I send one Apr 1st so you can strike the average and obtain March 31st. We that is Miss Lewis and myself went to Hong Kong Monday eve - with Hattie and Miss Butler. The Dr could not leave as Dr Wales had gone down to see his wife off to Eng land - so Dr Kerr has his practice on Shamin. But he will return by the steamer to night and we will not be sorry. The Dr has not been well for nearly three weeks but is hard at work. There is no rest for him in Canton. This morning he is on Shamin seeing patients then he goes to the Custom house to see Miss Butlers boxes off to New York . by sailing ship. I came off the str - this morning bringing a guest of the Church Mission from India and found upon arrival the Dr had taken in one of the same Mission in my absence - a physician There were three other gentlemen on board who wanted to come here to break fast and then go out sight seeing for the day but I did not feel I could have them as I know I could not get breakfast for five with out delaying them some. One was a Dr Torrence from Ontario Canida. They will be here later on perhaps to dinner. Well we took Hattie down - and went off to the "Coloma" yesterday afternoon. It is a little gem of a ship every thing kist as cozy as possible only two other passengers a mother and daughter. 4 ladies in all. So quiet and lovely. They seemed [u]so[/u] happy in the prospect of having 6 weeks of quiet rest There are no uncomfortable odors about a sailing ship and one is not half so like ly to be sea sick. I told the Capt he might come back after me next year Dr Kerr and I. But we do not know of course what will be by that time - only I am sure the Dr will be obliged to rest. We can not hear from them for 3 months at least. It will seems such a long time If the Dr had been well and with us we would so have like to remain until they sailed. But it does seem as though the trip will do them both good. It was expected they would have this morning at day light - and we were coming back on the evening str. [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] but if we go home a year hence it will not be long. Now God bless you my dear Mary now you must write me every thing I have no one to borrow from. We will try and write by every mail Is it 37 or 38 - our Mary is - I think 38. With love to all Sister Mattie 广东4月1日 我亲爱的玛丽—— 海蒂给你写信 三月的生日信 30 号和我发送一个四月 第一，这样你就可以罢工 平均并获得三月 31 日。我们是刘易斯小姐 我自己去了香港 香港星期一前夕 - 与 海蒂和巴特勒小姐。 博士不能离开 威尔士医生倒下了 送他的妻子去英国 - 所以克尔博士有他的 练习沙面。 但他会回来 蒸笼到晚上和 我们不会后悔的。这 博士一直不太好 近三周，但 努力工作。没有 在广州为他安息。 今天早上他在 沙民看病 然后他去了海关 去看巴特勒斯小姐 包厢去纽约。 通过帆船。我来了 离开海峡 - 今天早上 带来一位客人 来自印度的教会使命 并在抵达时发现 博士接受了一个 在同一使命 我的缺席 - 医生 还有另外三个 船上的先生们 想来这里休息 快然后出去 看到一天，但我 不觉得我可以 他们，我知道我不能 吃五份早餐 出去耽误他们一些。 一个是托伦斯博士 来自加拿大安大略省。 他们稍后会在这里 也许去吃饭。那么我们 把海蒂拉下来——然后 去了“科洛马” 昨天下午。它是一个 每艘船的小宝石 尽可能舒适的东西 只有另外两名乘客 一个母亲和一个女儿。 4 女士们。如此安静和 迷人的。他们看起来如此 快乐的前景 安静休息 6 周 没有不舒服 关于帆船的气味 一个人患晕船的可能性不大。我告诉 他可能会来的船长 明年回来找我 克尔博士和我。但我们有 当然不知道是什么 到那时 - 只有 我相信医生会 必须休息。我们可以 没有收到他们的消息 至少3个月。它会 好像很久了 如果博士过得很好 和我们一起，我们会 喜欢留下 直到他们航行。但它 好像这次旅行 对他们都有好处。它 预计他们会 今天早上在一天 光 - 我们来了 回到晚上海峡。 [注：信在第一页结束] 但是如果我们回家一年之后就不会了 长。现在上帝保佑你，我亲爱的玛丽 现在你必须 给我写信 我没有的东西 一个借 从。我们将 试着写 通过每封邮件 是37还是 38 - 我们的玛丽 是 - 我认为 38.带着爱 对所有人 姐姐 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Mary, April 1 Subject The topic of the resource Travel; Birthdays; Aging; Boats; Customhouses; Missionaries; Health Description An account of the resource Martha writes this letter to wish Mary a happy birthday. She also tells her sister about her trip to Hong Kong and Dr. Kerr's practice in Shamin. Mattie is hosting a missionary from the Church Mission from India. She describes a ship they visited yesterday and mentions that Dr. Kerr is not feeling very well. Lastly, Mattie cannot recall whether Mary is turning 37 or 38. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/01 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_721 birthdays boats medical missionaries travel https://noyesletters.org/files/original/94028b1a611a44ae8bdb392204a4cd83.pdf 33208928ee6c84811948f70d0f82cbd6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document but the weather is cooler and it will not be so hard for the Drs. It has been a long weary summer. I suppose there will still be hot weather but the nights will be cool. You write of the Ohio Church Choir Co. It does seem strange that the [?Porter?] family are out on such a tour. Is it good work for [?Medivin?]? - Should think it would make him nervous. Wish Mr Notestine was stronger but it he will be careful perhaps he can get on though we fear for him. Your letters were the bearers of sad news indeed. I can not realize that Mrs Kuder is gone. What an awful shock to [--March--] Marcia and indeed all of them. [?How?] she toiled for them all during her lifetime and how suddenly she was taken. How many of our friends are safe at home It must have been a com fort for them to have had you with them. We know how the heartaches when loved ones are taken I scarcely see how Clara was able to control her feelings so she could play at the funeral The girls would be so glad for all that you could do for them - I remember our visit there so well Marcia got dinner and Mrs Kuder said she might get just what she wanted to. Mr Kuder will be so lonely It was so nice Father could go up and see them - Do give them my warmest sympathy. I remember how kind Mrs Kuder was to me the first summer I taught school - how I used to follow her about go out with her when she milked and how many good laughs we had together. If we should live to come home again how changed everything would be Each decade makes them more numerous. But it is a joy to think how many are there to welcome us when our turn shall come How surprised Mrs Kuder must have been to have found herself in heaven. The Dr says she could not have realized anything she went in the [?twinkling] of an eye. So the one who goes this must be a blessing but it is such a shock to those that remain. The other day the Dr was resting and a note came down form the other end saying Will some one sign this [illegible] so I may know the men have carried this dying woman down to the hospital. Found her on the street and did not know what else to do with her - signed Mary Fulton. I went out and found a most wretched being lying on an old board - the body covered with rags and dirt. The coolies were most impatient to get rid of their burden and would hardly stay until she could be carried into the chapel. I had clean bed boards taken out of the hospital for her to be put on and closed the blinds of the chapel so the sun should not disturb her. She looked at me so wonderingly. Called the medical students and told them to bring her some [illegible]. She was too sick to be talked to. But when I came in it seemed as though every bit of strength had gone out of me. Oh the [u]dread- ful[/u] sights [illegible] everybody of our lives. Sometimes it does seems as if we could scarcely endure it. How little I know of this hospital until I came into it. Must stop - was [u]so sorry[/u] Clara did not leave that lovely [u]trip[/u] - perhaps it will come in the future. [Note: Missing a page?] it seems he went to the coun- try without sending McCloy word. The result was that Henry without a moments warn ing had to go into the pulpit and give them a sermon. He took his "[?Tekel?]" and preached so well. Miss Wisner who has never heard him before said after the service "My cant Mr Noyes preach" - Mr Wisner suggested they appoint him pastor. I am rather glad it came so for now he will not have to prepare a discourse. Miss Lewis is looking for Miss Butler this week although Miss B. has not written any thing about coming. Miss Sophia may be on the next steamer from San Francisco. Mrs Henry says she means to take her for a little while at first so she will not feel the shock of the change so much. It is so still over the other side - the parlor is not lighted at night nor used at all scarcely that we all fear she will get lonely. Mrs Graves says it does not seem like the same place since Hattie went away and I came over here. If Miss Butler were only better I know it would seem different. Miss Lewis is expecting to go to California next year leave when school closes and come back before it opens again so if Hattie comes back ^that way she will probably have her for company. Miss Whiden may return but it is still and undecided question Well the conference is a thing of the past. Mrs Swan was taken with fever the day she began to prepare for it so it ended in Dr Swan and I looking after it. It really cost me more effort than our own did. This is the third conference I have had to do with since my arrival 18 months ago so I presume we will not have our turn again right away. There were about 40 present the Consul-deputy Commissioner of Customs and wife - Dr & Mrs Wales - Mr & Mrs Williams and Mr Nye beside the missionaries Henry is to have the next paper. There has been trouble again at Hai Nan and Mrs Gillman and Child are again in Macao The missionaries are trying to take possession of the land they have leased and it does not suit the power that be to allow them to do it But they have three pretty determined men there who will not give up very easily The man who leased them the ground is in prison and there has been every endeavor to arrest the two private teachers of the Missionaries But I hear this morning they have reached Macao in safety. Dr McCandliss says it is a great relief now that Mrs G and these teachers are gone - Dr Niles and Miss Baird are now in the country will probab- ly be back in another week - Mr[?s?] Fulton has gone again with a native preacher and Dr as helpers. Dr Fulton is down with Asthma. She has charge of [?9?] dispensaries but they will have to miss attention this week. It is not safe for her to open a great deal of work- as she is not strong. Dr Thomson and family come up this week to go into the country for 3 or 4 weeks- Will go down to Yeung Kong I suppose Oscar has been quite ill but is now better. The hospital is full of patients and there are hosts of operations to be done 但天气转凉 不会那么难 博士。已经很久了 疲惫的夏天。我想那里 仍然会是炎热的天气，但 夜晚会很凉爽。你 写俄亥俄州教堂合唱团 这似乎很奇怪 波特一家出去了 这样的旅行。是好工作吗 麦地那？ - 应该认为会 让他紧张。祝先生 Notestine 更强大，但它 他会小心的，也许他 可以继续，尽管我们害怕 他。你的信是 确实带来了不幸的消息。 我无法意识到夫人 库德走了。多么可怕 震惊玛西娅和 确实是所有人。她怎么 在她期间为他们辛勤劳作 一生，多么突然 她被带走了。有多少 我们的朋友在家很安全 应该是com 他们拥有的堡垒 你和他们。我们知道如何 亲人时的心痛 被带走我几乎看不出来 克拉拉能够控制她 感情，所以她可以玩 女孩们的葬礼 很高兴你能做的一切 为他们做 - 我记得我们的访问 那里很好，玛西娅吃晚饭了 库德夫人说她可能 得到她想要的。 库德先生会很孤独 父亲可以去真是太好了 起来看看他们—— 给他们我最温暖的 同情。我记得多么亲切 库德夫人对我来说是第一个 夏天我教学校 - 如何 我曾经关注过她 她挤奶的时候和她出去 我们有多少欢笑 一起过。如果我们应该活着 再次回家如何 改变了一切 每十年让他们更多 很多的。但是想想就很开心 有多少人欢迎 轮到我们的时候 库德夫人多么惊讶 必须有 发现自己在天堂。 医生说她不能 她已经意识到了什么 转眼间就去了 眼睛。所以去的人 这一定是福气 但令人震惊的是 剩下的那些。 前几天医生在 休息和一个便条来了 从另一端下来说 有人会签这个吗 [无法辨认] 所以我可能认识这些人 带着这个垂死的女人 下到医院。成立 她在街上，不知道 她还能做什么 - 签了字 玛丽·富尔顿。我出去发现 一个最可怜的人躺在 旧板——身上覆盖着 破布和污垢。苦力是 最急于摆脱他们的 负担，几乎不会留下 直到她可以被抬进 教堂。我拿了干净的床板 出院让她被安置 打开并关闭百叶窗 教堂所以太阳不应该 打扰她。她这样看着我 奇怪地。叫医 学生并告诉他们把她带来 一些[难以辨认]。她病得太重了 被交谈。但是当我进来的时候 仿佛每一点力量 已经离开我了。哦，可怕的景象[难以辨认]我们每个人 生活。有时它看起来好像 我们几乎无法忍受。 我对这家医院知之甚少 直到我进入它。必须停下来—— 很抱歉克拉拉没有离开那个 可爱的旅行-也许它会进来 未来。 [注意：缺少一页？] 看来他没有派麦克洛伊去乡下 单词。结果是 亨利没有片刻警告 ing不得不进入讲坛 并给他们讲道。他 拿着他的“Tekel”并传教 那么好。威斯纳小姐是谁 以前从没听过他 服务后说“我不能 诺伊斯先生布道”——威斯纳先生 建议他们任命他 牧师。我很高兴 现在来了，他不会 必须准备演讲。 刘易斯小姐正在寻找 本周巴特勒小姐虽然 B小姐没有写任何东西 关于来。索菲亚小姐 可能在下一个蒸笼上 来自旧金山。亨利夫人 说她的意思是带走她 一开始有一段时间 所以她不会感到震惊 变化如此之大。就是这样 仍然在另一边- 客厅晚上不亮 也几乎没有使用我们 都怕她会寂寞。太太 格雷夫斯说看起来不像 自从海蒂之后的同一个地方 走了，我过来了 这里。如果巴特勒小姐只是 更好的是我知道这似乎 不同的。刘易斯小姐期待着 明年去加州 放学时离开 在它再次打开之前回来 所以如果海蒂以这种方式回来，她会 可能有她陪伴。 怀登小姐可能会回来，但它 仍然是未定的问题 好吧，会议是一回事 过去的。天鹅夫人被带走了 她开始发烧的那天 为它做准备所以它结束了 在斯旺博士和我照顾 它。这真的让我付出了更多的努力 比我们自己的。这是 我不得不参加的第三次会议 自从我到达 18 几个月前，所以我想我们会 不能再轮到我们了 离开。大约有 40 人出席 领事副专员 海关和妻子 - Dr & Mrs 威尔士 - 威廉姆斯夫妇和 奈先生在传教士旁边 亨利将拥有下一个 纸。遇到了麻烦 再次在海南和吉尔曼夫人 和孩子又来澳门了 传教士正试图 占有他们的土地 已租用，但没有 适合的权力 允许 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter, n. d. Subject The topic of the resource Death; Teaching; Heaven; Hospitals; Medical students; Travel; Women missionaries; Schools; Weather; Culture shock; Preaching; Leases; Asthma; Consuls; Customs duties; Christian converts Description An account of the resource This seems to be a section of a letter written by Martha. Mrs. Kuder died rather suddenly, so the writer remembers that when she first started teaching Mrs. Kuder was always around. Then, the author describes an episode of a woman who was found nearly dead and was taken into the chapel and then to the hospital, where she was assisted by medical students. Some missionaries praised Henry's preaching and Miss Weisner thinks that he should be appointed as pastor. Miss Sophia will come to China and Mrs. Henry will help her transition to this new culture. They had a conference recently, where the Consul-deputy commissioner of customs was present. The writer mentions that there has been trouble with some missionaries that leased some land from a man who is in prison. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n. d. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China Nov. 9th /74 Dear Sarah Here it is mail again and no letters for America yet Well letters written in such a hurry are not worth much but perhaps it will be better than nothing Here it is the middle of Nov. almost and Hattie is going about with a thin Victoria Lawn {white} dress on which is just the thing for the state of the weather. I suppose you are again safe at work in the Deaf & Dumb Inst. at C. How I wish I might see you for a few min- utes do not believe I would an- swer for a deaf & dumb pupil very well. I got such a nice letter from Carrie Yeasley, by the last mail. Please thank her for it and tell her I will try and answer it soon. She tells me the old corps of teachers or rather the corps of old [Written vertically on the second page] have had a hard time getting into their chong {bed} on a certain night there in the house on the hill. I will tell you right here that cousin Henry is sending us the Harpers Weekly and we take consiterable pleasure in the pictures if we are missionaries. I see the ladies occupy less space generally speaking than when I left America. Hattie is writing to you at this present minute and from the looks of her min man {face} I imagine you will find something funny in the letter. I am very glad that Clara and Mary can be in Wooster this Winter and I can not but confess I am glad Em did not become Assistant in that Grammar school. It seems as if now she has an education it would be better for her to use it if she teaches at all. I do want the girls to be comfortable at W, and use what is necessary to make them so. Em's performance is grand isn't it? I really feel very rich in my sisters each one especially near in some especial way. The girls in the school are just now having prayers and it is so pleasant to hear them as they sing Jesus lover of my Soul. More than half of all who have as yet been connected with the school are christians and I think many of our schools at home might take lessons of them in Christian deportment At our last Communion one teachers whom I left are still in the service I imagine you in that front room with Miss Shrom and do hope your work will be so that you can have some time for rest reading &c &c this year. Sarah whatever else you do do not fail to take exercise I always feel reproved whenever I think of the way you served for me the summer I was there, if I had know as much as I do now these Chinese women some of them would have had an opportunity of doing some of that stitching I am so glad you have such a nice room mate and so very much ashamed that I have never written to her, but it is not that I have forgotten her. Hattie's going home has a sort of pushing effect upon us in the study of the language I know and we can not bear to use any time we can give to that to other purposes. If there was any spot on Earth where the gift of tongues was to be received I think I should be there to beg for a portion of the blessing. The study is pleasant only it will take so much time before one can do much. We are daily expecting Henry who left Shanghai for Canton last Wednesday. He may stop in Hong Kong and wait for Dr Ellin- wood who comes down two days later in which case he will not be here before next Thursday. His throat is better though not yet well but I think the trip will be a great benefit to him. We anticipate much pleasure from seeing Dr and Mrs Ellinwood. While they are here we hope to have all the missionaries at our house to meet them. To morrow Miss Shaw leaves for Japan and I presume she will be gone several months. Her health is very poor and we are afraid she may have to go home for medical treatment but hope not. I do not know how we should get along without dear good Miss Shaw. She is one of the excellent of the Earth. Mary writes you have had a nice time at home this summer. I think somebody on a certain night must [written vertically on the first page] of my Sabbath School class joined the church and another is much interested. One of the women and another dear little [--gir--] pupil also [wanted] besides 6 others [--mal--] persons making nine in all. We are greatly blessed in this school and we can buy rejoice everyday that we are allowed to be connected with it. Our com- munion service occured on the first of Nov just one year from the day we left San Francisco and I was so happy to be able to welcome one of my own dear class as she put on Christ. I never saw any one so evidently taught of the Spirit [Written vertically on the next page] Well must say good night. Do please give my love to Aunt cousin & family the teachers matrons and pupils that I know How nice it is that we are all employed in gathering souls for the Master, and you know I feel you are just as much a missionary as any of us, we are all laboring for those who need to be taught the way to heaven. Will it not be a happy time when we all get safely home to heaven with those whom we trust God will give us as seals of our ministry. Oh Sarah I often wonder that I am not more devoted to Christ but my heart of sin is always leading my astray It is a comfort to know God knows all our weakness just how sinful we are and his grace can be sufficient to save us Good night darling sister, may Jesus be very near you every day to help you, is the prayer of one who loves you very dearly. Mattie 中国广东 11 月 9 日 /74 亲爱的莎拉 这里又是邮件 还没有给美国的信 写在这样的好信 快点不值钱，但是 也许会比 没有 这里是中间 十一月几乎和海蒂是 与瘦弱的维多利亚相处 白色连衣裙 只是状态的东西 天气。我想你 在工作中再次安全 C. Deaf & Dumb Institute at C. 我多么希望 我可能会见你几分钟不相信我会回答聋哑学生 很好。我有这么好的 嘉莉·耶斯利的来信， 通过最后一封邮件。请感谢 她为此并告诉她我会的 试着尽快回答。 她告诉我老兵团 老师或者更确切地说是旧的军团 [垂直写在第二页] 很难在某个特定时间上床睡觉 晚上在山上的房子里。我会告诉你正确的 亨利表弟在这里寄给我们哈珀斯周刊和 如果我们是，我们会对这些照片感到相当高兴 传教士。我看到女士们通常占用更少的空间 比我离开美国的时候说话。海蒂在写 此刻给你，从她的表情来看 min man {face} 我想你会找到一些东西 信中很有趣。我很高兴克拉拉和玛丽 今年冬天可以在伍斯特，我不得不承认我 很高兴 Em 没有成为那个语法的助手 学校。似乎现在她接受了教育 如果她教的话，最好让她使用它。我确实想要 女孩们在 W 感到舒适，并使用必要的东西 使他们如此。 Em的表演很精彩不是吗？ 我真的觉得我的姐妹们都很有钱，尤其是 以某种特殊的方式靠近。学校里的女生是 刚刚祈祷，很高兴听到他们 当他们唱我灵魂的耶稣情人时。超过一半的人 与学校有联系的基督徒和 我认为我们国内的许多学校可能会学习 他们在我们的最后一次圣餐中的基督徒举止 我离开的老师还在 我想象中的服务 施罗姆小姐的前厅 并希望你的工作会 这样你就可以有一些 休息时间等等 年。莎拉随便你 不要不锻炼 每次我都觉得被责备 我想到了你服务的方式 我在那里的那个夏天，如果我 我知道的和我现在一样多 这些中国女人中的一些 本来有机会的 做一些缝合 我很高兴你有这样的 一个很好的室友，非常 很惭愧我从来没有 写给她，但事实并非如此 我已经忘记了她。海蒂的 回家有一种推动力 对我们研究的影响 我知道的语言，我们不能 我们可以给予的任何时间都可以使用 到其他目的。如果有 是地球上的任何一个地方 要接受方言的恩赐 我想我应该在那里乞求 为祝福的一部分。 学习是愉快的，只有它会 花了这么多时间才可以 做很多。我们每天都在期待 亨利离开上海前往广州 上周三。他可能会停下来 香港，等待两天下来的埃林伍德医生 以后在这种情况下，他不会 下周四之前到这里。他的 喉咙好些了，虽然还不是很好 但我认为这次旅行会很棒 给他带来好处。我们预计 很高兴见到博士和 艾林伍德夫人。当他们在这里 我们希望有所有的传教士 在我们家见他们。 明天肖小姐动身去 日本，我想她会 走了几个月。她的健康是 很穷，我们害怕她 可能不得不回家就医 治疗但希望不要。我不知道 我们应该如何相处 亲爱的肖小姐。她是一个 地球上的优秀。玛丽 写道你玩得很开心 今年夏天在家。我认为 某个晚上的某个人必须 [第一页竖着写] 我的安息日学班的一名学生加入了教会，另外一名 很感兴趣。一个女人和另一个可爱的小宝贝 除了 6 个人之外，学生还想要 9 人 全部。我们非常 在这所学校有幸 我们可以买 天天开心 我们被允许 要连接 用它。我们的圣餐服务 发生在 十一月初一 一年从 我们离开的那天 旧金山和 我很高兴 能够欢迎 我自己的一个 像她一样亲爱的班级 穿上基督。 我从来没见过 一个如此明显 教的 精神 [在下一页垂直书写] 好吧，必须说晚安。请把我的爱献给阿姨 表妹和家人我认识的老师和学生 我们都被用来聚集灵魂真是太好了 为了大师，你知道我觉得你也一样 作为我们任何人的传教士，我们都在为那些 需要教导通往天堂的道路。会不会很幸福 当我们都和那些人一起安全回到天堂的时候 我们相信上帝会赐给我们作为我们事工的印记。 哦，莎拉，我经常想知道我没有更专注于基督， 但我的罪恶之心总是使我误入歧途 知道上帝知道我们所有的弱点如何 我们是有罪的，他的恩典足以拯救我们 晚安亲爱的姐妹，愿耶稣在你身边 帮助你的一天，是一个非常爱你的人的祈祷 亲爱的。 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Sarah, November 9, 1874 Subject The topic of the resource Future life; Ellinwood, Frank F. (Frank Field), 1826-1908; Christian education of people with disabilities; Faith and reason--Christianity Description An account of the resource Mattie writes to her sister Sarah about the position Sarah is taking up at the Deaf & Dumb Institute again and sends her well wishes to her roommate. Martha includes updates on what the rest of the family is doing in Canton. With Harriet leaving soon, Martha has spent more time studying Chinese. She is very pleased with the school, has a strong faith in God, and awaits the days when the family is united in Heaven. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-11-09 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (b) (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_744 Chinese language communion deaf education study https://noyesletters.org/files/original/e7a501351ee707e47ad4fb7d9c0c7d05.pdf b4cdcc8d9949137f6aca2e0ba3ee7791 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document If I have made any mistake he corrects it so I can be sure I am right. It is very hard to say what you mean always. Now if I say shun in a high tone it means a person's body, but in a low tone it means God. Then I can pronounce Shi so it will mean book or tree hot weather a cottage in fact 30 different things and yet I say Shi every time. But my little girls are generally very attentive, and can already tell me a great deal about how Christ came into the world to save sinners. Besides this story we talk about, I give them a verse each Sunday which they learn, then the next time they come I hear them say it. Now I must tell you that not one of these 6 little girls has ever missed of having her verse perfectly which I think is very nice indeed. I will put one of these verses into this letter so you can see what they look like. I am sure some of those bright little eyes in your school would like to look at it You see it is on red paper The Chinese think red is the nicest of all colors so have our verses written on red paper to please them better Now I begin at the character marked 1 to read and go right down the straight line to 5 then from 6 to 10. you see we do not read straight across the page as you do. This is the passage "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" but in Chinese this is what it says. "You fight the devil then he leave you" We have just had the pictures of the smallest class in Hattie's school taken and my class is all there but one so I think I must send the photo and let you see them Those standing with Afung in the left hand corner are the ones I call my girls. Atsit the one standing and holding a book is always ready to tell me if she does not understand what I am saying, so if I get through the lesson without her once saying "I do not understand your words" I feel quite happy Achan the next one says she is very anxious to learn [u] soon [/u] about Christ so she can love him. Only think she never heard any thing about Jesus until this sum- mer. She is a very dear little girl and I feel sure Christ will help her to become a Christian The next two are sisters from the country. When they asked to come to the school {Boarding school} it was so full Hattie did not know how she could have them but we are very glad they are here Afung is a very smart child. The Sabbath School in Wayne give the money to buy her food and clothes. The next little one is the scholar you support. Of course I think a great deal of her. You see she has little feet as have 5 of the others and she often suffers much pain but her Mother wants her to be a lady so of course she can not let her feet grow large When I hear lessons in the boarding school she often fans me during the whole afternoon We think little Akin is already one of Jesus' own children and we hope all these pupils will soon love the Saviour. You would not think the youngest one in the picture was 12 years old but she is, and the oldest 14. Well I must not write any more or I fear some of the little boys or girls will think this long letter will never come to an end. I hope you are having a nice school this summer, and that every one tries to be there every Sunday. I did not tell you we have about 50 in our Sunday School. I think of you very often just how all the different classes looked last summer when I was at home and I hope you will sometimes think of us and pray for these dear little ones who have had no one to teach them about God. I often think I [Continued vertically on the first page] would give almost anything to see the class I had last Summer once more May God bless them all wherever they go and in whatever they engage. And may every scholar love Jesus so if we never meet on earth we shall see each other in heaven Your loving Friend Mattie Noyes Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of a letter from Martha Subject The topic of the resource Christian education of girls; Church schools; Language transfer (Language learning) Description An account of the resource In this letter, Mattie writes about the difficulty she has with the language and how the school children ask her to repeat herself when she makes mistakes. She tells the reader about the young girls at her school and sends a picture with a detailed description. She is very hopeful that they will be saved through Christ. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections,<a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_728 Chinese characters Christianity converts foot binding girl students photographs proselytizing teachers women missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/2c29fb3c333bb50e9e739bece331bd68.pdf a756d55b2a1dbeae5c26511ecfa52a18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Note: &c transcribed as etc] Over there in one of the boats is a lad of perhaps 14 years taking a partial bath. Things here are not always done in a corner and there is a boy with two bird cages and the little birds are singing beautifully I do believe I will have to have a bird sometime A nice looking Sin Shang now marches by carrying a fan. When these fans are not in use they put them in the neck of their shams and you almost in- variably see them with this article in the hand blowing away furious- ly or else sticking out at the back of the neck of the sham. This like the stockings and shoes seems to be a passport to respectability These respectable people always wear a close fitting skull cap either of blue [--sik--] silk bound with black or black bound with black satin. I saw one of the officials out the other day in a chair wearing a sham made of material like Mother's satin dress with large sleeve lined with most beautiful blue satin I do think he had the most beautiful hands I ever saw on a human being Perhaps I have already written about him Look at that man leading his little girl by the cue she does not seem to fancy it much and now that he sees me he laughs and seems to keep on in his bad ways Lillie and Miss Shaw just passed on their way to Shawmin and game me an invitation to ac- company them but I begged to be excused To tell the truth I never see the time when I am particularly anxious to promenade up and down the [illegible] and we use various ex- pedients to escape the necessity each as playing blind[--s--]man's buff Quoits etc What has that man got I am sure I do not know something that looks like our straw mats for the table, only many times bigger and there goes a boat rowed by a poor miserable looking woman filled with onions I should say Here comes that man back again with the mats and they prove to be most enormious palm leaf fans .I do think I have seen them 5 times as large as those we have at home If you look across on shawmin you will see some nice looking celestials They do not allow any of the common trash over there but I am sure I would not change places with any of those foreigners There comes a chair but it is so shut up that no [u]one[/u] could possibly tell who was there in There one of the boat women is washing the dishes, I expect she has had her rice and now propose to do up the work. This canal is the most convenient article I ever saw they dip up water to cook with [--get out--] and lean over the side of their boats wash dishes clothes hands babies any every thing. Their dish pan is always ready for any occasion Of course some people might feel an objection to drinking their tea and etc but if they think it is all right whose business is it to ob- ject There go five little ponies over on sha[--w--]min each led by its groom and there behind the last one is a big nice newfoundland dog Oh dear the ponies are little insignificant things but I do wish I could borrow that dog for a little while. If I stand here a little while longer I expect I will see some of the mis- tresses of the mansions on the island out taking an [illegible] on some of those self same horses. Dear dear what a racket these children out here are making their tongues run like [--a--] windmills. If I could rent one of those tongues it would save me some work There goes a man with a basket of Chinese [u]cakes[/u] but I have no wish to interfere with his peac[--e--]able possession of them Well I must stop now as it is team time and I must stop for this time - as I am not ready for our evening call. It looks like rain so we will go in the boat. Our boatman is sitting out on one end of it smoking and looking the personifica tion of comfort-- There is the bell good night Your loving Mattie Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of a letter from Martha Subject The topic of the resource Fashion; Visitors, Foreign; Rivers; Horses Description An account of the resource Mattie writes from aboard a boat and describes all the things happening around her. She notices that respectable people seem to be wearing silk skull caps that are either blue or black. She sees a boat being rowed by women with onions. Mattie remarks that she would not change places with any foreigners. She notices people using the river for everything from cooking and dishes to washing bodies. Mattie also mentions the animals on board with her. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_727 animals boats clothing fabric sightseeing https://noyesletters.org/files/original/310552a4ee7e966a043d4bea323dac22.pdf ce8370b0380ba7aee78f7b6a14ca6272 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China Aug 10th /74 To the dear scholars of the Seville S.S. I have thought very many times since coming to China how much I should like to write you a letter. The good old steamer goes away to morrow, and I think I must not fail to send one this time. Perhaps you would like to hear a little about our Sabbath School in Canton. I will try and tell you how we do here on Sabbath morning At 10 A.M. Hattie rings a little bell and all the women and girls from the Boarding School which is just behind our house, come into our large front hall ready for her to take them over to the Chapel which is quite near. They look as bright and happy as possible, with their nicely combed hair, neat blue [?shawms?], and testaments care- fully wrapped up in their handkerchiefs so they may not get soiled Henry does not go with us. It would never do to have men in the school with the women, and girls, they would think that very improper indeed You must not imagine our chapel is at all like the nice Church you have, for that would be a great mistake. It is a room in an old house where Dr Happer used to live, and we go quite around to the back of the building and walk in at a door just about wide enough for [u] one [/u] to go in at a time Then we must walk through [u] two [/u] dark passages, before we reach the sabbath school room The floor is made of red tiles, which look exactly like the large red brick we see in our hearths at home. We sit on benches with high backs these seats have been painted a dark slate color. Right through the middle of the room from the pulpit to the door is a line of what you would think were black- boards were you to see them. I think I hear some little boy or girl say what can those be for? Well this is the room where Dr Happer preaches every Sabbath. Men and women both come to church but if they had to sit where they could see each other the women would not come for there is nothing they dislike more than to have men looking at them. After the Dr gets through his sermon the women sit down and wait un- til the men have passed out and then they go out by themselves At one end of the room is a small platform on which stands a table and behind this table two chairs where Henry and the Dr sit during our Sabbath meetings. The windows are so far above our heads that we can never look out and this makes it seem rather dark, and gloomy, but it is better so far if they were low the Chinese would be always looking in and disturbing us when we had our meetings Well this is where we have our School. Hattie is our Supt. and we always begin our exercises by singing some pretty hymn Hattie plays on one of the tiniest little melodeons I ever saw. It looks precisely like a little box and has to be put on a stool to make it high enough for her to use We sing Happy Land, Jesus loves Me, and many other songs you know only the words are Chinese. Now Miss Lucy and I have not learned all these strange words yet, but we sing those we do know, and slip over the others as well as we can. Then come the lessons I began teaching a class last May and already love my little girls very much. Now I can not talk much yet but I have been reading a book of stories about the life of Christ and so we have one of those stories every Sabbath. I study my lesson during the week with my teacher and I ask him the questions I give them 中国广东 8 月 10 日 /74 致塞维利亚主日学校亲爱的学者们 我想过很多 来中国后的几次 我想写多少 你一封信。好旧的 轮船明天出发， 我想我一定不能失败 这次寄一份。也许 你想听一点 关于我们的安息日学 广州。我会试着告诉你 我们如何在安息日在这里 上午 10 点海蒂 敲响了一个小铃铛和所有的 来自世界各地的妇女和女孩 寄宿学校 在我们家后面，进入 我们的大前厅准备好了 她把他们带到 教堂很近。 它们看起来一样明亮 尽可能快乐，与他们 梳得漂亮的头发，干净的蓝色 肖姆斯和遗嘱被小心地包裹在他们的 手帕，所以他们可能不会 弄脏亨利不去 我们。永远不会有 学校里的男人 妇女和女孩，她们会 觉得确实很不妥 你不能想象我们的 小教堂一点也不像 你有教会，因为那会 是一个很大的错误。这是一个房间 在哈珀医生所在的一座老房子里 以前住过，我们去 绕到建筑物的后面 然后走进一扇门 足够宽，可以进去 有时间然后我们必须走路 穿过两条黑暗的通道，之前 我们到了安息日学室 地板是用红瓦铺成的， 看起来完全像 我们看到的大红砖 家里的壁炉。我们坐在长凳上 这些座椅靠背高 被漆成黑色的石板 颜色。正好穿过中间 从讲坛看房间 到门口是什么线 你会认为是黑色的- 板是你看到他们。 我想我听到了一些小男孩的声音 或者女孩说那些会是什么 为了？嗯，这就是房间 哈珀医生在这里宣讲每一个 安息日。男女双方 来教堂，但如果他们有 坐在他们可以看到每个人的地方 其他女人不会 来吧，他们什么都没有 不喜欢男人 看着他们。医生之后 通过他的讲道 女人坐下来等男人昏倒 然后他们自己出去 房间的一端是一个 站立的小平台 一张桌子和这张桌子后面两个 亨利和博士坐的椅子 在我们的安息日聚会中。 窗户在上面那么远 我们的头脑，我们永远无法 小心，这使它成为 显得相当阴暗，阴沉， 但到目前为止，如果他们更好 中国人会很低 总是看着和打扰 我们开会的时候 好吧，这就是我们拥有的地方 学校。海蒂是我们的副手。和 我们总是通过以下方式开始练习 唱一些漂亮的赞美诗 海蒂在最小的之一上玩耍 我见过的小旋律。它看起来 就像一个小盒子，有 放在凳子上做 足够高让她使用 我们唱快乐的土地，耶稣爱 我，还有很多你知道的歌 只有单词是中文的。现在 露西小姐和我还没学会 所有这些奇怪的词，但是 我们唱那些我们知道的，并且 像我们一样滑过其他人 能够。然后来上课 我最后开始教课 可能已经爱上了我的小宝贝 女孩们非常喜欢。我现在不可以 话不多，但我一直 读一本关于 基督的生命，所以我们有一个 每个安息日的那些故事。 我在上课期间学习我的课 和老师在一起的一周，我问 我给他们的问题 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unsigned Letter to the Seville School, August 10, 1874 Subject The topic of the resource Schedules, School; Christian education of girls Description An account of the resource This letter, probably written by Mattie, is unfinished. In the beginning pages, she describes a day at the boarding school her and Hattie run. She mentions the separation of men and women and the attitudes and behaviors of some of the little girls. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-08-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_726 girl students interior design school singing students women missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/a64dfffa1ceaced2c6cfa4ec478f02fb.pdf 7dfecf5ea3ee41cb82e83d90fe9ea9d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My dear sister Your birth day and how old is it. 42 if I am not mistaken How the years do fly. I remember when you were a little tot only a few days old. I came home from school and ran into the parlor to get a glimpse of the wee stranger. Mother had you in her arms and was sitting in the rocking chair. I suspect in those days they were glad to have the six year old off at school 6 hours in the day. Your coming was descanted upon by that same six year old the morning after you [Note: Additional note written sideways on page two] "while there is life there is hope" arrival. I remember telling [--her--] Adaline [?Nye?] that Mother woke up and found you on her arm and some how or other the angels had put you there. We have 42 years since then and it was a blessing to us all when our Em came among us. I think of you now as occupying the seat at table that I have so often felt some time perhaps you would occupy and try to think how it seems. It came over me with such a rush of feeling yesterday of the mess it would be if we ever went home not to find little Mother there. I had such a vivid dream of her the other night Thought Father Mother and Hattie were coming out here I met them some where en route and saw Mother first Began to talk with her. We had talked quite a while when I thought. I have not seen Father yet but I must not have mother a moment lest she should vanish. I can see Father bye and bye. The only thing I remem ber asking her was whether I seemed changed and she replied "yes you are married now and do not seem the same". It distressed me so and I thought I would ask Hattie if I seemed changed to her. I told Mother I felt just as I did before. We saw Dr Swan when we reached her and I called out My father and Mother are here before yours 84 and 76, and then awoke. Mother looked so natural I wished so much I could have recollected more she said. But was it not strange to feel while talking to her that she might vanish suddenly. Oh how like like she was. I do feel so glad for the dream. Her death has shown me more vividly than I ever realized how much we really do love one another and how precious we are to each other. Our family it seems to me are different in that respect from the large majority of families and I know the Dr feels so. We have every thing to be thankful for that dear little Mother went without pain or the knowledge she was being taken. I know just how it was in the last stage of the disease for we have had two casese in the hospital just like here - sometime I feel so anxious for Hattie to come back so we can talk it all over but oh Em, you can not possibly know how it is here Nobody has any time for any thing, and when she comes back [Note: Letter continues sideways on page one] looked at him. The dress looks very well. I wish you could have this individual rattling away on your machine for awhile. Must stop may be after two more birth days we may be on hand to celebrate one But do not say any thing ever to Henry for I would not want any one to think I was planning to go home so soon after reaching China With love Mattie 亲爱的姐姐 你的生日和 几岁了。 42 如果我是 没看错 岁月如何 飞。我记得当你 有一点点只有几个 天老了。我从 学校跑进了 客厅一瞥 那个小小的陌生人。母亲 有你在她的怀里 坐在摇摆的 椅子。我怀疑那些 他们很高兴拥有的日子 六岁的孩子放学了 一天6小时。您的 即将来临 同一个六岁 在你之后的早晨 [注：附加说明写在第二页上] “在那里时 那里有生命吗 是希望” 到达。我记得告诉阿达琳奈 妈妈醒来了 发现你在她的手臂上 一些如何或其他的天使 把你放在那里。我们有 从那时起42年 这对我们来说是一种祝福 所有当我们的Em进来时 我们。我现在把你想成 占座 我经常感觉到一些 时间也许你会 占据并尝试思考如何 它似乎。它向我袭来 带着如此急切的心情 昨天的烂摊子 如果我们回家 不找小妈妈 那里。我有这么生动 那天晚上梦见她 想爸爸妈妈和 海蒂要出来了 我在某个地方遇到了他们 途中先见到妈妈 开始和她说话。我们 我谈了很久 想法。我没见过父亲 但我一定没有 妈妈，以免她应该 消失。我可以再见到父亲 再见。我记得唯一问过她的是我是否 似乎变了，她回答 “是的，你现在结婚了，而且 看起来不一样”。它心疼 我是这样，我以为我会 问海蒂我是不是变成了 她。我告诉妈妈我的感觉就像 我以前做过。我们看到了天鹅医生 当我们到达她，我打电话给 out 我的爸爸妈妈在这里 在你的 84 和 76 之前，然后 醒了。妈妈看起来很自然 我多么希望我能拥有 她说得更多。但 感觉不是很奇怪吗？ 和她说话，她可能会 突然消失。哦如何 就像她一样。我确实觉得 为梦想而高兴。她的死 更生动地向我展示了 比我意识到的 我们真的很相爱 我们对每个人来说是多么珍贵 其他。我们的家庭在我看来 在这方面不同于 绝大多数家庭 我知道医生也是这么想的。 我们拥有一切 感谢那个可爱的小宝贝 母亲没有疼痛或 她的知识 采取。我知道它是怎么回事 处于最后阶段 疾病因为我们有过两次 医院里的病例只是 就像这里——有时我觉得 急切盼望海蒂回来 所以我们可以好好谈谈 但是哦，Em，你不能 可能知道这里的情况 没有人有任何时间 事情，当她回来时 [注：信在第一页继续横向] 看着他。这件衣服看起来非常好。我希望你 可能会让这个人在你的机器上嘎嘎作响 一阵子。 必须停止 可能在之后 还有两个出生 我们可能的日子 随时待命 庆祝一个 但不要 随便说什么 永远对亨利 因为我不会 想要任何一个 以为我是 计划着 回家吧 不久之后 到达中国 有爱 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to her dear sister Subject The topic of the resource Birthdays; Early memories; Sisters; Family; Dreams Description An account of the resource Martha writes to Emily on her birthday and shares memories from when they were both young. She tells her of a dream she had of their mother telling her now that she is married she is different which troubled her. Mattie says that through their mother's death, she realized how much the family really does love each other. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_725 age birthdays dreams family memories sisters https://noyesletters.org/files/original/f40787d2ff515766a847b7be71cf7305.pdf b8a08d60f7b6ae38ef1700030f9133c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document For the Seville Sabbath School My dear young friends We had quite a happy surprize the other afternoon. Brother Henry came down and taking quite a number of letters from his pocket handed them to us saying these I brought from Cal. and I have one more {drawing out another This is for [u]Our[/u] sabbath school at home have sent you $20.00--- How glad we were to have it - to feel that it was really $20.00 that had come in pennies - dimes and 25 ct pieces from the children and young people who seem so near and dear to us. I really do not keep up with the changes brought by the years which have gone since that Sabbath when I heard my precious class for the last time - at least for a long time. But if I were to come in upon you - it seems the only change would be found to be that those then children are now putting on manhood and woman-hood. Well shall I tell you what we hope to do with your money? Perhaps Father or some of our family have already told you we are very anxious to build a new school house for the Boarding School. Have already written to Dr Ellinwood the secretary of the Board of Missions to know if we may do so - and we hope very much in four of five weeks to get a letter telling us we may. Well the Board is very much in debt and we do not expect they will let us have nearly all the money we need for it but we said if they would send us something [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] I sometimes find myself counting the years until I may enjoy a home visit - perhaps in three more if I live I may see you in the Seville Church. But if we do not meet here we may hope to be togeth er sometime on the other side of the river M- Noyes 塞维利亚安息日学 我亲爱的年轻朋友们 我们有很多 快乐惊喜对方 下午。亨利弟兄 下来并采取 相当多的字母 从他的口袋里递过来 他们对我们说这些我 从加利福尼亚带来，我有 一个又画出另一个 这是为了我们的安息日 家里的学校已经送 你 20.00 美元---我们真高兴 必须拥有它——去感受 真的是 20.00 美元 进来便士 - 角钱 和 25 美分的 儿童和青少年 谁似乎如此亲近和亲爱的 我们。我真的跟不上 随着带来的变化 过去的岁月 自从那个安息日我 听了我宝贵的课 最后一次——至少是一次 很久。但如果我要 来找你——看来 唯一的变化会被发现 成为那些当时的孩子 现在正在穿上男子气概 和女人罩。那么应该 我告诉你我们希望做什么 用你的钱？也许 父亲或我们的一些家人 已经告诉过你我们是 非常急于建一个新的 寄宿学校 学校。已经写了 致秘书艾林伍德博士 传道部的要知道 如果我们可以这样做——我们希望 非常有五分之四 几周收到一封信告诉我们 我们可能会。那么董事会是 负债累累，我们 不要指望他们会让我们 几乎拥有我们所有的钱 需要它，但我们说如果 他们会给我们寄一些东西 [注：信在第一页结束] 我有时发现自己数着岁月 直到我可以享受一次家访——也许在 如果我再多三个 我可能会看到 你在塞维利亚 教会。但如果 我们不见面 在这里我们可以 希望在一起 有时 另一方面 河流的 M-诺伊斯 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from M Noyes to the Seville Sabbath School Subject The topic of the resource Heaven; School children; Gifts Description An account of the resource Martha is writing to her "dear young friends" to thank them for their donation to her school. She tells them that they are planning to use the money to help build a new school building if the Board will let them. She hopes they'll meet again on Earth, but if not, in Heaven. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_724 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/5171681/seville.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Seville</a> missionaries money presents school students https://noyesletters.org/files/original/5411bfc580d8ebf73b313b54b3ec3f4a.pdf 2b1906bea9ec4d4b290d828f38bcc400 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Sabbath May 29th [u]My dear Clara[/u] - I do not know what to write. My mind is dazed with the news of fathers death Was out at prayers when I saw old Eshuk coming in with his bag of mail. Waited with the utmost impatience for Kwan Loi to bring his remarks to close then rushed in saying oh Dr the letters have come where are they There he pointed on the desk but there is nothing from Josie or Olivia. I saw one from Dr Graves took all the home mail up sat down in the rocking chair and opened the Drs first. As I wrote to Edward he had copied the telegram Edward sent and his reply. The news came upon me like a thunder clap. For a minute or two it seemed as though my senses had left me I looked at the words "Father died this morning Funeral delayed Answer" as though they had no meaning I could not take it in. I came up stairs and shut myself into our rooms It seemed as though for a time very life was going out of me. May 28th I wrote thus far yesterday but had to stop. To night the letters came telling us about fathers last hours. My thoughts have been in the dear home incessantly ever since the sad news came The Dr and I read the letters together How good of you to write so much, to tell me every thing you could Oh in imagination I see you as you stood around the still form feeling that those lips must open and speak once more. Now wonder you were all overwhelmed with the sudden shock. But oh the relief to know you were with him - that he did not die along in the night in one of those cramps. My mind has been tortured with the fear that he might have passed away in the night and been found in the morning [illegible]. I knew it was very very sudden or you would have telegraphed to Henry of his illness Your description of him as he lies in his last sleep is so beautiful. I can easily believe that his face is pure and saintly, so tender and such a strong face. But it did surprize me when you said there was no appear ance of feebleness in it but rather of strength. How blessed it was that "the last year he has been so well and enjoyed life" Oh if [u]I could only see[/u] that [u]dear precious face once more[/u]. No one not even Dr Kerr knows him and no one can have any idea what a father we had. No one can know how unlike he was to any one else. Oh it sometimes seems as though my life would go out almost in this agony of feeling And there is no time here even to mourn Oh that is the bitter part of it. Hearts are well nigh breaking but there is no stop. We can not be in quiet long enough even even to read of the death of those we love as our own life. Oh we can not can not [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] must leave it. God bless you all every one and help you We have always prayed together Dr Kerr and I every night that is if our sur- roundings would allow and we always prayed for father and mother - Now their names have dropped out but we always pray for you all every night. Clara you seem like a tower of strength there The Lord [u]keep you for us[/u] Lovingly Oh I mean Mattie [--M N Kerr--] You must never think [?of?] me as any thing else 5月29日安息日 我亲爱的克拉拉—— 我不知道 来写。我的头脑发呆 随着父亲去世的消息 出去祈祷的时候 我看见老埃舒克进来了 带着他的邮袋。等待 以最大的不耐烦 让Kwan Loi带上他的 备注然后关闭 冲进来说哦，信博士 来了他们在哪里 他指着桌子上 但没有什么来自 乔西或奥利维亚。我看到一个 从格雷夫斯医生那里拿走了所有 家庭邮件坐下 在摇椅和 首先打开了医生。正如我所写 他抄写给爱德华 爱德华发出的电报和他的 回复。消息传到我身边 像雷声一样。为一个 一两分钟 虽然我的感觉已经离开了我 我看着字 “父亲今天早上去世了 葬礼延迟回答”仿佛 他们没有任何意义我可以 不接受。我上楼了 把自己关在我们的房间里 好像一时间 生活快要结束了 我。 5 月 28 日我写到现在 昨天却不得不停下来。 到了晚上，信来了 最后告诉我们关于父亲的事 小时。我的想法是 在亲爱的家里不停地 自从那个悲伤的消息 我和博士来了 字母在一起多好 你写这么多，告诉 我的一切你可以哦 在想象中我认为你是 你站在静止的周围 形成感觉那些嘴唇 必须打开并发言一次 更多的。现在想知道你们都是 突如其来的不知所措 震惊。但是哦，知道了就松了一口气 你和他在一起——他做到了 不死在夜里 抽筋之一。我脑海 已经被折磨 担心他可能有 在夜里去世 早上被发现 [难以辨认]。我知道这是非常 非常突然，否则你会 已经电报给亨利他的 疾病 你的描述 他躺在他的最后 睡眠是如此美丽。我可以 轻易相信他的脸 纯洁圣洁，如此温柔 和这样一张坚强的脸。 但它确实让我感到惊讶 你说里面没有软弱的样子，但是 而不是实力。多么幸福 那是“去年他 一直很好，很享受 生活”哦，如果我能看到 那张珍贵的脸曾经 更多的。甚至没有人 克尔博士认识他，并且 没有人可以有任何想法 我们有一个多么好的父亲。 没有人知道怎么做 不像他对任何人 别的。哦，有时似乎 好像我的生命会消失一样 几乎在这种痛苦的感觉中 而且这里没有时间 甚至要哀悼哦 那是 苦涩的一部分。心是 快要崩溃了，但那里 是没有停止。我们不能 在安静的足够长的时间里，甚至 甚至读到死亡 那些我们爱的人 生活。哦我们不能不能 [注：信在第一页结束] 必须离开它。上帝保佑你们每一个人，帮助你们 我们总是每天晚上都和克尔医生一起祈祷 如果我们的环境会 允许，我们 总是祈祷 为父亲和 妈妈——现在 他们的名字 已经下降 出去，但我们 总是祈祷 为大家 每晚。 克拉拉你 看起来像 一座塔 那里的力量 主[你]保持 你为我们 亲切地 哦，我是说玛蒂 [--M N Kerr--] 你绝不能把我当成别的东西 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Clara, May 29 Subject The topic of the resource Death; Grief; Parents--Death; Prayers Description An account of the resource Mattie writes to Clara grieving over their father's recent death. The news sent her into a sort of shock as the news was very hard for her. Mattie is thankful that Clara wrote about her last hours with him in great detail. She was also very glad to hear that their father did not pass away alone. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05-29 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_723 death fathers grief home https://noyesletters.org/files/original/a54f28563ec62aa165c4ba7c65444d96.pdf 4ff61a69d7ee2a455a087bd65d042781 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My dear Hattie To morrow the mail leaves and whatever is sent from this home must be written to night Dr Niles has a reading with her medical class Tues. and Friday evening so she will be soon going out. We have had very very hot weather for the past five weeks. The past three days have been a little [u] more [/u] [u] so [/u] People are impressed with the idea that this is a locality in the torrid zone. The Hubrig family are all improved to the extent of planning to go to Hongkong to morrow They have had such a hard time. I do pity them especially Mrs Hubrig. She is so young only 26 Dr Niles thinks and has had six children The young lady who came out to marry the gentleman who did just before she reached here is still with them do not know when she expects to go back to Germany Mr Eitler's little baby is ill with fever. They of course feel very anxious about it. Mrs E- has had a bad experience too. They all went to the country leaving Miss Baird in the house, on Shamin. While they were gone her watch was taken. She had lost the key to the drawer a few works before. One day her cook came and wanted to go up stairs did so in spite of Miss Bairds cook who was in charge. They suspect him as having been the thief and he is now in prison. She has not been able to get a cook and through all this dreadful weather has been getting along as best she could. I do like them both so much. They are put ting up a house in the country and expect to spend a great deal of time there and little here. And one more sick one Mrs Hargreaves who is so anxious for the time to come when she can go home. They leave in December and go by way of Australia. Their Board wrote him such a nice letter grant ing permission for him to go that way, also offering to pay his expenses {additional}. Mr Bone goes up to Shamin after they leave. It seems as if they would like living there. Have I told you of the society which has been recently found here. The ground work is the outdoor staff of the Customs and they have had two meetings The first at Mr Pierce's the second at our house. Mr Pierce is Pres. Mr Williams Vice Pres. Mr McCloy and young Hartivele Secretaries Mrs Williams Treas. The society is styled "The mutual improvement Society of Canton" are to have meetings every two weeks to be held mostly in the houses [Continued vertically on the first page] of the missionaries. They are to have lectures, papers &c written by I know not whom and amusements. The ladies are to furnish music, and "other things" but they are fortunately to have no refreshments. Dr Kerr is on the temper ance Committee Mr & Mrs Williams are devoted Christians and trying to do what they can for these men. They say the morals of the Canton staff are worse that those at any post where they have been. It must be a great trial to them to live amid such sur roundings. Paper is full. Good night Your aff sister Martha 我亲爱的海蒂 明天 邮件叶子和任何东西 是从这个家寄来的 必须写到晚上 奈尔斯博士有阅读 和她的医学课 周二。和周五晚上 所以她很快就会 出去。我们有过 非常非常热的天气 过去五周。这 过去三天是 多一点 人们对它印象深刻 认为这是一个地方 在炎热地带。傲慢的 家庭都改善到 规划的程度 明天去香港 他们有过这样的 困难时期。我很同情他们 尤其是胡布里格夫人。她 如此年轻只有 26 奈尔斯博士 认为并有六个孩子 来的少妇 出去嫁给绅士 谁在她之前做过 到达这里仍然与 他们不知道她什么时候 预计回德国 艾特勒先生的小宝宝病了 发烧。他们当然觉得 对此非常着急。太太 E-有过不好的经历 也。他们都去了乡下 把贝尔德小姐留在 房子，在沙面。尽管 他们走了，她的手表在 采取。她丢了钥匙 到抽屉里放几件作品 前。有一天她的厨师来了 想上楼梯 尽管有贝尔兹小姐，他还是这样做了 负责的厨师。 他们怀疑他有 曾经是小偷，他现在是 在监狱。她一直没有 能够得到一个厨师和通过 所有这些可怕的天气 一直相处得最好 她可以。我很喜欢他们 都这么多。他们被放 在乡下装修房子 并期望花一大笔钱 那里的时间很少 这里。还有一个生病的 非常焦虑的哈格里夫斯夫人 为将来的时候 她可以回家了。他们离开 十二月，顺便去 澳大利亚的。他们的董事会写道 他这么好的一封信 ing 允许他 走那条路，也愿意付钱 他的费用{额外}。先生 骨后上沙面 他们离开。好像他们 想住在那里。有 我告诉过你的社会 最近发现 这里。基础工作是 海关户外工作人员 他们开了两次会 皮尔斯先生的第一家 第二在我们家。皮尔斯先生 是总裁，威廉姆斯先生 副总裁 McCloy 先生和年轻的 Hartivele 是 秘书。威廉姆斯夫人是司库 社会被称为“ 广州互助会" 每两次开会 几周主要在家里举行 [在第一页垂直继续] 的传教士。他们将有讲座，论文和c 不知道是谁写的，自娱自乐。这 女士们要提供 音乐和“其他 东西”，但它们是 幸运地拥有 没有茶点。医生 克尔是禁酒委员会的成员 威廉姆斯先生和夫人 是虔诚的基督徒 并试图做 他们能做什么 这些人。他们说 的道德 广州员工更差 那些在任何 在他们有的地方张贴 到过。它必须是一个 给他们很大的考验 生活在这样的环境中。纸是 满的。晚安 你的妹妹 玛莎 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Martha to Harriet Subject The topic of the resource Missionary settlements; Societies; Learned institutions and societies Description An account of the resource This undated letter to Hattie talks mostly about the other missionaries that Mattie is interacting with and their statuses abroad or otherwise. Many are going home or to Shamin (Shamian Island). Some of the male missionaries started a society "The Mutual Improvement Society of Canton." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_719 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1970280/shamian.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shamian</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1819729/hong-kong.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Guangzhou</a> domestic workers illness medical students missionaries temperance https://noyesletters.org/files/original/173e9c2a8c73cd9aac2c6dc2629932ba.pdf 86c1824386893efd0691d153f5432b4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My dear Clara, I have written to Em and now will go right on with the change of having "Clara" instead of "Em" at the top of the letter My days of sitting up to write letters are over. As soon as your good brother comes up stairs I will have to put this up instanter. Father may rest easy about my sitting up nights, it is "M tso tak" now whatever it "used to was". "Mattie put up your writing now and go to bed" is a man date that leaves no opportunity for the exercise of free moral Agency in this child. Olivia seems to be enjoying her life in Phil. very much. She will be very glad to see the girls I know. How nice it will be when Hattie comes back that she has seen so many of the Mission ary friends. The mail preceding the last brought the book you sent "Our friends in Heaven. [u] Thank [/u] [u] you [/u] [u] so [/u] [u] much [/u] for it The Dr and I began reading it last Sabbath. We looked out all the places you had marked. I was so glad you had marked them. But why did you not write something on the fly leaf. I looked at once to see what you had written and found only a blank. It seemed as if I must find your hand writing some where but could not. I like what I have read very much. The picture of Mother is not as satisfactory to me as the one I have hanging up in our room. The same negative as the one in the sitting room at home. I am going to carry up Fathers and Mothers Photo to Henrys, lend them to him for a little while. Only think he has not seen their pictures I do not suppose since he came back. I never thought of it until the other day. Do send me your photos How I came off without them do not know Have Fathers Mothers Edwards and Hatties. Send my some thing if you can, yours & Marys Ems if she has one. I feel as if I could not stand it much lon- ger without them. That young peoples society must be very nice indeed. And am sure it will be a great blessing to the young people. It must be an effort to take part in them but after awhile it will seem less a trial than at first. Do give my kindest wishes to those young people, and my earnest desire that they may be greatly benefited by thus associating together. Also do give much love to Maime It is distressing to think of her losing her eyesight. [--I--] It does seem so hard for Mrs Bates I suppose I remember the time when her ill health began. Truly a Dr ought to be an adept in his profession. How much misery and suffering there is in the world. We can not mourn for Freddie Beach for his life would have been one of trial and pain. Am so glad he said what he did about Maggie. She will miss him very much. It seems as if every letter gives the news of the death of some one I know. To night just about dark, A party of three called and I found that the Mr and Mrs Russell whose cards were sent in had come from Massillon Ohio. The Mother and sister of Mr Russell attended the meeting we [--hall--] had there, and I heard from Dr and Mrs Bailey. We had a hasty look through [Continued vertically on the first page] the hospital and school building. They were all away over at Miss Butlers but they were so anxious to look into the building that I took them up to the girls dining and school room and the little girls school room. Well my paper says stop, so good night I have thought of you all so much during the beautiful Autumn days, and of our dear little Mother [Continued vertically on the second page] at rest on the hill side. The Lord bless you dear sister Yours lovingly Mattie 我亲爱的克拉拉， 我已经写信给 Em 现在将继续 改用“克拉拉”的变化 字母顶部的“Em” 我坐起来写作的日子 信件结束了。立刻 你的好兄弟上来了 楼梯我得把这个 即时起来。父亲可能 我坐起来放轻松 晚上，现在是“M tso tak” 无论它“过去是什么”。 “马蒂把你的作品 现在去睡觉”是个男人 没有机会的日期 为了行使自由的道德 在这个孩子的代理。奥利维亚 似乎很享受她的生活 在费城非常。她会 很高兴见到我的女孩们 知道。会有多美好 当海蒂回来时，她 见过这么多传教士朋友。 前面的邮件 最后给你带来的书 发送“我们在天堂的朋友。 非常感谢你 博士和我开始阅读 最后一个安息日。我们看了 把你所有的地方 标记。我很高兴你 已经标记了它们。但为什么 你没写东西吗 在飞叶上。我看了一遍 看看你写了什么 发现只有一个空白。它 好像我必须找到你的 手写一些在哪里但是 不能。我喜欢我所拥有的 非常阅读。图片 妈妈的不满意 对我来说，我已经挂了 在我们的房间里。相同 负的作为 家里的客厅。我是 将背负父亲和母亲 照片给亨利斯，借给他们 他一会儿。仅有的 认为他没有看到他们的 图片我不认为因为 他回来了。我从来没想到 直到前几天。发送 我是你的照片 我是怎么来的 没有他们不知道 有爸爸妈妈爱德华兹 和哈蒂斯。送我一些 如果可以的话，你的 & Marys ems，如果她有的话。我觉得好像 没有他们，我无法忍受太久。 那个年轻 人民社会一定很好 的确。我相信它会 成为年轻人的一大祝福 人们。一定要努力 参加他们，但之后 有一段时间它似乎不那么考验了 比起初。给我 向那些年轻人致以最诚挚的祝福 人和我的热切愿望 使他们受益匪浅 通过这样联系在一起。 也确实给了Maime很多的爱 想起她就心疼 失去她的视力。它确实 对贝茨夫人来说似乎很难 我想我记得时间 当她开始生病时。 真正的博士应该是个行家 在他的职业中。多少钱 苦难和苦难存在于 世界。我们不能哀悼 为了弗雷迪海滩，为了他的生命 本来是审判之一 和痛苦。很高兴他说 他对玛吉做了什么。她 会非常想念他。它 似乎每个字母都给出了 某人去世的消息 我知道。到晚上差不多 黑暗，三人聚会 我发现罗素先生和夫人 谁的卡片被寄到了 来自俄亥俄州马西隆。 拉塞尔先生的母亲和妹妹 参加了我们的会议 在那里，我听到了医生和夫人的消息 贝利。我们匆匆浏览了一下 [在第一页垂直继续] 医院和学校大楼。他们都走了 在 管家小姐 但他们是 好焦虑 调查 建筑物 我拿的 他们最多 那些姑娘们 餐饮和 教室 和小 女子学校 房间。 好吧，我的 纸说 停下来，所以 晚安 我曾想过 你们都是这样 期间很多 美丽的 秋天的日子，还有我们亲爱的小妈妈 [在第二页垂直继续] 在山边休息。主祝福你亲爱的姐妹 亲爱的 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Clara Subject The topic of the resource Letter writing; Sabbath; Books; Photographs; Family; Death Description An account of the resource Mattie writes to Clara about receiving a book that Clara had sent. She has been reading it, looking at all the places where Clara marked up. Mattie plans on bringing photos of their mother and father to Henry for him to borrow. She asks Clara to send any letters she might have of their parents. Mattie remarks on how every letter gives news of the death in some way or another. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_722 death family mothers photographs sisters women missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/e15ea516e44d0a3c935f619447ae9217.pdf c11fa09f0a44f2a422ffc1550923f3b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China Dec 20th /79 My dear Edward For once I have put the letters received by the last mail on my writing desk and mean if possible to answer them before the next mail leaves which will be on Tuesday. We are very glad to hear from our dear brother notwithstanding his protestations of always writing nothing but non sense. As for me I wish I could do something in that line {writing letters I mean} but really we do not get any thing accomplished scarcely It is 9 weeks since I came home and we have not been a day without compa ny, nor shall we be much before the end of the year. It does take so much time and strength When people come it brings all our community to call on them then there is the going out with them sight seeing and to evening compa nies which comes into the programme and can not be avoided. Miss Dr Frask from Fuchau came up in the Steamer to day and we are to meet her at Henry's to night, do not know how long she expects to be a guest there. It seems she is an ac quantice of Mrs Sara A. but from all we hear a totally different person has done a good noble work in Fuchau and expects to take her vacation a year from now in Germany so that she can study her pro fession more thoroughly. I have heard a great deal about her and am exceedingly glad to have an opportunity of seeing her. Dr S. A. is expecting to leave this side of the world about the 1st of Jan, and we are properly thankful. She has made her own impression upon everybody here and it is only true to say it is not a favorable one. We will all be very glad when this outlay of funds is stopped. Henry thinks she is to be mar- ried in England but it is of course only surmise. Dr & Mrs Graves are with us until after Christmas when their new house will be ready for them They fear they will be obliged to give up their trip to Palestine because of the non arrival of his helper Mr Simmons. I am so sorry. To day a Chinaman came here with a little niece whom he wanted to be taken into school Hattie was gone and I out hear ing classes in the B.S. when dear little Hattie Kerr came to the door with the news "there was a Chinaman in the parlor who wan- ted to come out into the school with her and if she liked the es- tablishment wanted to come into the school. Well a [u] China [/u] [u] man [/u] would make a commotion among the girls. No such being ever entered those doors. Well says I to myself a funny individual you must be to think you can put your bald head into our dominions and I forthwith betook myself into the house. The creature had been in San Francisco for five years which accounted for his good English had been in Dr Loomis' school said he hoped he was a Christian [Continued vertically on the first page] The child was as pretty as a picture but only 7 years old so we could not take her. He said his sister wanted her children brought up under Christian ladies He seemed very nice indeed, and they were willing to [u] pay [/u] the child's expenses Well good night not much here is there. I can tell you what you do not know that we are having very fine weather, no need of fires yet. Must write to [Illegible] Mattie [Written vertically on the fourth page] Dear Edward I hope I may sometime have the privilege of hearing you lead a prayer meeting 中国广东 12 月 20 日 /79 我亲爱的爱德华 我有一次 把收到的信件 我写作的最后一封邮件 桌子，如果可能的话，意思是 之前回答他们 下一封邮件将 在星期二。我们很 很高兴听到我们亲爱的 尽管兄弟 他的抗议总是 只写非 感觉。至于我，我希望我 可以做点什么 行{我的意思是写字母} 但实际上我们没有得到任何 几乎没有完成的事情 我已经 9 周了 回家了，我们有 没有一天没有陪伴，我们也不会太多 年底前。它 确实需要很多时间 实力当人来 它带来了我们所有的社区 去拜访他们然后有 和他们一起出去的景象 看到和晚间公司进入 程序并不能 避免。弗拉斯克医生小姐 从福州过来的 今天的汽船和我们 去亨利家见她 晚上，不知道怎么样 很久以来，她希望成为客人 那里。看来她是 Sara A 夫人的熟人。 但从所有我们听到的完全 不同的人做过 福州好贵族之作 并希望带她去度假 一年后在德国 这样她就可以更彻底地研究她的专业。我 听说过很多 她非常高兴 有机会看到 她。 S.A. 医生准备离开 世界的这一边关于 1 月 1 日，我们是正确的 谢天谢地。她做了自己的 给大家的印象 在这里，只能说 这不是一个有利的。我们 当这一切都会很高兴 资金支出停止。 亨利认为她要在英国结婚，但它是 当然只是猜测。医生和夫人 坟墓与我们同在，直到之后 圣诞节当他们的新 房子会为他们准备好 他们担心自己会被迫 放弃他们的巴勒斯坦之行 因为他的未到 帮手西蒙斯先生。我是如此 对不起。今天来了一个中国人 和他的一个小侄女在这里 想被送进学校 海蒂走了，我听到了 在寄宿学校上课时 亲爱的小海蒂可儿来到 有新闻的门“有一个 想进学校的客厅里的中国人 和她在一起，如果她喜欢这个机构就想来 进了学校。好一个中国人 会引起轩然大波 那些姑娘们。从来没有这样的人进入 那些门。好吧，我对自己说 一个有趣的人，你必须 是认为你可以把你的 光头进入我们的领土 我立刻开始了自己 进屋。这个生物有 在旧金山待了五年 占他的年数 良好的英语一直在博士 卢米斯的学校说他希望 他是个基督徒 [在第一页垂直继续] 孩子美如画但才7岁 所以我们不能带走她。他说他姐姐想要 她的孩子 长大 基督教女士 他看起来很 确实不错 他们是 愿意付钱 孩子的开销 那晚安啦 这里不多 在那儿。我可以告诉 你是什​​么 不知道 我们非常 好天气，没有 还需要火灾。 必须写信给 [难以辨认] 马蒂 [垂直写在第四页] 亲爱的爱德华，我希望有一天我能有幸 听到你主持祷告会 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Edward, December 20, 1879 Subject The topic of the resource Christian education of girls; Letter writing; Women missionaries; Women physicians Description An account of the resource In this letter to her brother Frank, Mattie writes about the recent company they've had. Dr. Sara A. is supposed to leave the mission soon and everyone is happy to see her go. Mattie also recounts how a "Chinaman" entered the school, shocking everyone, and made an appeal for them to take his niece. She was too young but her family wanted her to be raised by Christians. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879-12-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_718 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1810821/fuzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fuzhou</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">San Francisco</a> brothers girl students school travel visitors https://noyesletters.org/files/original/5e95316d332b7e2382ee9ff605c8f9af.pdf 704c18ae296f4f2f99c3bd141d7f0c80 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My dear Edward - The last letter came on Monday. First about 11 A.M. a lot of papers for the Kuk Fan people then there was a scurrying about to see what had become of the letters. After awhile they appeared but after reading them I felt mentally the sensation one does physically when hunger is only partially satisfied. It is now about the time when old Winter has to give way to Spring and at home we greet the new comer rather more warmly then we do here. Am glad Henry got away when he did escaped a lot of rainy weather Indeed it seems as if it had just made up its mind to rain. Dr McFarlands son came very unexpected yesterday Mon Is up on a health trip. Is just Jones age 23 graduated from Cannonsburg three years ago and is now assisting his father in the Bangkkok school. It is under govern ment [?fund?] is superintended by the Siamese. They can not reach religion at all even indirectly. Can not teach Christianity. It would seem very hard to be so situated among a heathen people. But Dr McFarland is really a supt. {general} of the [?Educaturred?] interests of Siam in a way and it does seem as if a Christian man - a foreign missionary could do a great deal in influencing his pupils. And it does not seem as if it would be right to have an unbeliever or an infidel in such a position. I am glad however we are not called to go into such work. The Dr is just now busy [u]drafting[/u] I meant draughting the plan for an Asylum for the Insane to be located in Canton or vicinity The idea is if possible to get the funds out of the Chinese in some way but do not know if it can be done. There is nothing done for this afflicted class any where in the empire. The Dr sent a copy of the last Medical Missionary Journal to Dr Bigham - that is he sent an order from Shanghai to have one sent. We hope the Dr will take it. It has quite a good deal of Missionary news in it. No doubt he will let you see it. The Dr has a short article in it. At this moment the said Dr is drawing a sketch of [--an--] a medical instrument which is to be an improvement upon one already made in New York and he is sending this pattern on to New York to have one made like it. I believe some of his improvements are already doing duty in the hands of some of those "distinguished physicians" who no doubt are not aware of it. If we ever go home we will probably visit some of those hospitals. It will not be surprizing if we live if you should see us at the old farm before the end of many years. I do think the Dr does as much in one year as main would in a much longer time. His published books he sends off in large quantities - and his Medical fees amount to considerable al so. He has been on the ground [Note: Letter continues sideways on page one] [--34 years--] Almost 35 years with a vacation all told of 4 years and 4 month and the Board has paid his expenses to go home 3 times The profits of his medical books goes to the Medical society An old carpenter is now talking to him. A man has been in to get advice about a poor woman who has dropsy but it is a hopeless case. The Dr took me to see her the other day. It is so sad to witness so much distress [Note: Letter continues sideways on page two] I hope you with have a nice visit with Henry. He will spend the Sabbath with you. 我亲爱的爱德华—— 最后一封信 星期一来了。第一的 大约上午 11 点很多论文 为顾凡人 然后有一个匆匆忙忙的 看看变成了什么 字母。过了一会儿他们出现了 但读完之后我觉得 精神上的感觉 身体上只有饥饿 部分满意。就是现在 关于旧冬天的时候 必须让位于 Spring 和 在家里我们迎接新的 来得更热情 然后我们在这里做。很高兴 亨利逃跑了 躲过了很多阴雨天气 确实，它似乎有 刚下定决心要下雨。 麦克法兰医生的儿子来了 昨天星期一非常意外 开始了一次健康之旅。是 刚刚23岁的琼斯毕业 从坎农斯堡三年 以前现在正在协助他的 曼谷的父亲 学校。属于政府基金监管之下 由暹罗人。他们能 根本达不到宗教信仰 甚至是间接的。不能 教导基督教。它会 看起来很难这样 位于异教徒之间 人们。但是麦克法兰医生 是真正的警司{general} 暹罗的教育兴趣 在某种程度上，它看起来确实 如果一个基督徒男人 - 一个外国人 传教士可以做得很好 影响他的交易 学生们。而且似乎没有 好像有 非信徒或异教徒 在这样的位置。我很高兴 然而我们没有被叫去 从事这样的工作。医生只是 现在忙着起草我的意思 起草计划 疯人院 位于广州或附近 这个想法是如果可能的话 中国人的资金在 某种方式，但不知道是否 可以办到。空无一物 为这个受苦的班级完成 帝国的任何地方。 医生送了最后一份 医疗传教士杂志 比格姆医生——就是他派了一个 从上海订购 一个发送。我们希望医生 会接受的。它有相当 很多传教士 里面的新闻。毫无疑问他会 让你看看。博士有一个 里面的短文。此时此刻 那个医生在画草图 一种医疗器械 是一个改进 一个已经在纽约制造的 他正在发送这个模式 去纽约买一个 喜欢它。我相信一些 他的改进已经 在手中尽职尽责 其中一些“杰出的 医生”，他们无疑不是 意识到这一点。如果我们回家 我们可能会参观一些 那些医院。它不会 如果你活着，我们会感到惊讶 应该在旧农场见到我们 在多年结束之前。 我确实认为博士是这样做的 一年内的大部分时间 在更长的时间内。他的 出版了他寄出的书 大量 - 和他的医疗 费用相当可观 所以。他一直在地上 [注：信在第一页继续横向] 将近 35 年的假期，总共有 4 年和 4个月，董事会已经支付了他回家3次的费用 他的利润 医学书籍 去 医学会 一位老木匠 现在正在和 他。一个男人 一直在 获得有关的建议 一个可怜的女人 谁有水肿 但这是无望的 案子。博士拿走了 我去看她 另一天。 好难过 见证 非常苦恼 [注：信在第二页继续横向] 我希望你和亨利有一个愉快的访问。他会的 和你一起度过安息日。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unsigned letter to Edward Subject The topic of the resource Health; Schools; Religion--Study and teaching; Missionaries Description An account of the resource In this letter to Edward most likely written by Martha, it is mentioned that Dr. McFarlands son came on a health trip and is now assisting his father in the Bangkok school which is under the management of the Siamese. Martha thinks that the Siamese cannot teach religion at all. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3</span> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_720 books doctors hospitals medical missionaries missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/ce904c9077557e0e5b5abf2be6861b2d.pdf c52669e4c8406860d13b8a561ceeee10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China June 29th /76. [u]My dear Henry[/u] I wonder where this letter will find you - In the "home on the hill" I hope. I have as yet heard nothing from these travellers since their leaving Beirut or rather Port Said. I suppose Lucy has told you all about wedding [?No?] three which was [u]perpetrated[/u] about a week since. I was only going to remark that when I was at their reception party at Mr Whiteheads he drew up his chair and told me "as how he loved you and Hattie" said he was sure he would never forget you in this world - said had it not been for you both his first 3 years in Canton would have been very unhappy as it was they were very happy--- They are counting the months now till they too say good bye to us for a season. I saw Mr Henry last eve. He told me of his last trip to Sumin said he stopped at a large place called "Lun" - something I forget what where they told him no foreigner had ever been and he sold a large quantity of books - remarked perhaps it was not a very min- isterial employment but he thought he could accomplish more than by preaching during the two hours he had at his disposal. He goes into shops and stores wherever he can get an opportunity sells something I suppose he has told you of the wife of the Assistant at Sumin being baptized - says when you come back he hoped there can be a church organized He will make a grand worker if he is not [u]hindered[/u] in any way You could not have left your field [u]with any[/u] one more thorough ly interested in it than he-- I wish we had a host of just such spirits on the ground -- Dr Happer's Sin Shang the one who took such a prominent part at the 30th Anaversary of [--this--] his stay in China was arrested when on his way to Dr Happer's last Saturday morning and thrown into prison - where he is now awaiting trial for what I do not know. The Dr nor none of his family not even Johnnie have said a word about it but our teachers let it out - As near as we can find out the matter is about this. It seems the interpreter at the American Consulate opened a gambling saloon just against our chapel somewhere and Dr Happer finding it out set this Sin Shang to looking into the matter. It is supposed by our teachers that the interpreter has found this out and under some pretense has pro- cured his arrest what the accusation [--th--] is they do not know. There has been a letter written in Chinese purporting to come from Dr Happer asking for the release of 3 men now in prison put into the hands of our Consul but the letter is not the work either of Dr Happer or his teacher and he does not even know these men by sight -- The Dr Happer asked to be allowed to attend the trial which was to have occurred yestardy but was refused after- wards gained permission for Mr Preston to be present. Mr Preston waited for the Consul until five oclock when he received a note from him saying the judge could not attend to the case that day - so neither went to the Ya hum. What was the fact in the case?-- A relative of Tsui SinShang's being a soldier gained admission to the Ya hum it being unknown he had any personal interest in the trial and he reports that the judge and his attendants went into the Court room at two oclock and waited until 5 expecting the foreigners and won- dering why they did not come. Then the prisoner was remanded to prison to await trial at some future time [u]when[/u] no one knows His Chinese friends are much afraid he will live but a short time the weather is so warm and his health is so poor. Some of his [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] friends went to the prison the other day to call oh him but the keeper told them they could only be admitted upon the payment of $100 which of course prevented their seeing him. I do feel so sorry for him the fact of his being connected with foreigners make it much worse for him these miserable keepers of the prison think he has access to money and they are determined to get hold of it. Your old man comes around his [?pile?] of once in a while with manuscript looing as as pleased and happy as in days of youre Good night Your loving sister Mattie 中国广东 76 年 6 月 29 日。 我亲爱的亨利 我想知道这个在哪里 信会找到你 - 在 “山上的家”我希望。 我还没有听到 从这些旅行者 他们离开贝鲁特或更确切地说 塞得港。我想露西有 告诉你所有关于婚礼的事 在那里犯下的 大约一周后。我曾是 只会说当 我参加了他们的招待会 在怀特黑兹先生，他起草了他的 主持并告诉我“就像他 爱你和海蒂”他说 确信他永远不会忘记 你在这个世界上 - 说有 不是你俩他的第一次 在广州待了 3 年 他们很不开心 很开心---他们在数 几个月了，直到他们也说好 再见我们一个赛季。我看见 亨利先生上个晚上。他告诉我 他上次去苏民旅行时说他 停在一个叫 “伦” - 我忘记了什么 他们告诉他没有外国人 曾经，他卖了一个 大量书籍 - 备注 也许这不是一个非常部长的工作，但他 以为他能完成 不仅仅是通过讲道 他在他的两个小时 处理。他走进商店 并在他能找到的任何地方都有商店 机会卖东西 我想他已经告诉过你 助理的妻子在 苏敏受洗 - 说 当你回来时，他希望 可以组织一个教堂 他将成为一个伟大的工人 如果他没有受到任何阻碍 你不可能离开你的 任何人比他更感兴趣的领域—— 我希望我们有很多只是 这样的精神在地上—— 哈珀医生的罪尚 谁扮演了如此重要的角色 在他的 30 周年纪念日 留在中国被捕时 在前往哈珀医生的最后一站的路上 星期六早上扔进 监狱 - 他现在正在等待的地方 试用什么我不知道。 博士也不是他的家人 连约翰尼都没有说过 关于它的消息，但我们的老师让 出来 - 我们能找到的尽可能近的地方 出事就是关于这个的。它似乎 口译员 美国领事馆开设了 赌博沙龙只是反对我们 某处的小教堂和哈珀医生 发现它设置了这个仙尚 调查此事。这是 我们的老师认为 口译员发现了这一点并且 以某种借口使他被捕 是他们不知道。有 是用中文写的一封信 声称来自哈珀医生 要求立即释放 3 名男子 在监狱里 我们的领事，但信不是 哈珀医生或他的工作 老师，他甚至不知道 这些人的视线——哈珀医生 被要求被允许参加 应该发生的审判 昨天但被拒绝后获得许可 普雷斯顿先生出席。普雷斯顿先生 等到领事 五点钟的时候，他收到了一份 他的笔记说 法官无法出席 那天的案子 - 所以两人都没有去 雅哼。事实是什么 在这种情况下？--徐的亲戚 辛尚当兵了 入场雅哼它正在 不知道他有什么私人的 对试验感兴趣，他报告 法官和他的随从 走进法庭 两点，一直等到五点 期待外国人，想知道他们为什么不来。 然后囚犯被还押 入狱候审 没有人知道的未来时间 他的中国朋友很多 怕他活不了多久 天气这么暖和 他的健康状况如此糟糕。他的一些 [注：信在第一页结束] 前几天朋友去监狱打电话给他 但门将告诉 他们只能 被录取 的支付 100 美元，当然 阻止了他们的 见到他。我愿意 为他感到难过 他的事实 被连接 与外国人制作 更糟 对他来说这些 可怜的饲养员 监狱的认为 他可以访问 钱，他们是 决心得到 抓住它。您的 老人来了 他的位置偶尔与 手稿看起来像 像往日一样开心快乐 晚安 你亲爱的妹妹玛蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Henry, June 29, 1876 Subject The topic of the resource Weddings; Friendship; Baptism; Arrest; Trials Description An account of the resource Mattie writes to Henry mentioning a reception party of a wedding. Mr. Whitehead told Mattie that he would never forget Henry for he made his first three years in Canton bearable. Dr. Happer's Sin Shang was arrested last week and put in prison. He is now awaiting trial. A letter was written supporting Dr. Happer in asking for the release of three men from prison. Friends of him are afraid he will pass in prison for the weather is hot and his health is poor. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3</span> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-06-29 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_717 anniversaries books court case marriage missionaries money https://noyesletters.org/files/original/534929a5de7dcec9dd5b773f77e05d1f.pdf cabee1c11fa01774776c3496dd0e10a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China Aug 23ed /79 My dear Em - I have just an hour before bed time and you shall have it. We find the Tokio is delayed a week so we can add a little more to what we have already sent. Shall I tell you what we have been doing to-day? - Sewing principal ly. This morning I pack ed my trunk for Swatow but more of that [?anon?]. When I was about to begin the operation I found the little key which locked it had disappeared so I called up the Major General and asked him if he could get a new one to which he replied yes and that the lock smith would come and fit one to the lock. Well I packed up nearly everything and it was well done too in my humble opinion when back come [?Agney?] saying the man would not come but he must take the trunk to him. Well there was no remedy so out came every thing - but all was put back this afternoon. Our sewing women is expending her energies upon a new gauze dress which is to be finished by Friday night Hattie has partially trimmed a hat one like Sarah I believe a black straw which is com- ing out dressed in the black silk trimmings of my velvet [?that?] accompanied by a straw colored somewhat soiled necktie but the general effect is all that could be wished The last mail brought a letter from my ladies enclosing a check for 50.00 with the request that I go away for a change It does seem so selfish to leave Hattie here all by her- self but she does not want to leave Canton says she hopes she can remain where she is until she goes home again. Sept 2nd Am in Swatow and a steamer is signaled for the south so I must just close up. Meant to have written more but the ship has come in sooner then we expected. It has rained and poured ever since I came so we have not been out any where. Saw Dr Gauld is the same dear good christian physician as ever. They are feeling very sad over the loss of their dear little [?Florie?] of four - who died a short time ago of Typhoid fever I hope sarah will remain at home next year. Am afraid mother is not very strong. - From your letters it seems as if Aunt Fay must have failed very much since I left America. I suppose there is very little hope of my seeing her again. Mr & Mrs Friend are still here and very miserable will have to go home in the spring. Mr F has lost entirely the use of one eye. And I suppose there is great danger the other will become use- less. Perhaps there will be another str down before the American mail goes if so will write. I can only say here that I have [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] another reason for [u]thankfulness[/u] in getting here safely - had a rough and rather unsafe passage. Mrs Ashmore is not very strong but very nice an angel in the house hold. There are just now 6 single ladies in Swatow Yours lovingly Mattie 中国广东 8 月 23 日 /79 我亲爱的Em—— 我只有一个小时 睡前和你 将拥有它。我们发现 东京推迟一周所以 我们可以多加一点 我们已经拥有的 发送。我可以告诉你吗 我们一直在做什么 今天？ - 主要是缝纫。 今天早上我收拾行李去 Swatow 但很快就会有更多。 当我正要 开始我发现的操作 锁上的小钥匙 它消失了，所以我 召集少将 并问他是否可以 得到一个新的，他 回答是，那把锁 史密斯会来找一个 到锁。好吧，我打包了 几乎所有东西都起来了 在我的卑微中也做得很好 回来时的意见 阿格尼说那个人会 不来，但他必须带走 给他的行李箱。那么那里 没有补救措施，所以出来了 每件事——但一切都被放了 今天下午回来。我们的 缝纫妇女正在花费 她的精力在一个新的 纱裙 周五晚上结束 海蒂已经部分修剪 我相信像莎拉这样的帽子 一根穿着黑色衣服出来的黑色稻草 我的天鹅绒丝绸边饰 伴随着一根稻草 颜色有点脏 领带不过一般 效果就是我们所希望的 最后一封邮件带来了一封信 从我的女士们附上一个 根据请求检查 50.00 我离开换换 看起来确实很自私 把海蒂一个人留在这里，但她不想 离开广州说她希望 她可以留在她所在的地方 直到她回家 再次。 9 月 2 日上午在斯沃图 汽船发出信号 对于南方，所以我必须 特写。本来就有 写得更多，但船 来得早 我们预计。下过雨 自从我来了就倾盆而下 所以我们没有 出任何地方。看到博士 Gauld 是一样的亲爱的 好基督徒医生 如从前。他们感觉 对失去的感到非常难过 他们亲爱的小弗洛里 四人中的一员 - 短暂死亡 前段时间伤寒 我希望莎拉会留下来 明年在家。是 怕妈妈不是很 强的。 - 从你的来信 好像阿姨 费伊一定失败了 自从我离开以来 美国。我想那里 我的希望很小 再次见到她。 Mr & Mrs Friend 还在 这里很惨 将不得不回家 在春天。 F先生有 完全失去了使用 一只眼睛。我想 有很大的危险 其他将变得无用。 也许会有 之前又一艘轮船下来 美国邮件去 如果是这样会写。我可以 只在这里说我有 [注：信在第一页结束] 感恩的另一个原因 在这里安全 - 有一个粗糙而且相当不安全 通道。 阿什莫尔夫人 不是很 强大但非常 不错的 天使在 房子 抓住。那里 只是现在 6单 女士们 斯沃图 亲爱的 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to Em, August 23, 1879 Subject The topic of the resource Travel; Fashion; Sewing; Typhoid fever Description An account of the resource Martha tells Emily about her plans so far that morning, which have included sewing and packing her trunk for Swatow. She talks about her soon-to-be new gauze dress and Hattie's hats. She received $50 from her ladies back home, wishing her to take a trip. The letter continues on Sept. 2 in Swatow. She mentions the death of Florie Gauld who died of Typhoid fever. She is concerned her mother is not doing well. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879-08-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_712 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1795940/shantou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shantou</a> clothing death fabric illness sewing https://noyesletters.org/files/original/a52b5d7a3a05914634b6712052572c58.pdf aab5cbe6799af57e5a8c2c4004beefbf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Jan 23rd 1888 My dear Clara My heart has gone out in an indescribable longing all day to day to talk with some one in the dear old home It seems as though we are living years every 24 hours. This morning we found the old watchman had been attacked with Apopley. He was lying on the verrendah in an [?unscious?] state and was removed at once to the hospi tal. Has not had a rational moment since. I saw him [--last--] this afternoon about three oclock. His eyes were closed and his breathing so labored. The rattle in the throat of which you wrote [--was--] in Mothers case was present but to him all earthly things were among the things that had passed away. I felt as if I knew exactly how it was when you stood by our dear little Mothers during her last hours. The Dr said it was exactly such a case but this man was in the unconscious stage of the disease when he was first discovered. I felt as though I could not keep away from his room. Closed a school Monday afternoon and when I was going out to get into the chair felt I must go into the hospital again. About 9 oclock no half past nine Miss Butler the Dr and I went out once more and when I came in after taking Miss Butler home it was five minutes to co They told us in the morning he did about 10 so we saw him only a few minutes before he "entered in"- He was an earnest Christian used always to kneel down in front of the outside front door and prey aloud each evening. It has always seemed so nice to hear him. He talked a good deal lately about going to heaven - exhorted Akai and the other boys to be faithful true Christians - and they say his conduct was always "righeous" and "just". Just think from caring for us he has gone straight to Jesus. The last eve he lived he was on duty. The Sabbath eve service at the last moment was transferred to Mr Henrys because of the distressing paroxysims of pain Mr Nye suffered late in the afternoon. We felt the people could not bear it if he should have such an attack during the service. The old watchman was stationed at our gate with his lantern and directed the people to go in on the other side After the service Verdie Happer came rushing over saying she had dropped her shawl somewhere. The Dr called the watchman asking if he had seen it. He said "yes he had hung it outside the study door He walked slowly around the door and it was not there [Note: Written upside down and crossed out My dear Mrs Lang You will conclude all your attempts to hear from Canton are useless, but I will try and send a line in reply to those we have received since you left us. And first that little hand glass in in tended for Mrs Lang. Dr Kerr wishes you to have it and he thought He fumbled about over the blinds in a strange uncertain manner and we finally found the shawl on a chair in the study where I suppose he had put it and forgotten after [Note: Letter concludes sideway on page one] wards where he had laid it. The disease was upon him then - and that was the last time any of us spoke to him His last service was a ministry to Gods people - and had we known how soon he would [illegible] into the man sion God has in close for him how we would have sent messages to loved ones there As he lay in the em brace of death - I looked at his old worn gar ments and thought what a change it would be when he should be clothed in the robes of the redeemed. If one could be the means of helping one soul into the light it would be worth all we could [illegible] here. 1888 年 1 月 23 日 我亲爱的克拉拉 我的心已经出去了 在难以形容的渴望中 整天跟一些人聊天 一个在亲爱的老房子里 好像我们是 每24小时活几年。这个 早上我们发现了旧的 守望者遭到袭击 与阿波雷。他在说谎 在游廊上 无意识状态并且是 立即取出送往医院。 还没有理性 从那一刻起。我看到了他 今天下午大约 三点钟。他的眼睛是 关闭，他的呼吸如此 辛苦了。中的拨浪鼓 你写的喉咙 母亲的案子在场，但 对他而言所有尘世的事物 是其中的事情 已经过世了。我觉得好像 我确切地知道它是什么时候 你站在我们亲爱的小宝贝身边 母亲在她最后的几个小时。这 博士说正是这样 案子，但这个人在 疾病的无意识阶段 当他第一次被发现时。 我觉得我无法保持 远离他的房间。关闭了一个 星期一下午上学和 当我要出去进入 椅子觉得我必须进入 再次住院。 9点左右 没有九点半巴特勒小姐 博士和我又出去了 当我在服用后进来时 巴特勒小姐家五点钟 分钟到合作 他们告诉我们在 早上他做了大约 10 点，所以我们 只见他几分钟 在他“进入”之前——他是一个 虔诚的基督徒过去常常 跪在外面 前门和猎物每个都大声 晚上。似乎一直如此 很高兴听到他的声音。他讲了一个 最近关于去的好交易 天堂——劝勉阿凯和 其他男孩要忠诚真实 基督徒——他们说他的行为 总是“正义”和“正义”。只是 认为从关心我们他有 直接去找耶稣。最后一晚 他住他值班。这 最后的安息日前夜服务 时刻被转移到先生 亨利斯因为令人痛心 奈先生遭受的痛苦阵发 下午晚些时候。我们感受到了 人们无法忍受，如果他 应该有这样的攻击 在服务期间。老人 守望者驻扎在我们的 用他的灯笼门和指挥 人们从另一边进去 服务后 Verdie Happer 冲过来说她有 她的披肩掉在了某个地方。 博士打电话给看守询问 如果他看到了。他说“是的他 把它挂在书房门外 他慢慢地绕着门走 它不在那里 [注：上下颠倒并划掉 我亲爱的郎太太 你会总结所有 你的尝试 广州没用，但我会 尝试发送一条线 回复我们收到的 自从你离开了我们。首先 里面的那个小手玻璃 照顾郎太太。克尔博士 希望你拥有它，他 想法 他在百叶窗上摸索 以一种奇怪的不确定方式 我们终于找到了披肩 我想在书房里的椅子 他放了之后忘记了 [注：信在第一页结束] 他放置它的病房。病在他身上 然后——那是我们最后一次和他说话 他的最后一次服务 是一个部 对上帝的人- 如果我们知道 他多久会 [难以辨认] 进入男人 神在里面 为他关闭如何 我们会有 发送信息 给那里的亲人 当他躺在里面 死亡的支撑 - 我看了 看着他破旧的衣服和思想 有什么改变 当他 应该穿 在长袍中 赎回。如果一个 可能是帮助一个灵魂进入 光这将值得我们在这里[难以辨认]。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from Martha to Clara and Mrs. Lang, January 23, 1888 Subject The topic of the resource Death; Violence; Christian converts; Servants Description An account of the resource Mattie tells Clara that their watchman was attacked and left unconscious outside of the house. He was taken to the hospital and died. Mattie talks about how good of a Christian he was and compares this experience to when her mother died. The letter to Mrs. Lang, which is crossed out, mentions a lost shawl. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-01-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_711 hospitals laborers violence https://noyesletters.org/files/original/b02b998b502454cca6cc87a29f1cd50e.pdf 31f5b642e9c526ee130e6921b3e4af5c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Note: &c transcribed as etc] My dear Ones at Home Your letters of last mail are before me but am afraid I shall not do much at answering them to day. We are well. The Dr is going on day by day and keeping pretty well. Miss Edna Cole has been with us the past week. This morning she has gone over to [?Fati?] and is coming back next Saturday - will then be here for a week or two. Last week Thursday and Friday Pres. was in session here and we had our Ministerial brethren with us - both Chinese and foreign. Thurs. afternoon Bishop Goodsell and wife came up from Hongkong and stayed with us 2 days. We had also Dr Thomson from Macao and Mr Coleman is still her. This Bisho[ is out visiting the sta tion of the Methodist Church in Fuchau Nanking Pekin etc etc. A tremendous man weighing over 300, and she larger than I which is saying all any one ought to say. We were afraid for the safety of our guest bed with such weighty individuals upon it but it did not colapse much to our relief. He was such a nice man - we enjoy ed his visit very much. The day before they left a Mr Lockwood arrived from India. He is a brother in law of Mrs Henry Jessup of Syria and that gives him a pasport into all mission circles. He is travelling about leisurely - time seems in consid- eration. To morrow he goes out into the country to visit a line of stations under the care of the Germans and will be back in about a week. Then proposes a long boat trip in another direction - making his head quarters here. Yesterday a little German Dr put in an appearance but he will go away to morrow. If we took the guests we have and boarded them by the day we should accumulate quite a fortune our additional expenses for guests this year has already been about 50.00 and we are not through Feb yet But I do not care half as much for the money as I do for the time and strength it consumes. The house has been full to overflowing the whole time this year - old and young, single and married. Some ask if they may come others just walk in upon us. It makes me think of the summer we had at home I feel sometimes as though I was in a hotel. But we are the hotel of the mission The result of never being [?alone?] is objectionable in many ways. We have no home life The Dr and I are never alone We cannot talk without the danger of being overheard even in our sleeping room [Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one] [--by if he could have--] it finishes to day - our school open to morrow and work be- gins. Can not get up steam to write any letters. Do not know what the home [--peo--] societies will do with me. Your loving sister Mattie [注：&c 转录为 etc] 我亲爱的在家 你最后的来信 邮件在我面前，但是 恐怕我不会做 很擅长回答他们 今天。我们很好。博士 每天都在进行 保持得很好。埃德娜小姐 科尔一直和我们在一起 上周。今天早上 她已经去找法蒂了 接下来会回来 星期六 - 然后会在这里 一两个星期。上周 星期四和星期五长老会是 在这里开会，我们 有我们的部长兄弟 和我们一起 - 中国人和 外国的。星期四。下午 古德塞尔主教和妻子 从香港来 和我们呆了 2 天。 我们也有汤姆森医生 来自澳门和先生 科尔曼还是她。这个 主教出去参观卫理公会教堂的车站 在福州、南京、北京等地 一个了不起的人 体重超过300，她 比我大 任何人都应该说的。 我们害怕 我们的客人床的安全与 如此有分量的人 在它上面，但它没有倒塌 让我们松了一口气。他是 这么好的人-我们喜欢 非常感谢他的访问。 他们离开的前一天 洛克伍德先生来了 来自印度。他是兄弟 亨利·杰瑟普夫人的姻亲 叙利亚，这给了他 进入所有任务的护照 界。他正在四处旅行 悠闲——时间似乎在考虑之中。 明天他出去 入国参观一行 下的车站 德国人和将是 大约一周后回来。然后 建议在 另一个方向——做他的 总部在这里。昨天 一位德国小医生 外观，但他会去 明天离开。如果我们采取 我们有和登机的客人 他们到我们应该的那一天 积累不少财富 我们的额外费用 今年的客人有 已经大约 50.00 和 我们还没有到二月 但我不在乎一半 和我一样花很多钱 为了时间和力量 它消耗。房子有 已满溢 今年的整个时间 - 老和 年轻，单身，已婚。 有人问他们是否可以来 其他人只是走进我们。 它让我想起 我们在家里度过的夏天 我有时觉得好像 我在一家旅馆。但我们是 使团旅馆 从不孤独的结果 在很多方面都是令人反感的。 我们没有家庭生活 医生和我从不孤单 我们不能没有 被偷听的危险 即使在我们的卧室里 [注：信在第一页结束] 到今天结束——我们的学校 明天开 和工作 杜松子酒。不能 起床 写任何 字母。做 不知道是什么 家 社团 将与 我。 你的爱 姐姐 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Mattie to the "Dear Ones at Home" Subject The topic of the resource Travel; Weight; Schools; Married people in missionary work Description An account of the resource Martha tells her dear ones at home that last week they had their ministerial brethren with them. She also summarizes all the visits they have had recently and expresses how time and money consuming it can be to have people over. She says that having so many visits disrupts their home life. The school will open tomorrow. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n. d. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_710 missionaries travel visitors https://noyesletters.org/files/original/cff4686eaf40754a6a5ea6906a42364a.pdf 68a337664da442615e4098735bee6433 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China June 28th 1887 My dear Father Only a few minutes before the mail will leave We hope so much that you were able to attend Edwards ordination. Our home letters are expected next Saturday. Last Sabbath was our Communion in the 2nd Church. 12 were received Seven of these were girls from the School five of whom I think were baptized in infancy. Dr Swans cook and ours also the table boy of Miss Lewis and Butlers It seemed very nice for them all to come together Akai our boy a year ago was one of those who stood in criticism upon the errors of church members but for the past five or six months has felt very much interes ted. He will have much to contend with but if his feet are planted upon the rock Christ he is safe. It is some- thing we feel so thankful for Achung our table boy have been interested more or less ever since he first heard the gospel but has not yet decided the all important question. There were three from the hospital {women} examined but it was thought best for them to wait longer. Our pastor has been called by the church at Lin Chau to become their minister but this church refuses to let him go so I sup pose it will become a matter for the Presbytery to settle. It would seem hard to take him from this church, do not know what will be done. The last mail brought a letter of 8 fools cap pages or at least something equal to it from Dr Happer about the college. We all judge from the letter that the location is to be Canton although the Dr was exceedingly careful not to say so. He said be hoped no one would think he had given his influence against Canton. That if the people wanted it here the Chinese he would do all in his power to have it put here &c &c. The salary of the pro- fessors not to exceed that of the missionaries. The College faculty not to be missionaries that is not to have a vote in Mission meeting or on the role of the missionaries. The ruling power to be the Board of Trustees and the faculty of the [?Just?]. That will make a sort of limited monarchy of it as the trustees will be too far away to render very immedi ate service. As far as the human side goes, it would seem as though under the [u] proposed [/u] leadership things might not move very straight but one thing is sure the Lord can choose his own workers and I think there is no doubt he will. Henry is busy getting or trying to get ground for a new School building for his boys. Was down here yester day about it. He seems very well for a man who is on the last year of his second term of service. I think of you as almost 83. Only one day more. Hope you are getting stronger day by day. I think of you so much. The verse for your birthday is very nice With a heart full of love From your affectionate daughter Martha 中国广东 1887 年 6 月 28 日 我亲爱的父亲 只有几分钟 在邮件离开之前 我们非常希望 你能够参加 爱德华兹授戒。我们的 预计会有家信 下个星期六。最后一个安息日 我们的圣餐在 第二教会。已收到 12 个 其中七个是女孩 从学校五 我认为受洗的人 在婴儿期。天鹅医生的 厨师和我们的还有桌子 刘易斯小姐和巴特勒斯的男孩 看起来很不错 他们都聚在一起 Akai 我们的男孩 一年前 是那些站着的人之一 批评错误 教会成员，但为了 过去五六个月 感到非常感兴趣。 他会有很多事情要做 抗衡，但如果他的脚 种在磐石上 基督他是安全的。这是我们非常感谢的事情 Achung 我们的餐桌男孩一直是 或多或少有兴趣 自从他第一次听到福音 但尚未决定 所有重要的问题。那里 三人来自医院 {妇女}检查但它 被认为最适合他们 等待更长的时间。我们的牧师有 被教会召唤 林洲成为他们的 牧师，但这个教堂 拒绝让他走所以我吃 摆出它会成为问题的姿势 让长老会解决。它 似乎很难接受他 从这个教堂，不知道 会做什么。最后 邮件带来了 8 个傻瓜的信 封顶页或至少是什么 等同于哈珀医生 关于学院。我们都判断 从信中说位置 是广州，虽然是医生 非常小心 没有 这么说。他说希望没有 有人会认为他给了 他对广州的影响。 如果人们想要的话 在这里，他会做所有中国人 在他的权力范围内 在这里等。教授的薪水不超过教授的薪水 传教士。高校 教师不做传教士 那就是没有投票权 任务会议或角色 的传教士。裁决 担任董事会的权力 受托人和教职员工 只是。这将进行排序 它的有限君主制 受托人会太远 提供非常即时的服务。至于 人的一面去，它会 似乎在 建议领导的事情 可能不会移动得很直 但有一件事是肯定的 主可以选择自己的 工人，我认为没有 怀疑他会。亨利很忙 获得或试图获得地面 新的教学楼 他的孩子们。昨天在这里。 他似乎很 对于一个正在上场的人来说很好 他第二年的最后一年 服务期限。我想 你快83了。只有一个 一天多了。希望你得到 一天比一天强。我想 你这么多。诗句为 你的生日真好 用一颗充满爱的心 来自你深情的女儿 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Martha to her Father, June 28, 1887 Subject The topic of the resource Ordination; Servants; Christian converts; Universities and colleges--China; Presbyterian Church; School buildings Description An account of the resource Mattie is glad that her father could attend Edward's ordination. She tells her father that the last Sabbath was their Communion and briefly talks about those who were received in the Church. Recently, she received a letter from Dr. Happer that had information about the college, which apparently will be located in Canton. Dr. Happer also summarizes other aspects of the future college such as faculty, salaries, relationship to the mission, and leadership. Then, Martha tells her father about Henry's school building plans. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1887-06-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_709 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a> baptism birthdays churches communion converts domestic workers missionaries salaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/ee475c0d131430fabcb5f9fd340c0aa7.pdf be4e26babbd2d0718fb0e7a31a3cbaa2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document to Jesus. June's happy spirit took its flight yesterday morning at 7 oclock. She did not suffer as she was in a state of coma all night. During the last weeks of her life she complain ed only of weariness." "I received a telegram from your brother Edward last night saying, "Tell Henry [?Gealie?]"' father died to day Funeral delayed Answer" I was sitting in the study with the Dr and Mr Twing with the letters in my lap. I lopked at the words as in a dream, read them all over the third time before the mind took in the meaning. Then gathered up the home letters in my hand rose and walked to the door and said Oh Dr Come. He looked up and said come at once please As soon as we were out of sight of Mr Thwing he said "Oh my dear what is it." I gasped out the words father is dead He uttered a deep grown and we went right up stairs to our room. Oh Edward it was such a shock. I read right upon it with out a moments warning. But I can never tell you how the Dr helped me He sat right down and read the psalm God is our refuge and strength It has always seemed a precious psalm but now it is doubly so. As the days go on my thoughts are continually with you. It will be a blessing to get the next letters We hope for them on Tuesday. We are constant ly praying for you all It was so hard you could not have had Henry with you hard for [Continued vertically on the first page] him and for you. Dear brother how he longed to see father again. Your loving sister Mattie 给耶稣。六月的快乐精神 昨天早上起飞 7点钟。她没有受苦 因为她处于昏迷状态 整个晚上。在最后 她抱怨生命中的几个星期 只是因为疲倦。” “我收到了一封来自 你哥哥爱德华最后 晚上说，“告诉亨利 Gealie”的父亲今天去世了 葬礼延迟回答” 我坐在书房里 与医生和特温先生 与我膝上的字母。 我看着这些词 在梦中，阅读它们 第三次 在头脑进入之前 意义。然后聚集 在我的家庭信中 手起身走到 进门说哦博士 来。他抬起头来 说请马上来 当我们看不见的时候 他对 Thwing 先生说：“哦 亲爱的，怎么了。”我喘着粗气 父亲死了 他说出了深深的成长 我们直接上了楼梯 到我们的房间。哦，爱德华 真是令人震惊。 我读到了 出片刻警告。 但我永远不能告诉你 医生是如何帮助我的 他 坐下来阅读 诗篇 上帝是我们的避难所 和力量它一直 似乎是一首珍贵的诗篇 但现在更是如此。 随着时间的推移我的想法 一直和你在一起。它 将是一种幸福 下一封信我们希望他们 星期二。我们一直在为你们所有人祈祷 你不可能有 亨利和你在一起很辛苦 [在第一页垂直继续] 他和你。亲爱的兄弟他多么渴望见到父亲 再次。你亲爱的妹妹玛蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Letter from Martha to Edward Subject The topic of the resource Death; Grief; Women missionaries; Faith Description An account of the resource In this section of a letter, Mattie writes about June's death and her last days of life. She also writes about how he found out about her father's death recently. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n. d. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document in having his machine pattented. I knew it deserved it but there are so many crooks and turns in this crooked world that things seem quite awry sometimes. And now shall I take a little look at Canton. We are within 2 weeks of our vacation which begins 1 week from next Tuesday. I have 28 scholars enrolled of whom 4 are at home sick with -- Whooping Cough. The third set in school are [u]coming down[/u] with it Tsoi Chau among the number. I hope the vacation of 6 weeks will work a cure which will last until New Years. One thing I am quite sure of I shall not forget at least for the present the meaning of [u]"to tung" "Yautseck"[/u] and [?tio?] [u]ka't,[/u] Notwithstanding so much [u]M shau yung[/u] ga sz-- the girls have done consiterable study and we have put in a [u]squared[/u] term of 6 months a longer one that we shall soon have again. I have 2 girls 18 years of age 2-19 and a nice girl 16 who has just entered -- have refused [--1--]5 ap- plications for entrance into the school and Lucy has said no to 15. This is the hardest part of it but there is no help for it -- The girls here last year 13 I think are doing nicely all remember Hattie with the greatest affection and send their greetings in a body. Lai Ching the mother of Asau has written again to Hattie but if she will put a sentence or two in to this particular person when she writes I will make it all right at this end-- I told them all about your getting home and they in consequence beamed all over. Sabbath afternoon in our prayer meeting in school U Smai offered a special prayer of thanksgiving for the safe arrival of No [illegible] son - shang - sinai in America and she became so affected she could hardly finish. Mr Mrs Wilson and family have been at Dr Happers during the last two weeks leave in the morning steamer for Hong Kong and will go immedi- ately on board the Great Repub- lic bound for San Francisco . They are both very unwell and the 3 children are in the same condition - the second a little boy perhaps 6 years of age is lying very sick with dysentery - they feel very anxious about him and I can not help fearing he will never see America. The Children could not come over here at all on account of the Whooping cough neither could they be left alone much so Mr & Mrs Wilson have taken turns in making calls. I do think they are such nice people hope they will be able to return but suppose it is doubtful They have remained her too long for their own good or the good of the Board. Our good people at home must learn it is the best economy to mend while there is something to mend-- We are looking for Mr and Mrs Corbett soon. My ladies send me by the last mail the value of $50.99 in Currency to be used in taking a trip if I could make any arrangment to do so if not to use it for my own benefit in some way. Was it not kind? Now what we would like to do is to get a boat invite Miss Whildon & Miss Bowe to accompany us and go into the country but I suppose the good mission- ary brethren will be in dismay if we propose such a feat so I presume we shall not carry out the wild scene-- We want if we do go to take an assistant and two bible women U Sinai and Atsit If this is not considered Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Journal Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Whooping cough; Schools; New Year; Travel; Steamboats; Dysentery Description An account of the resource This seems to be a section of a letter in which the author, probably Martha, writes that some scholars are sick with whooping cough. It mentions that the Wilsons and their children are all very sick. The writer received $50 from some ladies so that she could travel. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n. d. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (b) (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_journal_629 illness money students https://noyesletters.org/files/original/7c7b775e25fb53b0444350fa45dbfd91.pdf 03f077ca43bf7cd1271a0b98435cb2c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document to sadden the hearts of any of our Missionaries. We can always carry our grief to the Saviour and he will help us hear what he has laid upon us. Do not any of you feel a moment of anx- iety about me - for I hope to get along nicely with my part of the work while Hattie is away. I shall not be able to write nearly as many letters as she did but we have one in the house who I am sure will supply the deficiency in that line - and if the ladies hear from one that will do - I have been troubled since coming to China about sleeping but since I have taken charge of the school I run about so much during the day that I find sleep comes of itself -- people say if one eats and sleeps well there is no fear but they will be able to get on in Canton and I can do both [Note: &c transcribed as etc] The teacher of the Boarding school who has been sick for a few days is better has been in school again the last two days -One of our Bible women is feeling very badly just now U Sinai the one who has written to you. Her son a lad of 17 who has been studying for the past year in Hong Kong with an eye to the ministry has quite suddenly decided to go to California is to leave on the next steamer. Of course his Mother is greatly disappointed She has a son already in America from whom she has not heard for years which greatly increases the trial of parting with this one. They are spending their last eve, together in Henrys study could be alone there and we felt they ought to have an oppor- tunity of seeing each other by them selves. Ship going to Cal. breaks in upon a good many of our plans and prospects but no doubt will work out for the best in some way ----------- I left this at the ringing of the door bell and found little Miss Taylor {Hattie can tell you all about her} had come in to spend the eve, so now it is bed time. The moments are very precious to us now adays but I was very glad to give a little of it to her for she has not been able from ill health to study for nearly three months is better now and we hope it will continue One of the German Missionaries Mr Farber called this afternoon to say good bye preparatory to leaving for Germany on Thurs. He has been here 10 years and his throat is in about the same state as Henry's I suppose - a faithful hard working man who has made more progress in the study of Chinese then almost any one considering the time he has been here. It has been raining every [u]single[/u] day now for [u]42[/u] days with [u]2[/u] days of sunshine for a change - and to night the clouds look as if we might expect the [u]same[/u] for the [u]same[/u] time to come. The farmers are in great distress lest the rice crop should prove a fail ure - and my teacher to day said he never remembered to have seen such constant rain for so long - several times the walls furniture etc to have been so wet as to make it necessary to wipe it all with a cloth and twice the pictures have wrinkled up as if dipped into water Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Jounral Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Missionaries; Poor--Health and hygiene; Chinese language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers; Rain and rainfall Description An account of the resource This section of a letter, most likely written by Martha, mentions a "Bible woman" whose son has studied to be a missionary in Hong Kong and has moved to California. A Miss Taylor has returned whose poor health has slowed her studies for three months. Mr. Faber, a missionary from Germany, has been recalled. He was an accomplished student of Chinese. It has rained constantly, endangering a rice crop and damaging the house. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n. d. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_journal_630 https://noyesletters.org/files/original/84eeb7fde5c201e90d7d0be803fc010d.pdf 65460871fe9bde58ded518cd83afbb69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Note: &c transcribed as etc] 1st Page [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in top left hand corner] Oct 19th /73 To the dear Ones at Home I suppose according to promise, I must try to jour- nalize a little,, though I am much afraid what is written will be as the Deaf & Dumb say [u]dry[/u]. Reached Chicago about 7 this morning and found dear cousin awaiting me at the depot, who took me at once to her boarding place. she is now with a Mrs Cook, a widow lady, who buried her husband last summer, and has now three boarders in her house to prevent "the lonliness" as she said. Every thing is just as nice as can be and I am so glad Maria is so nicely fixed. We have spent the entire day going about the city, and I do think the amount of building which has been accomplished within the last 2 years is wonderful. It seems more the work of magic than re- ality. Michigan, & Wabash Sts, are the Euclid and Prospect of Chicago, while the new business houses are immense. The wholesale & retail store of Field [?Leiten?], Academy of Music, Pacific and Parmer Hotels, were among the most magnificent buildings. The Pacific contains [u]59 miles[/u] of carpet and every thing about it is on that extensive scale, but it is said to be always full of guests. One business man objected to the house, because he said it used up too much of his time, and strength, to get to his breakfast. We went into one church in process of erection, {Dr Patterson} audience room 7ft high, being finished and furnished in the most elegant manner . We passed only one spot where the fire had left its mark, but the north side of the city shows some of the desolation it left in its track. There is a mov- ing force about the people here which convinces a by-stander that they are wide awaked to their interests, and I cannot wonder that they feel somewhat proud of their Garden city. I found Luc this afternoon at the house of a Mrs Blair, who is one of the sec. of our Board here also saw Mrs Keep another officier both ladies of wealth, and culture, who seem much enlisted in the work of Missions. I was not a little surprised to find that a Miss Gamble from Phil appointed as missionary to Japan had come on with Luc so there will be at least three of us in company. She is an Irish lady, has spent but very little time in America, is rather tall dark hair and eyes is I should judge almost if not altogether as old as myself and not hard to get acquainted with. So much for to day Cousin and I must have a little talk before it gets any later. I dare not think of the loved ones too long at a time yet, the parting is too recent Sabbath Nov 20th The first of many, many, sab baths which I must spent apart [Note: Written sideways on page one] from those dearer than all Earth beside. This morning I thought of the home services and my much love sabbath school class. I do not believe they knew how much I thought of them. It will always be such a pleasure that I could have them during my last summer at home. We went this morning to hear Mr [?Goodium?] {congregational} and I enjoyed the service exceedingly John P. Bliss is the chorister and the singing was very good indeed [Note: Written sideways on page two] This eve we attended church at Dr Kitterege Pres. but I found myself to weary to follow his discourse which was from the text When Jesus saw him he loved him Church crowded. Monday Oct 21st Just leaving Chicago for the sunset land. The Christian hospitality with which we have been entertained since our arrival will never be forgotten Our good friends have made our stay among them so pleasant that its remembrance will be a joy, forever. [Note: Written sideways on page three] Quite a company came with us to the cars and did not say good bye until the train was under motion, but now we are moving out of the city on this, bright, beautiful morning followed by the earnest prayers of those who in person can be with us no longer. God bless them all. They can not know how much they have helped us to be strong when turning our faces from our native land towards foreign shores. I think we shall have a very pleasant company during our trip [Note: Written sideways on page four] One of our Chicago friends, introduced us to a Mr Putnam en route for California, one of the publishers of the Putnam Magazine, who seems to have all the gifts necessary to contribute his full share to our enjoyment. Mr Blair would insist on paying our [?palace?] car fare to Omaha and we find them quite an improvement upon the ordinary car, much more roomy and family like while our baskets and bundles can all be [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in top left hand corner] 5th Page put away for safe keeping. Provisions for travellers can only be obtained at ad- vanced prices, the charge beyond Omaha being, $1.00 per meal, the result of which is, that large lunch baskets are quite fashion- able, and we have the prospect of enjoying a prolonged picnic all the way to San Francisco The good people of C-- provided for our necessities until we reach Omaha where we presume to find our basket, and become acquainted with its contents, have had no time to attend to that part of our preparations yet. Monday eve. We have found the country thus far very flat and uninteresting, are losing our nice trees, and begin al- ready to long for a nice hill. Came to the Missippi just about dusk, so we could not get a very good view of it. At the point of crossing, it is a mile wide, and looks the noble river it is, truly meriting the name of the Father of waters. The light from the city, of Burlington over the river, seemed almost to encircle us and their reflection on the water was beautiful. There the train stopped for supper and our good friend Mr P. went out and brought us "three teas" as he said, which he averred had been brought a mile and a half and therefore [--was--]^were not probably very warm Be that as it may we enjoyed the same exceedingly. Our first day of travel is about completed, and the porter is giving ominous sings that we must soon prepare to put ourselves in our "little beds " Tues Morn We had quite a com- fortable nights sleep, woke early and watched the stars fade into the dawn of another bright day In thought I was back in the "home on the hill" and thought with much pleasure that we should see the same stars in the far off land. We are nearly across the state of Iowa and breakfast being over the next thing is to get our portables into the best possible shape to leave the train at Omaha. Big box, little box, bandbox, bundle how they do force themselves on our attention upon every occasion Just before we reached our station, a young man by the name of Green, came and in- troduced himself to our party as a missionary to Japan and told us we should find Dr Hepburn and family at Omaha. There had been but few points of inter- est thus far in point of scenery. Although we ascend from the Missippi all the way to the summit of the Rocky mts, the country seems at dead level. Fences and travelled roads belong to the past, people here look as thought they were driving through an immense field, as they go [Note: Written sideways on page five] from place to place, and it is truly no marvel that one loses his way on these plains during the snows of winter. Just before we reach Council Bluffs, we come in sight of the Cliffs which no doubt suggested the name for the city. They encircle us like an ampatheater of hills, and are not unlike vast piles of soft clay reminding us a little of enormous snow drifts, as we look over their irregular tops. The town is located at the [Note: Written sideways on page six] foot of these hills and one might imagine had crept under their shadow for protection and care. The houses {as are nearly all the habitations in the west,} are but a story, or a story and a half in height, but in good repair and every thing has the air of thrift, and business We noticed several churches, and school-buildings and found that the state Just for the Deaf & Dumb was located here the buildings of which are nearly ready for use. We are not yet out of [Note: Written sideways on page seven] reach of street cars, but I imagine we may take our last look at them unless we are happy enough to find them in San Francisco. Here we are at the Missouri, river, a most muddy stream, with low sloping shores that seem just ready to slide into the stream could they find any excuse for so doing. And Omaha Well we must not judge of a place by its appearance from a rail-road car. Oh for the sight of a nice little hill or one of our good old trees. [Note: Written sideways on page eight] Tues eve, At Omaha Miss Gamble and I went to look after the baggage, while Luc, purchased the lunch for our trip. Our trunks were the last to make their appearance, but sage at last and then we were obliged to give our autobiographies on a small scale, before we could secure check for San Francisco, but the officiers were very kind and pleasant. I felt so sorry for Miss Gamble who had 375 lbs extra baggage and was obliged to pay $48.00 for transportation. 9th Page Dr Hepburn and family came in to see us as soon as every thing was settled, and we at once appointed him captain of the company, We can not be in the same car with them until after we pass Ogden, but we can visit as often as we please. Our lunch has cost the large sum of $1.50 apiece and I do not think we will be obliged to get much more before we get to the end of the line. Cheap enough isn't it? There is a gentleman who has come on in our car from Monmouth Ill who in looks and manner makes me think ever so much of Frank. He is tall, very thing, and seems to the travelling for his health has a wife the very opposite of himself in form, and feature, but equally good natured. His name is Cyrus Jones, and we have made an agreement that we will write to him, in case we do not get [u]sea sick[/u]. He has been out at sea, and it is too comical to see him [u]act[/u] the sick passenger. This is the third time he has been through the country by this route, so of course is well acquainted with the points of interest by the way. Two gentlemen natives of Japan, nice looking people, one an invalid, are on their return and have been our companion thus far, but Dr Hepburn has taken charge of the sick one, and they are now in the car with him. I am so glad that he has found some one to do some thing for him, he seems so very miserable. We are this afternoon travelling up the Platte valley, and can trace the course of the river, by the trees upon its banks. The only ones we can see are close on the margin of the river The land here is very good for cultivation, when irrigated, and water for this purpose can be obtained from the melting snows farther back in the mountains We have spoken of the Platte river but it scarcely merits the name, for notwithstanding at the point of its union with the Missouri it is 3/4 of a mile wide its average depth is only about 6 inches, and is navagable there fore for nothing more than a [u]shingle[/u] even at its highest stage. But it drains a large sweep of country, and renders hundred of acres fertile, which it is thought could be made to produce the finest of grain. On the south bank of the river is the old "emigrant road" where caravans of white-topped wagons were formerly seen carrying immense amounts of freight over these plains to Colorado, Wyoming etc I had not the least idea of the extent of this business. [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in lower right hand corner] [Note: Written sideways on page nine] We learned that the following estimate was made of the work during the year of 1866 There were in employ 8,960 wagons, 14,620 miles, 59,440 cattle, and 11220 men who carried 54,000 tons of freight The cost of the wagons and teams alone was $7,289,300 This locality abounds in game, Prairie chicken, Ducks, Turkeys, etc, and our passengers are on the lookout for Buffalos but have [Note: Written sideways on page ten] not yet been fortunate enough to see one. This valley was not yielded to the whites, by the Indians without a struggle, for it was one of their most favorite hunting grounds. This eve just before dusk we saw a com- pany of squaws, who came up to our team as it stopped at a station to beg for back- sheech {money} They were very poorly dressed and oh so degraded. It scarcely seems possible for our sex to fall so low. [Note: Written sideways on page eleven] We stood out on the platform and one man threw them some small coin, and then tobacco, which they seemed equally glad to get. One woman had a baby not more than 10 or 12 months old, whose poor little body was scarcely covered with clothing while we were feeling cold bun- dled up in our waterproofs. I could not help thinking as I looked at them that [Note: Written sideways on page twelve] they had souls as precious as ours, but there was no one to teach them the way of life. We can sensibly feel the differ- ence in the density of the atmosphere as we ascend the Mts. are now about 2600 ft. above sea level. It is getting dark and I must say good night to the dear ones, back in Ohio. They do not light the cars well, lest we should sit up late. 13th Page [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] Wednesday Oct 22nd Luc and I are getting the reputation of being early uses, as we are about the first travellers astir. It is a point, to have finished one's toilet in good season when there is but one arrange- ment on the line of baisin glass etc. for 25 or more ladies. You would laugh if you could see our little semi-circle of coffee pots, and quart cups, on the stove, preparatory to breakfast, for you must know we do not fail of our coffee or tea though the making of it is not without its difficulties the greatest of which is waiting two or three hours for the water to boil. Do not tell it abroad lest it should injure our reputation but the coffee is put in when the water is cold, .The gentlemen are not without interest in this matter and keep up a line of communication between the stove and ourselves reporting progress at every trip. This morning it is too cold to be comfortable without good fires. Train stopped for breakfast at Sidney where we left the train and had a brisk walk by the way of variation, went into a store to find out what they kept for sale away out here. It seemed quite a business little place, found one thing which looked very natural, and that was a circle of cigar smokers about the round stove in the rear. The merchant seemed to suspect us of being out on an exploring expedition, but was very gentle- manly. After leaving the store had a game of snow ball with our good friend Mr Jones a pretty good medicine for people in search of exercise. This forenoon saw quite a number of Antelopes, who seem to associate in little groups, and would not come very near us. I did so much wish to see a buffalo, but they are not very abundant. This afternoon we came up to a freight train whose enjine had run off the track and were detained about three hours before we could pass them. Were almost at the summit of the Rocky Mts. and went to gather if possible a few specimens of some kind. It was so very cold we were obliged to do some fast walking to keep warm but found some beautiful stones, and scarred a rabbit from its hiding place, which was so large we thought at first it was an Antelope. One piece of Quartz was so nice I felt as if I would like to send it to the University of Wooster, but it is almost too heavy for that. The Conductor and Dr Hepburn thought it was petrified wood, but an old miner on board pronounced it Quartz. It was nearly dark when [Note: Written sideways on page thirteen] we drep at Sherman, a small town on the summits of the Mts, and I got out and walked about a little just to say that I had stepped upon the highest point of land on our continent crossed by a rail road track. We are an elevation of 8242 ft above sea level. The town was named after Gen. Sherman the tallest man of the rank on our service. Here and there, the hills are [Note: Written sideways on page fourteen] covered with a dense growth of evergreens, which are quite small but make very good timber and the supply is said to be almost inexhaustible It is such a relief to find trees again, have seen only those on the banks of the [--Omaha--] Platte since leaving Omaha. The scenery at this point is said to be very grand, but bleak and desolate, but it was too late for us to get any good by observation. I do not think I should like living at such an [Note: Written sideways on page fifteen] elevation. The air is so rare that it has been quite a tiresome effort to breathe to day and one poor lady who is suffering from consumption has been very miserable indeed, for her sake we shall be very glad to be safely at the foot on the other side. We are now more than a half day behind time and unless it is made up will be obliged to go down to Salt Lake City to spend the Sabbath, but hope we can get through [Note: Written sideways on page sixteen] without doing so. Thurs Nov 23rd Had a very cold night indeed but by asking the porter for extra blankets, and throwing our shawls and water proofs over all, we managed to be comfortable. I slept with my cape hood drawn over my head to keep my ears warm. It is a necessity to have our little window open to get fresh air although the weather is severe. When we first awoke we saw Pikes Peak. which had been passed [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 17th during the night. I can not describe the beautiful effect of the sunlight upon the snow clad heights in the distance . At no time when ascending the Mts. could we real- ize that we were attaining such a height but on descending the scenery seemed too grand for description. Words are [u]tame[/u], imagination itself in its fullest sweep, could not exag- erate its beauty, and sublim- ity. Rocks piled one above another in apparent confusion some of them rising almost perpendicularly hundreds of ft forming walls of solid rock sometimes almost within reach of us. What little soil there is here is of a red color and upon the tops of the ridges are found a growth of scrub pines which seem to thrive with almost nothing to cling to but rock. The ravines are covered with sage brush which grows to be about a ft. high, very thick, and not unlike in color the sage green which has of late been so popular. About 5 P.M. we passed the 1000 miles tree just 1000 miles from Omaha, and soon after the Devil's slide, a space about 10ft wide on each side of which is a wall of rock, as regular as though built by the hand of a man and forming almost a beeline from the base to the summit of the Mt. We will try and send you a stereoscope view of it if we can obtain one in San Fran- cisco. It is one of the strangest things we have yet seen. It is wonderful how the way seems to have been prepared for this rail-road. It winds about ^among the passes, so that we have hardly gone through one cut to day.] The country is more thickly settled as we proceed, and we have seen some very nice little groups of houses nestled in the shadow of the sentinel hill The travelled roads in this vicinity run parallel and quite near our line, and every where, and there, are lines of Emigrant wagons, the homes for the time being of whole families, who are "going out west" Again the eye is attracted towards the large herds of horses, and cattle, [--who seem--] almost beyond numbering who graze upon the sage brush of the valleys, and from out some sheltering rock peers the hut of the shepherd far from neighbors, standing in isolated lonliness. But oh how we miss the fine old trees of the far East, have found these only in the Platte valley near the summit of the Mts and the 1000 mile tree. Have had our first introduction to the Chinese who are employed to keep the track in order They adopt the American [Note: Written sideways on page seventeen] dress, the cue reserved, and are not more dis-agreeable in appearance than I expected to find them, though I can not say I admire the style of dressing the hair The people on the car are calling out to Miss Crouch, and I, to every opportunity to look at our brothers. Our party are becoming some what known, and one miner this afternoon had quite an argument with us endeavoring [Note: Written sideways on page eighteen] to show that there was enough for us to do at home, and we were running away from our duty. He told us of his life among the miners, and how impossible it was to have any religious privi[--l--]leges and also how glad many of them would be if they could live differently. He was honest and sincere in what he said and I could not but pity him Changed cars at Ogden but it was too dark to see anything of the town. I had to leave [Note: Written sideways on page nineteen] [u]our dear little ivy plant[/u] as it was entirely dead, the Gerranium came no farther than Chicago. I could not bear to give it up but it became a necessity. The waxplant still lives and my hopes all center in that one [u]living[/u] remembrance of Ohio. The missionary party are now together have changed cars for the last time and feel that we are almost through with the overland trip We are all in good health and spirits, scarcely at all tired [Note: Written sideways on page twenty] Friday Morn Oct 24th This morning found us 1307 miles from Omaha, Indians are getting as plenty as black-berries. At one stopping place we saw a squaw exhibiting her baby to the passengers at 2 bits {25 cts} a sight but I did not feel as if I could afford the view as there was a prospect of plenty of a similar nature free of charge before the day was over. The train was so far behind time that [Note: Print of a decorative red N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 21st Page those who had no lunch on board got nothing to eat until 10 A.M. The refreshment houses are very well kept indeed and one can get almost anything he wished provided he pays $1.00 green- back of 75 cts coin for it. We have not bought a single meal since leaving home and expect to get to California without doing so have good appetites and set the table [u][?3?] times[/u] a day. They will not let the passen- gers make coffee in this car however so we must patronize the outside world a little but congratulate our selves that we have been quite economical. This noon bought a jar of pickles at Battle Mt. and while we were enjoying them at dinner, Dr Hepburn came along and remarked "I never saw a company ^of ladies set down to eat but that they had pickles we wondered if he inwardly meant "old maids" Well we did not find them objectionable] The towns in this part of the country are built on a dead level and bounded by sand, no-trees no yds, nothing to make the houses seem in the least homelike but the people appear contented and comfortable. What a mercy that we are so constituted as to grow accustomed to the in- evitables of life. In some places the soil is Alkaline is almost as white as snow and they tell us the water will make bread without the assistance of yeast, can not vouch for the truth of the statement but it was given as a fact. We met with a most beautiful river in the Humbolt, whose course we followed during the forenoon Its water is the bluest, coldest clearest, mountain water a grand rarity about here. The valley is covered with the oft mentioned sage grass and cattle can remain without shelter during the entire year so there is the best opportunity for the ranches proving a suc- cess, financially. A man however might almost as well be out of the world as in it as far as society is concerned if he in person superintends a ranch. One thing I have failed to speak about [--an--] the dug outs here and there on the plains which are certainly rightly named for they look more like the burrows of wild animals than the abodes of men. Just imagine an en- trance into a vault, or cellar, above ground such as you sometimes see, and you will have a pretty good idea of these as they appeared to us, provided you dismiss every spear of grass and think of them as covered with dirt. Yesterday and to day we have been listening to chapters from the [Note: Written sideways on page twenty one] Housier School Master read by Miss Gamble who has just enough of a foreign account to make us impress it upon her, that it is her duty to do all the reading. Sarah will perhaps remember this as the story Cousin John was so anxious we should enjoy when we were in Mass. We do find it quite funny hope to finish it to morrow. I have thought many many times to day of last Friday [Note: Written sideways on page twenty two] the day I left my precious home. Every occurence of that day is engraven upon my memory as with a pen of iron but I cannot yet think long at a time about it all I have left a large treasure of love behind than I can ever find elsewhere but never let yourselves think of us as apart from you. We will always count the sisters will we not? The circle is unbroken though in distance it embraces the world. [Note: Written sideways on page twenty three] The same hand cares for us all, the same ear listens to our evening prayer, the same home awaitseth each. Were it not so the heart would break with its burden of sepa- ration as it is we can rejoice. I feel assured the traveller is not forgotten at the hour of morning and evening suplication. You know not what that thought is worth to me. Sat Morn. Nov 25th Last eve we requested the porter to awaken us early as we were to pass -- lake about six this morning which was said to be very beautiful so we were up and out almost before light. I wish I could give you just a faint idea of the beauty which sur- rounded us on every side The lake seemed to lie in a basin walled up by the precipitous sides of the Seirra Nevadas which were covered with such fine evergreen The limbs were bourne down with a weight of snow and ice [Note: Print of a decorative green N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 25th which in the early dawn seemed like so much chrystal Just as we were entering into the enjoyment of the scene the view was intercepted by the cars entering some snow sheds, which commencing at this point continued almost without intermission for 22 miles. How much I longed to sweep them all away for that morning at least, it seemed as if we could not bear to lose so much. But these institutions are a positive necessity in this local- ity. I believe there is a line of shed, and tunnel through this mountain region which measures 45 miles, the sheds being built at an average cost of $10,000, per mile The snow often drifts up in these ravines to the depth of 16 or 20 ft, so we can easily imagine how impossible it would be to keep the track clear without them. About 7 A.M. the train stopped for breakfast, breakfast in a snow shed as some of the passengers remarked, but we found on leaving the train we had reached summit, a small town on the toop of the Seirra Nevadas. While the others were taking their meal, Luc, and I went out and climbed to the top of the hills behind the village, gathered a few specimens of the mountain moss and came down with no loss except quite a little hole in one of my garters {torn on one of the sharp rocks} which I [u]suppose[/u] must be [u]mended[/u]. The air was very bracing and so cold it made our ears and hands tingle, but oh the grandeur and sub- limity of our surroundings were beyond the power of tongue or pen to to describe I could only exclaim Would that all our friends could stand here with us and see for themselves. We can never tell them any thing about it. I could have remained for hours but 2- minutes was our allowance and we had to retrace our steps. As we came down we went to the breakfast room and bought some warm coffee. We changed Rail-road companies at Ogden and they do not allow us to use the stove in the car for [--the--] domestic purposes so I expect we will have to patronize the resturants a little. As we got into the train I felt we were about to enjoy our last ride by rail for 10 years perhaps. The conductor has seemed quite anxious we should see all points of interest and remarked as he helped us on board. Now for Cape Horn, you will see that from this side of the car. We began the decent of the mountains and after being housed in by these sheds for about an hour left them behind us and came into the [illegible] region Little villages and hamlets the homes of the miners are scattered here and there, but their yards are fenced in, and the little cabins were many of them surrounded by gardens and orchards which furnish the finest vegatables and fruit. The soil has the same red appearance I noticed as corn, in New Jersey, when there last summer and the hills and sides of the moun- tains are torn down and scooped out by the miners in their search of gold, until one would think the very ground would be carried away. About 10 we reached the renowned Cape Horn and those who thought they had pretty strong nerves stood on the platform to get the best view of the "grandest sight on the line" The track wound around a cliff so near the edge that you can look down 2500 ft into the valley [Note: Print of a decorative green N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 29th and see the American river only a silver thread as seen from this distance. I stood on the step of the car and felt that I could have stepped at a single effort into the ravine we were so close upon the brink. I never expect to see any thing more gran, than I witnessed then and there. When the road was built around this mountain the men who first broke ground, were suspended by ropes from the summit, until they could excavate a foothold into its rocky sides. They say the multitude of Chinese laborers employed in its construction looked like a swarm of ants when viewed from the valley. I thought when I went around the horse shoe bend on my eastern trip, it was the most wonderful survey that could be made in the building of a rail-road, but that sinks into insignificance when compared with the work at Cape Horn. The Americans are not a people who have can't in their dictionary. We crossed the valley at its lowest point on a trustle work 878 ft long and I suppose no spot on any line in the United States is watched with more sedulous care than this bend and trustle work They never attempt to pass over it in the night and the strongest engines are put into requision, tows usually being attached to each train, so in case one becomes disabled it will not be left in helpless condition. We had been out almost constantly since 6 oclock and felt ready to sit down awhile. While out I had enjoyed such a pleasant con- versation with a gentleman from Akron a student I should judge who had found out our destination and on that account seemed much interested in us. As I went in he took my hand and said so earnest- ly "I bid you God speed." These re- marks dropped here and there are to us like apples of gold in pictures of [?silver?]. The next station was Colfax {named for our former vice president} where all trains stop for refreshment It is one of the prettiest towns we have seen since leaving the Miss. A number of boys came into the cars offering for sale some of the finest grapes, and pears, and Mr Green purchased enough for our party. Fine hardly conveys the true idea of this Cal. fruit it is delicious, fairly melting in one's mouth. 12 oclock found us nearly down to sea level the Thermometer having risen 23° since morning Waterproofs were discarded, win- dows opened and we wishing for dresses a little better adapted to the climate while 6 hours before we were shivering with cold among the mountain snows. It seemed as though we had suddenly been transferred to another world, the sky was so soft, and [illegible], while every thing looked as if it was its greatest delight to grow, shubbery trees fruits and flowers everywhere. Sacramento City was reached about noon and the first object that we noticed was the statehouse a building well worthy of its name This place has so many beautiful shade trees one would admire it for those if nothing else. The [illegible] is quite wide at this point but yellow and muddy owing to the soil washed into it through almost [Note: Print of a decorative green N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 33rd its entire course, by the mining population. Had it not been for American persevereance I suppose this city would be among the things that were It was once destroyed by fire and again almost carried away by the overflow of the river. It was built above highwater mark at the time of its second erection but the mining business filled up the river bed to such an extent afterwards, that when the snows back among the mountains melted, at springtime, the waters came pouring down and innundated the city. As a cure for this the ground [--has--] upon which the entire city now stands has been actually raised 12ft so there is no farther risk in that direction. Rather a Herculean task was that. It seemed as though here we had fund the land of [--Babel--] Babel people of almost every tribe and nation ^each shouting in his own lan- guage, result, confusion inexpressible This afternoon a lady came into the train at stockton accompa- nied by her husband, and 2 fine looking little boys, and introduced herself as a niece of Dr Happer's. She had been into San Francisco the day before, and Dr Loomis had spoken of our coming, and she said she felt she must see us. Went on about 20 miles and took a return train leaving such a nice basket of fruit she brought in for us. She was anxious I should go back and spend the sab- bath but I felt it would be better to go on with the company. We seemed to have discovered the land of Wind Mills such numbers of them are used in this vicinity The water is often pumped into the cupolas of the houses and from thence carried over the building which after it has been used irrigates the yard and garden. We for the first time began to feel that the time was getting a little tedious, and [--we--] were not sorry to get safely into Oakland which we reached [u]exactly[/u] on [u]time[/u] having met with but one delay on account of the freight train off the track back in the Rocky Mts. Dr Loomis came over to Oakland to meet us bringing me letters from Henry & Hattie which did me a [u]world[/u] of good, for I did feel a stranger in a strange land. It took all the available force of the men of our party to get [--all--] our bags satchels and bundles safely carried aboard the ferry boat, and the jostle an confusion was indescribable I was determined nothing should happen to my dear little plant and would give that to no one to carry, but hands were so full that my ticket found lodgement between my teeth from whence at proper time it was taken by the agent who looked at me with a curious glance and let me pass on. While going over to San Francisco I read my letters and thought of all the dear ones at home, and it was a pleasure that I could be alone with my thoughts. It was about nine oclock and I felt I was remembered at that hour [--and--] Need I say how precious I felt that to be? I could not tell you how I was helped by it. Our good Dr did not leave us until we were safe at our hotel with every arrangement for our comfort complete. and now here we are with one week to spend [Note: Print of a decorative green N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 37th before we find a temporary home on the Colorado. I do not let myself think of the embarkation yet What a blessing that our lives come to us a day at a time "One by one our duties meet us and we can let our whole strength go to each, feeling that grace will be given for every to morrow." Oct 27th Yesterday morning we woke early feeling quite rested but the thought that we had no idea where a single church in the city was located, or the name of a single pastor, gave us an away from home feeling. After breakfast we looked over a daily paper and Miss Gamble recognized a former acquaintance in the pastor of the Calvary congregation {Pres} so we at once decided to accompany her. One of the porters gave us direc- tions and we found the place without difficulty. The usher asked us if we would like to go into the Chinese sabbath school then in session in the lecture room and we were very glad to begin the day in that way. Quite a number of the churches allow their sabbath school rooms to be used in this way, at an hour when not other- wise occupied. Their own pupils become teachers and learn the Chinese, to read English. There were some little girls, and boys, not more than 10 or 12 years old working away with their classes most industriously, teachers, and scholars, alike wholly engrossed in their subject. The Supt. was American the Ast. Supt. Chinese He was a remarkably pleasant spoken polite man and seemed much pleased to learn that we were on our way to China to teach his countrymen He asked if we would not like to go to the Mission rooms in the afternoon and attend Chinese services giving us directions how to find them. These people are very anxious to learn the English and love to be taught by children. The audience room in this church was one of the finest - I have ever seen. Pulpit of mar- ble with dark crimson velvet cushion and tapestry hangings. An Organ most elaborate in finish Chandiliers upholstery, carpets and every thing betokening great elegance. It reminded me a little of Hattie's church in Phil. but was much more imposing The minister preached from the text "She hath done what she could" and I thought what a nice subject, but the sermon was any effort made to impress upon this people the duty of discharging a debt of $150,000 resting upon the Soc. whereupon I conclude it was a new building but found afterwards to my utter surprise it had been in use 9 years. Mr Condit told me there was hardly a church in the city, which was not more or less in debt. Every denomination seems to have gone beyond it means in the erection of its house of worship. I had thought a great deal about this last sabbath in America and was intensely disappointed in the service. You will remember this was the text of Cynthia's funeral sermon. The last text Hattie heard [--heard--] preached from in Ohio. In spirit I was in the Jackson church listening to Mr Barr and could but wish I had gone to church some where els Met Mr Green after service and was rejoiced to find he had met a classmate, who has been on a sea voyage for the restoration of his health and is now staying in the city, so he could spend his time with Mr Green, who said he had felt a little twinge of home sickness already. After lunch we took our way through Chinatown to the Mission rooms, and of all days our surroundings would never have led us to imagine it was the Sabbath. I felt as though sud- denly transferred to heathendom. On entering the chapel we found perhaps 60 or 70 Chinese engaged in Sabbath School exercises, under the charge of Dr Loomis. They sung our dear Sabbath School songs and hymns [Note: Print of a decorative green N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] Just as I Am, Jesus the water of life will give, Rock of Ages etc first in English then Chinese, and after- wards most of them repeated a verse of scripture in both languages I could not help noticing with what increased zest they sang in the Chinese, some of them literally sang with all their might and in almost perfect time. After Sabbath School Mr Condit took us up to their family rooms which are in the second story of this build- ing, where we met his wife and two children. Mrs Condit is one of the sweetest most lady-like women I ever met, my whole heart went out to her at once, she is rather small light hair, a beautiful blue eye, and clear complexion, and goes about with that ease and dignity which does not repel you, but which you so love to see. Mr Condit makes me think a little of cousin Henry is social genial ready to do any thing he can for any one Dr Loomis has more the style of a New Endland gentleman and I could not but feel a little in awe of him Hattie notwith- standing. Mrs Condit told us to come up in the evening about 7 and visit their school and then she would go with us to hear Dr Patterson {formerly of Chicago} preach. I think our missionaries have a school every evening in the week, and all instruction is given in the En- glish language. We had the opportunity that evening of hear- ing classes ourselves. Mine were using a primmer ^and were learning words of one syllable as stove bench and I found myself almost involuntarily making signs to them which pleased them greatly but they understood them I think. They are very patient, and willing to be taught, but if they do not get the pronunciation of a word right will refuse to go on, saying "Me no got [u]him[/u]. Me no got [u]him[/u]." Quite a number of these pupils are earnest Christians It has been impossible yet to do much for the women, and girls, as they have no idea of wishing to learn anything. We could only remain until the exercises were about half over but enjoyed it while we did stay, very much. Were a little late at church Dr Patterson is considered a most able pastor, his work among the young men of his charge being peculiarly successful. He is now occupying the pulpit of Dr Dodge of this city who is away on account of the failure of his health, but there is but faint prospect of its recovery, and he is looked upon a pastor elect by the congregation. As was the case last sabbath I was very weary and could not therefore fully enjoy the services. After meeting we were introduced to the Dr and Miss Gamble found in him an acquain- tance of some of her ancestors {All from Ireland} so he at once said he should appropriate her part of the time. This is our last sabbath on this side of the world for some time, and I do not know but I am glad we have been a little disappointed to day I feel that Father's sermon at Wayne is my farewell to America Words can not express the grat- ification it has been to me that I was permitted to be present there. That forenoon was the first time I was brought to feel able to give up the home circle especially in precious Father & Mother I shall never forget just how Father looked as he stood by that communion table and as he spoke of our work here, and our home up there, where we should spend an Eternity together I in- wardly exclaimed again and again Lord I give them all up for Thee yet never did they seem more precious, than then. It was no light thing to yield up Father & Mother brothers and sisters and I had often for hours together at night dwelt upon the parting feeling always [Note: Print of a decorative black N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 45th the duty said go yet shrinking form the sad good bye, but you see just at the right time strength came God can extend his protecting care over all the circle, and spare them until my return but in any case it will be [u]all right[/u], and we need feel no anxiety about it I sung Thine earthly sabbaths etc last night about the time I thought you would be singing it at home Monday Oct 27th This morning I had my trunk brought up to my room and the first thing Luc and I did, was to get out our home pictures and look at them. I think all our family photos are so good. Mr and Mrs Loomis called upon us quite early and the Dr inquired into the prosperity of my little plant said he hoped I could carry it through safely Mrs Hepburn thinks the Dr has done about the right thing in getting him a wife, and she does seem very pleasant and nice. Dr Hepburn was in before they left to see about getting our state rooms on the vessel, but Dr Loomis had already attended to the matter. We had just gone back to our room when my old friend, and pupil, John Stubbs sent up his card I was so delighted, for I had just searched the city directory in vain to find his name, and told Luc I did not see but I should be obliged to leave the city without seeing him . He had been watching the papers for two weeks and although my name was announced as [?Choyse?] instead of Noyes he thought it must be [--the--] me notwithstanding. He had examined the registers of every hotel in the city where he thought there was a possi- bility of our staying, said he forgot all about the Brooklyn house He told me they had not been housekeeping quite a week, so I must not look for very much, but he proposed to take me home with him. I told him of Miss Crouch and said I could not leave her at the hotel alone, and he said Bright her right along. He went out and ordered a carriage while we packed up our comodities with the utmost expedition, and left our quarters without single re- gret. Mr Stubbs insisted upon paying our hotel expenses, and when we desired to settle accounts remarked "I have a little mission- ary account to settle I have honestly " They have a very pretty house indeed, and Mrs Stubbs gave me such a cordial welcome that we felt at home at once she has but one child a darling little fellow who might take any heart captive at his will Mr Stubbs has an important position on the Pacific road, is at the head of the freight depart- ment and has 20 clerks under him. He looks so young that the company styled him Ast. Agent until they could do so no longer as he was really at the head of matters. It rests with him to decide upon the price [?upon?] freight between Omaha and San Francisco says he has some funny ex- periences as he is often mistaken for a boy in the office by business men. This afternoon we attended a prayer meeting at Mrs Condits. There were only a few present, but we had a very precious little meeting which I felt was probably the last I should attend in America At how many such meetings I have been permit- ted to be present. I ought to go in the strength of them for a long time to 'come' ] [Note: Written sideways on page forty five] We met her a Mrs Cole, who is laboring among the Chinese women, has also a school of girls and visits about from house to house She has been in China as a missionary has now buried her [u]husband[/u] and [u]all her children[/u] is quite old, but wears that calm trustful face which seems born of sor- row. I felt irresistibly drawn towards her, as she told me of her work. Another lady among the number encouraged me more, in reference to the life I had chosen, than any one I have met. She is [u]53[/u] years [u]old[/u] in very ordinary circumstances, but perfectly enthusiastic in teaching the chinese boys in the evening school. She has learned the lord's prayer in Chinese, which took her three months but Mr Condit says she can pronounce it very well [Note: Written sideways on page forty six] she feels as if she would like to go to China, thought we might think ourselves privileged that we could be sent. Arrangements were made for us to take dinner with Mrs Condit on Tues and Mrs Knox on Thurs [--eve--] last but not least we met [u]Aho[/u] the girl who taught Hattie Chinese the first year she was at Canton and Hattie was her "[u]go between[/u]" at the time of her marriage. she said "Are you Miss Noyes' sister?" "love Miss Noyes very much," "she learn Chinese very readily" she is a bible reader here among these people, and her husband preaches to them, has one little child about a year old and has left a little grave in her father land. She wanted me to visit it when I got there and tell her if it was in good order. [Note: Written sideways on page forty seven] Aho is very small, dresses very neatly in American style. I do not know when I have met any one who seemed to possess a more lively spirit. She said "the American ladies are very kind, and I have English friends, but my [u]own[/u] people are very bad." I told her she came to our country as a missionary and I went to China That women here would become Christians and come over and help us, and may be we might help some over there to love Jesus and they could come over and help her. She seemed much pleased with the idea Mr Condit feels that it is almost more discouraging to work among this people in America than China says he sometimes wishes he could go back to Canton This eve, after we returned has some music, a nice conclusion for our day. Good night you must not [Note: Written sideways on page forty eight] forget to kiss them all around for me sometimes Mary or somebody. Tues Oct 28th This morning we packed up our washing in Luc's large basket and took it to a washerwoman nearby who was recomended as one who understood her business, she charges 10cts a piece for large thins and 35 cts per doz for small ones, which is cheaper rate than can be found at many establishments. I am somewhat surprised at the current expense of living in San Francisco Mrs Stubbs says it is much better for a family of 2 or three to board than attempt house-keeping. They had at the same time been paying 110 dollars per month for board. She took us out to walk though she said she had been here so short a time she [Note: Print of a decorative black N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 49th Page did not know much more about the city than I did. The weather is delightful, and they tell us this is all the winter they have that it will continue as we see it until the 1st of Apr. You cannot be out of style whatever you wear One lady appears in the street with furs, another will have a lace shawl about her shoulders A Morenio or Cassimere dress walks side by side with Percayle, [illegible] or even white. The effect upon a foreign mind, in looking over an audience where such variety meets the eye is to say the least novel in the extreme But the amount of money lavished upon dress is wonderful the most expensive fabric made in the extreme of fashion are worn with such a want of care as to preservation as to seem almost com. place One thing is true you feel perfectly at home ub anything think or thin for you can not be left wholly without company. The stores are well stocked, and [--you--] prices are not greatly different from those farther east. This afternoon according to appointment dined at Mr Condit's. Had a nice talk with the little son and daughter who are very bright children Johnne gave me a Pomagranate and told me I must be sure and take off the rind and eat the seeds. His Mother calls him their little China boy which he does not especially admire Mr Condit charged us so much to take up the Chinese language slowly, said we had better begin with one word a day. Mrs Condit told us something of the effects she had made to form Missionary Societies among the ladies, thought the difficulties on this western coast were scarcely appre- ciated by the eastern societies The churches are so much in debt and the Chinese population is so great that the San Fran- ciscians feel there is enough to do at home and really one does almost feel that this, in their care is true. We had such a pleas- ant afternoon. I am sure I love our dear Missionaries here [u]very very much[/u]. Did not reach home until nearly eight oclock, and Mr Stubbs said he had begun to fear we were lost. The evenings are delightful not much like our [?Oct?] nights at home. Wednesday Oct 29th To day was set apart to visit Woodard gardens, which appeared as far as we can learn to be one of the attrac- tions of the city. They were laid out by R.R. Woodard in 1860 fir his own private use, but were opened to the public during the rebellion, in order to aid the San- itary Com. and the amounts realized are said to have been immense One night write a book in attempting to describe what we tried to see. Minerals birds from every clime, plants taken from homes in India, Africa, Aus tralia, in such variety and number, that you felt as if car ried to foreign lands. I saw the most immense [?Oleanda?] we were the merest figures in size when compared with it while cactuses, Banannas etc reached marvelous heights. There were more than 30 species of wild animals among them a bear weighing 1600 lbs. But I believe [Note: Written sideways on page forty nine] I enjoyed the Art Gallery more than any thing else A person could visit that again and again and would appreciate the paintings more the last time they saw them than ever before. Most of them had been procured in Rome, direct copies of the Originals, and there were eight among the number we were told, which were fully equal if not superior to the originals Dr Patterson with his daughters were with us, and he told us many things of interest about the pictures said the above mentioned 8 could not be equaled in America. I could not help wishing Mrs Stanhope Matteson & Julie Hulbert could have been with us for I knew they would have en- joyed it. These gardens are truly a treasure to the city [Note: Written sideways on page fifty] About 4 P.M. took the cars for home feeling somewhat tired with our much seeing. Mr Green whom we met us on the grounds, during the afternoon told us Dr Hepburn was to lecture this eve, in Dr Scott's church. Dr Scott is the Pres. of the Pres Theo. sem. here We wanted to hear him and Mr Stubbs took us down and said he would call for us at the close of the lecture. We went in and who should we sit down by but Mr Curry and Maggie It seemed like home to see them, but oh dear how should we sustain our characters [--for--] as attentive listeners If Sarah will recall the eve, I went with her to hear Mr McDonalds she will have an idea of the reality with this difference I did not have here [Note: Written sideways on page fifty one] to keep me awake. I was like the man in the story who said the best part of the sermon was the remark in conclusion. Nevertheless I saw Dr Scott and you know my desire to see those I hear and read about amounts {amounts} almost to a passion We met him after service and received his earnest benediction upon us, and our work, We found afterwards that this was not a [u]free lecture[/u] and could account for the searching glance bestowed upon us by the usher when we entered, which however was quite lost upon us at the time. I go to bed to night with the desire to do as did a traveller once at our house "sleep the clock clear around" Thurs Morn Oct 30th This morning we had our green-backs exchanged for gold and Mexican dollars [Note: Written sideways on page fifty two] that is what we wished to use before we left San Fran- Cisco at 8prct discount for the rest, had a bill of exchange upon Hong Kong. I could not help keeping one piece of paper money by way of remembrance. It seems strange to see the way money is handled here men think nothing of drawing out a 10 or 20 dollar coin from some pocket or other, and coin is car- ried in little bags or losely in pockets in a way which does not strike one as being very careful. Ask the price of any thing, and it is 2, 4, or 6 bits as the case may be on bit being our old fashioned shilling. Of course Yankee like the San Franciscians claim their currency is the best but your purse is somewhat heavy if you get it filled with Mexican coin, and as for the gold money [Note: Print of a decorative black N surrounded by a wreath in upper left hand corner] 53rd Page it is so small I could but be afraid - I should lose it Did some shopping and wrote letters this forenoon. The weather is almost uncomfortably warm, and the the sky has that beautiful softness. I imagine belongs to [illegible]. The flowers we mature with such care in pots grow most luxuriantly in open air Our dark leaved ivy vines itself over the balustrades and porticos of houses in solid mass, while Lucias grow to the height of 10 or 12 ft. Helitrope flourishes in the corners of yds, looking not unlike large rose bushes in form and rise. I hardly dare tell you of the large Calla Lilly I saw this morning lest you should think I am telling a Cal. story but it did seem as if its blossom was 3 or 4 times as large as any I ever saw in Ohio Of Rose and Fish Gerraniums there literally seems to be no end. But they have rather a better chance to come to ma- turity in a climate whose av- erage is 54° and where the va- riation of the Ther. is only 9° than in our land of snow and frost. As we go about here we can hardly realize that not a single house was built until 1835 while the present popula- tion is 175,000 This afternoon called upon Mr & Mrs Curry who are at the Hotel but expect to go to house keeping in some vacant rooms in the sem. building, as soon as their goods arrive Are both well and think they will enjoy it here very much. Dined with Mrs Knox who entertained us very nicely One of her pupils who is a clerk in a store, got leave of absence that he might come in arrange and wait upon the table as a compliment to herself and us and I certainly never saw the honor of a table done more nicely It was his own thought and seemed so pleasant for Mrs Knox He is a very promising pupil, is not a church member but they hope he soon will be. He expect to go to China in January does not know whether he will return again or not. It is the night of our prayer meeting at home and I feel that I know where some of the home circle at least have spent the eve. "Though sundered far by faith we meet Around one common mercy seat" Friday Oct 30th The first thought that came to me this morning was this is your last day in America. I have not yet felt cut off from home far being with Ashland friends has made it seem that I was only away on a temporary visit Went out shopping a little while this forenoon and called upon some of our missionary party whom we had not yet seen All have arrived and our com- pany including [--the--] young Mr and Mrs Hepburn number 14. We found that we could have at least one trunk in our state room so this after- noon has been spent in put- ting all needful articles for the voyage in Luc's trunk and the others in mine so you see both trunks had to be repacked. This eve we received complimentary tickets [Note: Written sideways on page fifty three] to a lecture do not know who got them for us but I felt to tired to go out, and further since I did not wish my last eve to be sport in a strange audience It would have been more in accordance with my feelings could I have been alone We have enjoyed our stay here very much, and truly nothing would have been done for us which has not been done. Hattie asked me to try and procure some Cal. earned fruit and I spoke to Mr Stubbs about it asking where I could best procure it He says you had better let me get it for you and on his return I found he had ordered 25 cans of pears Apples and peaches made arrangements for transportation and the bill was marked [u]free[/u] so we have about 50 lbs of fruit with naught [Note: Written sideways on page fifty four] to pay. To night I feel that I can not sleep I can appreciate Hattie's feelings when 6 years ago she wrote back from this point that she could not sleep and might as well write letters. Luc and I have occupied some time in putting up a few things to send home. They were so few that we almost concluded not to forward them but finally packed them it was a great pleasure to us that we could do any thing on this last night for you all. She is now asleep and I am alone. My whole heart goes out in thankfulness that god has me such a home and so many friends thought the parting is not easy. But I have not for a moment felt that I could turn back. We will hope that after 8 or 10 years I can return and it is now only [Note: Written sideways on page fifty five] two years before you will see Henry and Hattie I can visit you through them You can think we are leaving for our voyage feeling quite well have the finest steamer on the line in some respects a large company of our own and a dear brother and sister eagerly watching for us over on the other side I hope none of the home friends will feel anxious for our safety for I feel have not a doubt we shall reach Canton in safety. And now may [u]God bless my Home[/u] and the [u]dear ones there[/u] with all the friends I have left behind. We will think and pray often for each other Good night. Your loving daughter & sister Mattie [注：&c 转录为 etc] 第 1 页 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性红色 N 的印刷品] 1973 年 10 月 19 日 给家里的亲人 我想根据 承诺，我必须试着写一点日记，虽然我很 害怕写的东西会像 聋哑人说干。到达 芝加哥今天早上 7 点左右 发现亲爱的表弟在等我 在车站，谁立刻带走了我 到她的登机地点。她现在 和一位寡妇库克夫人， 谁最后埋葬了她的丈夫 夏天，现在已经三个 寄宿生在她家，以防止 正如她所说的“孤独”。每一个 事情是一样好，可以 我很高兴玛丽亚这么好 固定的。我们已经花费了整个 一天在城市里闲逛，我愿意 想想建筑的数量 内已完成 过去的 2 年很棒。它似乎 更多的是魔术而不是现实。密歇根州和沃巴什州是 欧几里得和芝加哥的前景， 而新的商业机构是 巨大。批发和零售 Field Leiten, Academy of Academy 的商店 音乐、太平洋和帕默酒店， 是最宏伟的 建筑物。太平洋包含 59 英里的地毯和一切 关于它的规模如此之大， 但据说总是满的 的客人。一位商人反对 到房子，因为他说 浪费了他太多的时间，并且 力气，去吃他的早餐。我们 走进一间教堂 勃起，帕特森医生观众室 7 英尺高， 正在完成并布置在 最优雅的方式。我们通过了 大火只剩下一处 它的标志，但在北边 城市显示了一些荒凉吧 留在了它的轨道上。这里的人们有一股动人的力量 让旁观者相信他们 对自己的兴趣十分清醒， 我不奇怪他们觉得 对他们的花园有些自豪 城市。今天下午我找到了卢克 在布莱尔夫人的家里，她是 秒之一。我们的董事会在这里 还看到了 Keep 夫人的另一名军官 财富和文化的女士们， 他们似乎很投入工作 的使命。我一点也不 惊讶地发现，赌博小姐 菲尔任命为传教士 和卢克一起去日本 所以我们至少会有三个人 在公司。她是一位爱尔兰女士， 只花了很少的时间 美国，是相当高大的黑发和 眼睛是如果不是我应该几乎判断 和我一样老 很难熟悉。 今天表弟和我就这么多 必须在它之前谈一谈 以后得到。我不敢想 亲人一次太久 然而，离别太近了 11 月 20 日安息日 我必须分开度过的许多许多安息日中的第一个 [注：第一页横着写] 来自那些比所有地球都更珍贵的人。这个 早上我想到了家庭服务和我的 很爱安息日学课。我不相信 他们知道我有多想他们。它会 总是很高兴我能拥有它们 在我在家的最后一个夏天。我们去了 今天早上听Goodium先生{公理} 我非常喜欢这项服务 John P. Bliss 是唱诗班的，唱歌真的很好听 [注：第二页横着写] 这个前夜我们参加了Kitterege Presbyterian医生的教堂 但我发现自己厌倦了跟随他 经文中的话语当耶稣 看到他他爱他 教堂里挤满了人。 10 月 21 日星期一 刚离开芝加哥前往 夕阳之地。基督徒的热情好客 自从我们到达以来，我们一直很开心 永远不会忘记我们的好朋友 我们在他们中间的逗留如此愉快以至于它 回忆将是一种快乐，永远。 [注：第三页横着写] 相当多的公司和我们一起去汽车 直到火车开走才说再见 在议案中，但现在我们正在搬出 城市就在这，明亮、美丽的早晨紧随其后 那些亲身参与的人的恳切祈祷 不再和我们在一起。上帝保佑他们所有人。他们能 不知道他们对我们的帮助有多大 当我们的脸从我们的家乡转过来时很强大 向外国海岸登陆。我想我们 在我们旅行期间将有一个非常愉快的公司 [注：第四页横着写] 我们的一位芝加哥朋友向我们介绍了一位先生 普特南在前往加利福尼亚的途中，其中之一 普特南杂志的出版商，他们似乎 拥有所有必要的礼物来贡献他的全部 分享给我们的乐趣。布莱尔先生会坚持 支付我们去奥马哈的宫殿车费和 我们发现它们有很大的改进 普通的车，更宽敞和家庭 就像我们的篮子和包裹都可以 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性红色 N 的印刷品] 第 5 页 收起来以备不时之需。 旅行者规定 只能以先进的价格获得，超出的收费 奥马哈，每餐 1.00 美元， 结果是，那么大 午餐篮很时髦，我们有前景 享受长时间的野餐 一路到旧金山 C的好人提供 为了我们的必需品，直到我们 到达我们假设的奥马哈 找到我们的篮子，成为 熟悉它的内容， 无暇顾及 我们准备的那部分 然而。 星期一晚上。我们发现 到目前为止，这个国家非常平坦 和无趣，正在失去 我们美丽的树木，已经开始渴望一座美丽的山丘。 刚刚来到密西比河 大约黄昏，所以我们无法得到 一个很好的看法。在这一点上 穿越，它是一英里宽，并且 看起来它是一条高贵的河流，真的 配得上天父之名 水域。来自城市的光芒， 伯灵顿河上， 似乎几乎包围了我们 和他们在水面上的倒影 很漂亮。那里有火车 停下来吃晚饭和我们的好 朋友P先生出去带了 正如他所说，我们是“三茶”，他 已经带来了一个 英里半，因此 可能不是很暖和 尽管如此，我们还是很享受 同样非常。我们的第一个 一天的行程即将结束， 搬运工是不祥的 唱着我们必须尽快 准备把自己放在我们的 “小床” 周二早上我们睡得很舒服，早起 看着星星渐渐消失 另一个明亮的一天的黎明 原以为我回到了 “山上的家”和思想 很高兴我们 应该看到相同的星星 遥远的土地。我们几乎跨越 爱荷华州和早餐 接下来的事情就是得到 我们的便携式设备成为最好的 离开火车的形状 奥马哈。大盒子，小盒子， bandbox，捆绑他们的工作方式 强迫自己引起我们的注意 在每一个场合 就在我们到达我们的 车站旁边的一个年轻人 格林的名字，来到我们的聚会上自我介绍 作为赴日传教士 告诉我们我们应该找到赫本医生 和家人在奥马哈。那里 到目前为止，就风景而言，它只是几个有趣的地方。 虽然我们从 密西比河一直到 落基山脉之巅， 国家似乎处于死气沉沉的水平。 栅栏和人行道属于 过去，这里的人看起来像 以为他们开车经过 广阔的田野，随着他们的前进 [注：第五页横着写] 从一个地方到另一个地方，这真的没有什么奇迹 那个人在这些平原上迷了路 冬天的雪。就在我们到达理事会之前 布拉夫斯，我们看到了悬崖，没有 怀疑建议了城市的名称。他们包围 我们就像一座山丘的圆形剧场，而不是 不像大堆的软粘土提醒我们 当我们俯视时，几乎没有巨大的雪花飘落 他们不规则的上衣。该镇位于 [注：在第六页横着写] 这些山脚下，人们可以想象 悄悄地躲在他们的阴影下寻求保护 和关心。房子{几乎所有 西部的住所，}不过是一个故事，或一个 故事高半，但维修良好 每件事都有节俭的气息 我们注意到几座教堂和学校建筑 并发现状态只为聋哑人 位于这里，其中的建筑物是 几乎可以使用了。我们还没有脱离 [注：第七页横着写] 街车的范围，但我想我们可能会 除非我们是 很高兴在旧金山找到他们。 我们在密苏里河，一条最 泥泞的溪流，低坡的海岸 似乎刚刚准备好滑入溪流可以 他们找到任何借口这样做。还有奥马哈 好吧，我们不能用它来判断一个地方 铁路车厢的外观。哦对于 看到一座漂亮的小山丘或我们的好老人之一 树木。 [注：横着写在第八页] 周二前夕，在奥马哈赌博小姐和我去了 照看行李，而 Luc 购买了 我们旅行的午餐。我们的行李箱是最后一个 使他们的出现，但最终圣人 然后我们不得不提供我们的自传 在小范围内，在我们能够确保检查之前 去旧金山，但军官们非常 亲切和愉快。我为甘布尔小姐感到难过 谁有 375 磅的额外行李并且有义务 支付 48.00 美元的交通费。 第 9 页 赫本医生和家人来了 尽快见到我们 一切都已解决，并且 我们立刻任命了他 公司队长，我们 不能在同一个 和他们一起开车直到之后 我们经过奥格登，但我们可以 尽可能多地访问。 我们的午餐花了很多钱 每人 1.50 美元的总和，我没有 认为我们将不得不得到 在我们到达之前还有更多 行尾。够便宜 不是吗？有个绅士 谁上了我们的车 来自蒙茅斯病 长相和举止让我 想太多弗兰克了。 他个子很高，很有气质，而且看起来 为了他的健康去旅行 有一个完全相反的妻子 在形式和特征上， 但同样善良。他的 名字是赛勒斯琼斯，我们 已达成协议 我们会写信给他，以防万一 我们不会晕船。他有 出海了，也是 滑稽地看到他表演 病假通行证客人这是 他第三次经历 这条路线的国家，所以 当然很熟悉 兴趣点由 方法。两位先生当地人 日本人，好看的人， 一个无效的，在他们的 返回并一直是我们的 到目前为止的伴侣，但是 赫本医生接手 生病的人，他们现在 和他在车里。我是如此 很高兴他找到了一些 为他做点事， 他看起来很痛苦。 我们今天下午去旅行 沿着普拉特河谷，可以 追踪河道， 岸边的树旁。 我们唯一能看到的是 靠近河边 这里的土地很好 用于种植，灌溉时， 和为此目的的水可以 从熔化中获得 雪在更远的地方 山我们有 谈到普拉特河，但 它几乎不配这个名字， 尽管在 它与 密苏里州 3/4 英里宽 它的平均深度只有大约 6英寸，可在那里导航 前无非是 即使在最高的时候也有木瓦 阶段。但它会消耗大量 席卷全国，并呈现 百亩肥沃，其中 它被认为可以制造 生产最好的谷物。 在南岸 河流是旧的“移民 大篷车的路” 白顶马车是 以前见过携带巨大的 这些货物的运费 平原到怀俄明州科罗拉多州 等等，我一点也不 对这种程度的想法 商业。 [注：右下角用花环环绕的装饰性红色 N 印刷] [注：第九页横着写] 我们了解到，以下估计是 由 1866 年的作品制成 雇用货车 8,960 辆，14,620 辆 英里，59,440 头牛和 11220 人 运载 54,000 吨货物的成本 仅货车和车队就价值 7,289,300 美元 这个地方盛产野味，大草原 鸡、鸭、火鸡等，以及我们的乘客 正在寻找水牛城，但有 [注：第十页横着写] 还没有幸看到一个。 这个山谷没有屈服于白人， 由印第安人毫不费力地进行，因为它是 他们最喜欢的狩猎场之一。 就在黄昏前的这个前夜，我们看到了一群美女，他们来到了我们的团队 因为它在车站停下来乞讨 {钱} 他们穿着很差 哦，如此退化。似乎很少 我们的性别可能会下降到如此低的水平。 [注：第十一页横着写] 我们在平台上脱颖而出，一个 男人扔给他们一些小硬币，然后 然后是烟草，他们似乎同样 很高兴得到。一名妇女没有生孩子 超过 10 或 12 个月大，谁的可怜 小小的身体几乎没有覆盖 当我们感到寒冷的时候，我们把衣服裹在防水服里。我不能 当我看着他们时，帮助思考 [注：第十二页横着写] 他们拥有和我们一样宝贵的灵魂，但 没有人教他们方法 的生活。我们可以明显感觉到大气密度的不同，因为 我们登上山。现在2600左右 海平面以上英尺。天黑了 我必须对亲爱的说晚安 那些，回到俄亥俄州。他们不点亮 车子好好的，免得我们要熬夜了。 第 13 页 [注：左上角用花环包围的装饰性红色 N 的印刷品] 10 月 22 日星期三，卢克和 我正在获得声誉 作为早期用途，因为我们 是关于第一个旅行者的骚动。 这是一个点，已经完成 旺季如厕 当盆地线上只有一种排列时 25 位或更多女士的玻璃等。 如果你会笑 可以看到我们的小半圆 咖啡壶和夸脱杯， 在炉子上，准备 早餐，你必须知道 我们的咖啡不会失败 或茶虽然制作 它并非没有困难 其中最大的是等待 两三个小时 水煮沸。不要告诉它 在国外，以免伤害 我们的声誉，但咖啡 放水的时候放入 是冷的。先生们是 对此并非没有兴趣 重要并保持一致 之间的沟通 炉子和我们自己报告 每次旅行都有进步。这个 早上太冷了 舒适没有良好的火灾。 火车停下来吃早餐 我们离开的西德尼 火车，快步走 顺便说一句，去了 去商店看看是什么 他们一直在外面出售 这里。这似乎是一个 商务小地方，找到了 看起来的一件事 非常自然，那是 一圈雪茄吸烟者 后面的圆形火炉。 商人似乎怀疑 我们出去探索 远征，但很绅士。离开商店后 玩了一场雪球 和我们的好朋友琼斯先生 一种很好的药 寻找运动的人。 这个上午看到了很多 羚羊的数量，它们看起来 结成小团体， 而且不会来 我们附近。我做了这么多的愿望 看水牛，但他们是 不是很丰富。今天下午 我们来到一列货运列车 谁的引擎熄火了 追踪 并被拘留了大约三人 在我们可以通过它们之前的几个小时。 几乎到达了顶峰 落基山脉去聚集 如果可能的话，一些标本 种类。我们太冷了 不得不做一些快速步行到 保暖但发现了一些 美丽的石头，伤痕累累 兔子从它的藏身之处， 我们认为它太大了 起初它是一只羚羊。 一块石英太好看了 我觉得好像我想发送 它到伍斯特大学， 但它几乎太重了 那。指挥与医生 赫本以为它被石化了 木头，但是一个老矿工 董事会宣布它石英。 天快黑的时候 [注：第十三页横着写] 我们在谢尔曼抛锚，一个小镇 山的顶峰，我下车 走了一点只是为了说我有 踏上陆地的最高点 我们的大陆被一条铁路穿过。 我们海拔 8242 英尺 海平面。该镇以将军命名。 谢尔曼是该级别最高的人 我们的服务。这里那里，山丘 [注：第十四页横着写] 覆盖着茂密生长的常青树， 它们很小但做得很好 木材，据说供应量几乎 取之不尽用之不竭找到树木真是一种解脱 再次，只见过那些在银行的 离开奥马哈后的普拉特。风景 此时据说非常盛大，但是 凄凉凄凉，但为时已晚 我们通过观察得到任何好处。我不 我想我应该喜欢住在这样的地方 [注：第十五页横着写] 海拔。空气如此稀有 今天呼吸很累 和一位正在遭受痛苦的可怜女士 消费一直很惨 的确，为了她，我们会很高兴 安全地站在另一边的脚下。 我们现在落后了半天以上 时间，除非它被弥补 不得不下到盐湖城度过 安息日，但希望我们能度过难关 [注：第十六页横着写] 不这样做。 11 月 23 日星期四 确实是一个非常寒冷的夜晚 但是通过向搬运工要额外的毯子， 把我们的披肩和防水布扔过去 总而言之，我们设法感到舒适。我睡了 我的斗篷罩在我头上 让我的耳朵保持温暖。拥有是必须的 虽然我们的小窗户打开呼吸新鲜空气 天气很恶劣。当我们第一次醒来时 看到派克峰。已通过 [注：左上角用花环包围的装饰性红色 N 的印刷品] 17日 在夜间。我可以 不形容美丽 阳光对人的影响 被雪覆盖的高地 距离 。在任何时候 登上山。我们能意识到我们正在达到这样的目标吗 一个高度，但在下降 风景似乎太宏伟了 描述。言辞平淡， 想象本身在其 尽收眼底，无法夸大它的美丽和崇高。岩石堆在上面 另一个明显混乱 其中一些几乎上升 垂直数百 英尺形成坚固的岩石墙 有时几乎在 我们的范围。什么小土 这里是红色的 并在顶部 发现山脊生长 似乎是灌木松树 几乎一无所有地茁壮成长 坚持但摇滚。这 沟壑长满鼠尾草 长到大约的刷子 一英尺高，很厚，而且不 与鼠尾草绿色不同 最近一直如此 受欢迎的。下午 5 点左右我们 刚刚通过了1000英里的树 距离奥马哈 1000 英里，以及 魔鬼滑坡后不久， 大约 10 英尺宽的空间 每一面都是一堵墙 像石头一样规整 出自一个人之手 并几乎形成一条直线 从基地到山顶 山的我们将尝试发送 如果你是立体镜 我们可以在旧金山买到一台。这是最奇怪的之一 我们还没有看到的东西。 多么美妙的方式 似乎已经准备好了 对于这条铁路。它风 大约在通行证之间，所以我们有 几乎没有经历过一次削减 到今天。]这个国家更 当我们继续前进时，我们已经定居下来， 我们已经看到了一些 非常好的小团体 掩映在阴影中的房屋 哨兵山的 在这附近走过的道路 平行运行且非常接近 我们的生产线，以及每一个地方，以及 那里，有几行移民 货车，房屋的 整个家庭的时间， 谁在“西出” 再次吸引眼球 朝着大群 马和牛， 几乎超出编号 以圣人为食 山谷的刷子，从 拿出一些遮蔽的岩石 凝视牧羊人的小屋 远离邻居，站立 在孤独的寂寞中。 但是哦，我们多么怀念 远方的好老树 东方，只找到了这些 在普拉特山谷附近 山峰和 1000 英里的树。有过 我们第一次介绍 受雇的中国人 保持轨道井然有序 他们采用美国[注：第十七页横着写] 穿着，保留的暗示，并没有更多 外表比我不讨喜 期待找到他们，虽然我不能说 我很欣赏梳头的风格 车上的人在呼唤 克劳奇小姐和我，抓住每一个机会去看看 在我们的兄弟。我们的党正在成为一些 众所周知，今天下午还有一位矿工 与我们争论不休 [注：第十八页横着写] 表明我们有足够的工作要做 在家里，我们在逃跑 从我们的职责。他向我们讲述了他的生活 矿工，这是多么不可能 有任何宗教特权以及如何 如果可以的话，他们中的许多人会很高兴 不一样的生活。他诚实而真诚 他的话让我不得不同情他 在奥格登换车，但天太黑了 看镇上的任何东西。我不得不离开 [注：第十九页横着写] 我们亲爱的小常春藤植物，因为它完全是 死了，天竺葵不远了 芝加哥。我不忍心放弃但 它变成了必需品。蜡像还在 生活和我的希望都集中在那个 俄亥俄州的生活记忆。传教士 聚会现在一起换车换 最后一次，感觉我们差不多 通过陆路旅行我们都是 身体健康，精神抖擞，一点也不累 [注：在第 20 页横着写] 10月24日星期五早上今天早上发现 我们距离奥马哈 1307 英里，印第安人在 得到和黑莓一样多。在一 停下来的地方，我们看到了一个 squaw 展览 她的婴儿以 2 位 {25 美分} 的价格向乘客 视力，但我觉得我买不起 认为有大量的前景 类似性质的免费前一天是 超过。火车远远落后于时间 [注：左上角用花环包围的装饰性红色 N 的印刷品] 第 21 页 那些没有吃午饭的人 董事会一无所获 吃到上午 10 点这 茶点屋很 确实保存完好，可以 几乎得到他想要的任何东西 前提是他为此支付 1.00 美元的 75 美分硬币。 我们还没有买 离开后的单餐 回家，期待到达 加利福尼亚没有这样做 有良好的胃口和设置 该表每天3次。他们 不会让乘客在这辆车里煮咖啡 但是，我们必须 光顾外面的世界 一点，但祝贺我们 自我感觉我们一直很 经济。中午买的 战山的一罐泡菜。 在我们享受的时候 他们在晚餐时，赫本医生 走过来说“我 从未见过一群女士安顿下来 吃，但他们有泡菜 我们想知道他是否在内心 意思是“老女仆” 我们做到了 不觉得他们反感] 这部分的城镇 这个国家建立在一个 死电平和有界 沙子，没有树，没有码，什么都没有 让房子看起来 最不像家的，但 人们看起来很满足并且 舒服的。多么慈悲 我们是这样构成的 习惯于生活的必然。在一些 土壤是碱性的地方 几乎像雪一样白 他们告诉我们水会 在没有酵母帮助的情况下做面包，可以 不保证真实性 声明，但已给出 作为一个事实。我们遇到了一个 最美丽的河流 洪堡，我们的路线 下午跟着 它的水是最蓝最冷的 最清澈的山水 这里非常稀有。这 山谷被经常覆盖 提到鼠尾草和 牛可以没有 全年避难 所以有最好的机会 因为牧场在经济上证明是成功的。一个男人 但是也差不多 与世隔绝 就社会而言 如果他亲自监督 一个牧场。我有一件事 未能谈论 在这里和那里挖出来 当然是平原 正确命名为他们看起来 更像是野生的洞穴 动物比住所 男人。想象一下进入金库或地窖的入口， 像你这样的地上 有时会看到，你会 有个不错的主意 这些在我们看来， 前提是你解雇每个 草之矛，想想 它们被泥土覆盖。 昨天和今天我们有 一直在听章节 [注：在第 21 页横着写] 豪斯学校的主人被甘布尔小姐朗读 谁有足够的外国账户 让我们给她留下深刻印象，那是她 有责任做所有的阅读。莎拉也许会 记住这是约翰堂兄的故事 如此焦虑，我们应该享受我们的时候 在马萨诸塞州。我们确实觉得这很有趣 明天完成。我曾想过 很多次到上周五的那天 [注：第二十二页横着写] 我离开我宝贵的家的那一天。每一个 那一天的发生被刻在 我的记忆就像铁笔，但我 一次还不能考虑很久 我留下了一大笔爱的宝藏 比我在其他地方找不到的落后，但是 永远不要让自己想到我们除了 你。我们会一直数姐妹 我们不会吗？虽然圈子没有破 在远处它拥抱世界。 [注：写在第二十三页] 同一只手关心我们所有人，同样 耳朵听我们的晚祷，同样 家等待着每一个人。如果不是这样 心会因分离的负担而破碎，因为我们可以高兴。我感到放心 旅行者不会在时刻被遗忘 早晚恳求。你知道 不是那个想法对我有价值。 星期六早上。 11 月 25 日最后一个晚上，我们要求 当我们要经过时，搬运工早早叫醒我们 -- 今天早上六点左右的湖 据说很漂亮所以我们起床了 几乎在天亮之前。我希望我能给你 只是对四周环绕着我们的美景的微弱印象 湖似乎 躺在一个被陡峭悬崖围起来的盆地里 被覆盖的塞拉内华达州的两侧 有着如此精美的常青树的四肢是 生来就带着冰雪的重量 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性绿色 N 的印刷品] 25日 在黎明时分 看起来像那么多水晶 就在我们进入的时候 进入现场享受 视图被截获 汽车进入一些雪 棚子，开始于 这一点几乎持续 22 英里无间断。 我多么渴望清扫 那天早上他们都走了 至少，我们似乎 不忍失去这么多。 但这些机构是 在这个地方的积极必要性。我相信有一条线 棚子和隧道穿过这个 采取措施的山区 45英里，棚屋正在建造中 每英里的平均成本为 10,000 美元 雪经常在这些沟壑中飘扬 到 16 或 20 英尺的深度，所以我们可以 很容易想象它是多么不可能 将是保持轨道清晰 没有他们。早上 7 点左右火车 停下来吃早餐，早餐在一个 一些乘客下雪了 评论，但我们在离开时发现 我们到达山顶的火车， 山顶上的一个小镇 塞拉内华达州。当其他人在 吃他们的饭，卢克，我去了 出来爬到山顶 村子后面，聚集了几个 山苔标本 并且没有损失，除了 在我的一个相当小的洞 吊袜带{在其中一个锋利的 岩石} 我想一定是 修补。空气非常令人振奋， 太冷了，我们的耳朵和手 刺痛，但是哦，我们周围环境的宏伟和崇高是 超越语言或笔的力量 形容我只能惊呼 愿我们所有的朋友都能 和我们站在这里看看 他们自己。我们永远不能告诉他们 关于它的任何事情。我本可以有 停留了几个小时，但 2 分钟 是我们的津贴，我们不得不 追溯我们的脚步。当我们下来 我们去了早餐室 买了一些热咖啡。我们改变了 奥格登的铁路公司和 他们不允许我们使用炉子 用于家庭用途的车内 所以我希望我们将不得不光顾 餐厅有点。正如我们得到的 上了火车，我觉得我们差不多 享受我们最后一次乘坐铁路 10年也许。导体有 似乎很着急我们应该 查看所有兴趣点并发表评论 因为他在船上帮助我们。现在为 合恩角，你会看到 车的这一侧。我们开始了 体面的山和之后 被这些棚子安置在 大约一个小时将他们抛在身后 并进入[无法辨认]区域 小村庄和小村庄 矿工的家园分散 到处都是，但他们的院子是 围起来，还有小木屋 他们中的许多人被包围了 通过花园和果园 提供最好的蔬菜和 水果。土壤有同样的红色 我注意到的外观是玉米，在 新泽西州，去年夏天的时候 山丘和山坡被推倒铲除 矿工在他们的搜索中 黄金，直到人们认为 非常地面将被带走。 大约 10 点我们到达了著名的 合恩角和那些认为 他们有很强的神经 获得最佳视野的平台 “在线上最壮观的景象” 轨道绕着悬崖 如此靠近边缘，你可以 向下看 2500 英尺的山谷 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性绿色 N 的印刷品] 29 日 只看美国河 一条银线，从 这个距离。我站在 踩了车，觉得我可以 一步到位 我们如此接近的峡谷 边缘。我从没想过会看到 比我更伟大的东西 当时和那里见证。什么时候 这条路是围绕这个修建的 上山的人 破土动工，被暂停 从山顶的绳索，直到 他们可以挖掘立足点 进入它的岩石边。他们说 大量中国劳工 受雇于其建筑 看起来像一群蚂蚁 从山谷看。 我走的时候想 我东边的马蹄弯 旅行，它是最美妙的 可以进行的调查 修建铁路，但 变得微不足道 与工作相比 在合恩角。美国人 不是一个不能在的人 他们的字典。我们越过了 谷在其最低点 栈桥工作 878 英尺长，我 假设在任何一条线上都没有位置 美国受到关注 比这弯弯更刻意的关怀 和栈桥工作 他们从不 试图在夜间越过它 并放置了最强大的引擎 进入征用，通常是 附在每辆火车上，所以以防万一 一个被禁用它不会 处于无助的状态。 我们几乎经常外出 从 6 点开始，感觉准备好了 坐一会儿。外出时我 与一位来自 阿克伦是我应该评判的学生 谁发现了我们的目的地 因此，似乎 对我们感兴趣。我进去的时候他 握住我的手，如此认真地说：“我祝你神速。”这些言论放在这里，还有 对我们来说，就像图片中的金苹果 银。下一站是科尔法克斯 {以我们以前的恶习命名 总统}所有火车停靠的地方 茶点它是其中之一 我们见过的最漂亮的城镇 自从离开小姐。一个号码 的男孩进入汽车提供 出售一些最好的葡萄， 和梨，格林先生购买了 足够我们聚会了。几乎没问题 传达了这个 Cal 的真实想法。 水果很好吃，相当融化 在一个人的嘴里。 12点发现我们差点倒下 海平面温度计 从早上起已经上升了 23° 防水材料被丢弃，窗户打开，我们希望 衣服更好适应 6 小时前的气候 我们冷得发抖 山下雪。看起来 好像我们突然之间 转移到另一个世界， 天空是如此柔软，[难以辨认]，而 每件事看起来都好像是它的 生长最大的乐趣，灌木 到处都是树木果实和鲜花。 到达萨克拉门托市 大约中午和第一个对象 我们注意到州议会大厦 名副其实的建筑 这个地方有很多美丽 有人会欣赏它的遮荫树 那些如果没有别的。 [无法辨认]是 在这一点上相当宽，但 黄色和泥泞的原因是 泥土几乎被冲入其中 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性绿色 N 的印刷品] 第 33 届 它的整个过程，由采矿 人口。如果不是 为了美国人的坚持 我想这座城市会是 在那些事情中 曾经被大火烧毁 又一次几乎被冲昏了头脑 由河流溢出。 它建在高水位之上 在第二次标记 架设但采矿业务 把河床填满到这样 在一定程度上，当 雪回来了 山在春天融化， 水倾盆而下 并淹没了这座城市。作为一个 治愈这地面 现在整个城市 看台实际上已经抬高了 12英尺，所以没有更远的风险 在那个方向。而是一个 艰巨的任务就是这样。 好像我们在这里 资助巴别地 几乎每个部落的人 每个国家都用自己的语言大喊大叫，结果，混乱无法形容 今天下午来了一位女士 在斯托克顿的火车由她的丈夫陪同，并 2 罚款 看着小男孩，并介绍 她自己是哈珀医生的侄女。 她去过旧金山 前一天，卢米斯医生 谈到了我们的到来，并且 她说她觉得她必须看看 我们。走了大约20英里， 坐回程火车离开这样 她带来了一篮漂亮的水果 在为我们。她很着急我 应该回去过安息日，但我觉得这样会更好 继续与公司合作。 我们似乎发现了 风车之乡 其中一些用于 这附近的水经常 被抽进了冲天炉 房屋并从那里运载 在之后的建筑物上 它已被用于灌溉 院子和花园。我们为 第一次开始觉得时间 变得有点乏味，而且 安全进入并不遗憾 我们正好到达的奥克兰 准时会见但 一个延迟的原因是 货运列车偏离轨道 在落基山。卢米斯医生 来到奥克兰迎接我们 给我带来亨利的信 & Hattie 给了我一个世界 很好，因为我确实感到陌生 一片陌生的土地。它花了所有的 我们男人的可用力量 派对拿我们的包包 以及安全携带的包裹 渡船和推挤 一种难以形容的混乱 我下定决心什么都不应该 发生在我亲爱的小植物身上 并且不会给任何人 随身携带，但手太忙了 我的票在 我的牙齿从何而来 代理花费的时间 谁好奇地看着我 看一眼，让我继续。 去旧金山的时候 我读了我的信，想到了所有 亲爱的那些在家里的，它 很高兴我能成为 独自思考。它是 大约九点钟，我觉得我 在那一刻被铭记 需要我说我有多珍贵 那是什么？我不能告诉你 我是如何得到帮助的。 我们的好医生没有离开我们 直到我们在酒店安全 为我们的每一个安排 舒适完成。现在在这里 我们还有一周的时间 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性绿色 N 的印刷品] 37日 在我们找到临时住所之前 在科罗拉多河上。我不让 我自己想到了登船 然而，我们的祝福是多么美好 生命一天天来到我们身边 “我们的职责一一满足我们 我们可以让我们的全部力量 走到每一个，感觉恩典会 给每个明天。” 10月27日昨天早上我们 早起感觉很休息但是 我们不知道的想法 城市里只有一座教堂 被找到，或者一个名字 单身牧师，送我们一程 从家的感觉。早餐后 我们翻阅了一份日报 甘布尔小姐认出了一位前任 认识的牧师 各各会会长，所以我们 立刻决定陪她。 其中一位搬运工给了我们指示，我们找到了这个地方 没有困难。引座员 问我们是否愿意进入 那时的中国安息日学 在教室里的会议和 我们很高兴开始 那样的一天。不少 的教会允许他们的安息日 在此使用的学校房间 方式，在没有其他人占用的一个小时内。他们自己的学生 成为老师并学习 中文，读英文。那里 是一些小女孩和男孩， 不超过 10 或 12 岁 与他们的班级一起工作 最勤奋的老师们， 和学者一样全神贯注 在他们的主题中。院长是 美国人，助理警司是中国人 他是一个非常令人愉快的人 说话有礼貌的人，似乎 很高兴得知我们 我们正在去中国的路上 教他的同胞他 问我们是否不想去 下午的宣教室 并参加中国服务捐赠 我们指示如何找到它们。 这些人非常着急 学习英语并热爱 被孩子们教。 谒见室在这 教堂是最好的之一——我 见过。深红色天鹅绒大理石讲坛 坐垫和挂毯挂饰。 最精致的管风琴 芬兰枝形吊灯内饰，地毯 一切都预示着伟大 优雅。它让我想起了一个 菲尔的哈蒂教堂很少。 但更有气势 牧师从 文字“她做了她所做的事 可以”，我觉得多好 主题，但布道是任何 努力给人留下深刻印象 人有义务履行 150,000 美元的债务由 Soc 承担。 于是我得出结论，这是一个 新建筑，但后来发现 令我大吃一惊的是 使用 9 年。康迪特先生告诉我 几乎没有教堂 城市，或多或少在 债务。每个教派似乎 已经超出了它的意思 建造它的礼拜堂。 我想了很多 在美国的最后一个安息日 对此感到非常失望 服务。你会记得这个 是辛西娅葬礼的文字 讲道。海蒂听到的最后一条短信 在俄亥俄州传道。 在精神上我在杰克逊 教堂听巴尔先生的话，可以 但希望我去教堂一些 服务后在哪里遇到格林先生 很高兴发现他遇到了 曾经在海上的同学 恢复他的远航 身体健康，现在入住 城市，所以他可以消磨时间 和格林先生在一起，他说他有 有点想家的感觉 已经。午饭后我们带着我们的 穿过唐人街到 传教室，以及所有的日子 我们的环境永远不会 让我们想象它是 安息日。我感觉好像突然转移到异教世界。 进入教堂后，我们发现 可能有 60 或 70 名中国人从事 安息日学练习，在 负责卢米斯医生。他们唱着我们的 亲爱的安息日学歌曲和赞美诗 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性绿色 N 的印刷品] 就像我一样，耶稣是生命之水 将首先给予，Rock of Ages 等 先是英文，然后是中文，之后大部分都重复了一个 两种语言的经文 我不禁注意到 他们唱的是什么增加了热情 中国人，其中一些是字面上的 用尽全力唱歌 在几乎完美的时间。后 安息日学康迪特先生带我们去 直到他们的家庭房间 在这栋楼的二楼，我们在那里遇到了他的妻子和 两个孩子。康迪特夫人是其中之一 最甜蜜最淑女的 我见过的女人，我的整个心 立刻走到她身边，她是 相当小的浅色头发，一个 美丽的蓝眼睛，清澈 肤色，并与 那种安逸和尊严 不是排斥你，而是你如此 喜欢看。康迪特先生让 我觉得有点像表弟亨利是个善于交际的人，准备好 为任何人做任何他能做的事 卢米斯医生更有风格 一位新安德兰绅士 我不禁感到一点 尽管对海蒂感到敬畏。康迪特夫人叫我们来 晚上 7 点左右起床 参观他们的学校，然后她 会和我们一起去听帕特森医生 {原芝加哥}布道。我认为 我们的传教士有一所学校 一周中的每个晚上，以及所有 以英语授课。我们有 那天晚上有机会亲自听课。我的是 使用入门书并且正在学习单词 一个音节作为炉台 我发现自己几乎 不由自主地做手势 他们让他们非常高兴 但他们理解他们我 思考。他们很有耐心，而且 愿意被教导，但如果他们 不明白的发音 一句话正确会拒绝继续， 说“我没有得到他。我没有得到 他。”其中不少 学生是虔诚的基督徒 这是不可能的 对妇女和女孩来说， 因为他们不知道希望 什么都学。我们只能 一直到练习结束 大约过了一半，但很享受 我们确实留下来了，非常喜欢。 在教堂有点晚了 帕特森医生被认为是最 能干的牧师，他的工作在 他负责的年轻人正在 特别成功。他是 现在占据了讲坛 离去的这座城市的道奇博士 由于他的失败 健康，但只有微弱 其恢复的前景，他是 看一位牧师选举 会众。和以前一样 上个安息日我很疲倦 因此无法充分享受 服务。见面后我们就 介绍给医生和小姐 甘布尔在他身上发现了她一些祖先的熟人 {全部来自爱尔兰}所以他立刻 说他应该占有她 部分时间。这是我们的 最后一个安息日在这边 世界一段时间，我做 不知道，但我很高兴我们有 今天有点失望 我觉得父亲的讲道在 韦恩是我对美国的告别 言语无法表达对我的满足 我被允许在场 那里。那个下午是 我第一次感受到 能够放弃家庭圈子 尤其是在珍贵的父亲& 妈妈，我永远不会忘记 父亲站在一旁时的样子 那张圣餐台和他 谈到了我们在这里的工作，以及我们的 回家，我们应该去的地方 一起度过一个永恒我内心一次又一次的惊呼 主我为你舍弃一切 然而，它们似乎从未像现在这样 珍贵，比那时。没有光 放弃父亲和母亲的事情 我和兄弟姐妹经常 晚上一起住了几个小时 总是在离别的感觉 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性黑色 N 的印刷品] 第 45 名 义务说去还在缩小形式 悲伤的再见，但你看到的只是 在正确的时间力量来了 上帝可以扩展他的保护 照顾所有的圈子，并备用 他们直到我回来，但在任何 万一一切都会好起来的，我们 不需要为此感到焦虑 我唱过你属世的安息日等 昨晚关于我想的时间 你会在家里唱歌 10月27日星期一今天早上我 我的行李箱被带到了我的房间 卢克和我做的第一件事， 是拿出我们家的照片 看看他们。我想我们所有的 家庭照片真好。先生和 卢米斯夫人很诚恳地拜访了我们 很早，医生询问了 我的小植物繁荣昌盛 他说 希望我能安全通过 赫本夫人认为医生有 做正确的事 他是个妻子，而且她看起来确实很 愉快而美好。赫本医生 在他们离开之前就在里面看看 让我们的国事厅 容器，但卢米斯医生已经 参加了此事。我们刚刚 回到我们的房间时 我的老朋友兼学生约翰·斯塔布斯 把他的卡片寄给我，我很高兴， 因为我刚刚搜索了城市目录 找不到他的名字，和 告诉卢克我没看到，但我 应该被迫离开城市 没有见到他。他曾经 看报纸两周 虽然我的名字是 宣布为 Choyse 而不是 不，他认为这一定是 我尽管如此。他检查过 市内每家酒店的登记簿 他认为我们有可能入住的地方，他说他忘记了 关于布鲁克林的房子 他告诉我他们没有 打扫了整整一周，所以我必须 不是很找，但他 提议带我回家 他。我告诉他克劳奇小姐 说我不能离开她 一个人在酒店，他说 照亮她。他出去了 我们订了一辆马车 打包我们的商品 最大的远征，然后离开 我们的宿舍没有任何遗憾。斯塔布斯先生坚持 支付我们的酒店费用，以及 当我们想结账时 评论道：“我有一点传教士账目要结清，我有 老实说“他们有一个非常漂亮的 确实是房子，而且斯塔布斯夫人 给了我如此热烈的欢迎 我们立刻感到宾至如归 她只有一个孩子 可能会带走的小家伙 任意俘虏他的心 斯塔布斯先生有一个重要的 太平洋路上的位置， 是货运部门的负责人，下有20名文员 他。他看起来很年轻 公司称他为助理 代理直到他们可以这样做 不再像他真正的样子 事务的负责人。它休息 与他一起决定 运费之间的价格 奥马哈和旧金山 说他有一些有趣的经历，因为他经常被弄错 为办公室里的一个男孩做生意 男人。今天下午我们 参加了一个祷告会 康迪茨夫人。只有一个 目前很少，但我们有一个非常 我珍贵的小会议 感觉可能是我应该做的最后一个 在美国参加多少 我已获准出席此类会议。我应该进去 他们长期以来的实力 是时候'来'了] [注：写在第四十五页的侧面] 我们遇到了一位科尔夫人，她正在 中国妇女，也有一所女子学校和 挨家挨户探访她一直 作为传教士在中国埋葬了她 丈夫和她所有的孩子都很老，但穿着 那张平静而信任的脸，似乎是由悲伤而生的。我感到无法抗拒地被她吸引，因为她 告诉我她的工作。另一位女士 数字更鼓励我，参考 我选择的生活，胜过我遇到的任何人。她是 53岁在很普通的情况下，但是 非常热心地教中国男孩 在夜校。她学会了主 用中文祷告，花了她三个月的时间 但康迪特先生说她能很好地发音 [注：写在第四十六页的侧面] 她觉得好像她想去中国，以为我们 可能认为自己有特权，我们可以 发送。为我们安排了 周二与康迪特夫人和诺克斯夫人共进晚餐 上个星期四，但并非最不重要的是，我们遇到了 Aho the 第一年教海蒂中文的女孩 在坎顿，海蒂是她的“中间人” 她结婚的时间。她说“你是诺伊斯小姐吗” 姐姐？” “很喜欢诺伊斯小姐”，“她学中文 非常容易”她是其中的圣经读者 人，她的丈夫向他们传道，有一个 小孩一岁左右，留下了一个小坟墓 在她父亲的土地上。她想让我去看看 到了那里，告诉她是否井井有条。 [注：写在第四十七页上] Aho 非常小，美式穿着很整洁 风格。我不知道我什么时候遇到过任何人 似乎拥有了更活泼的精神。她说“ 美国女士很友善，我有英语 朋友，但我自己的人很坏。”我告诉她她 作为传教士来到我们国家，我去了中国 这里的妇女会成为基督徒并来 过来帮助我们，也许我们可以帮助一些人 在那里爱耶稣，他们可以过来 并帮助她。她似乎对这个主意很满意 康迪特先生觉得这几乎更令人沮丧 在美国而不是中国在这些人中工作 说他有时希望他能回到广州 这个前夜，我们回来后有一些音乐，不错 我们这一天的结论。晚安你一定不要 [注：写在第四十八页的侧面] 有时忘记为我亲吻他们 玛丽什么的。 10 月 28 日星期二 今天早上我们收拾好行李 在卢克的大篮子里洗漱，然后把它带到一个 附近的洗衣妇被推荐为 一位了解她的业务的人，她收取 10 美分 大件一件，小件每打 35 美分 那些，这是比可以找到的更便宜的价格 在许多场所。我有些惊讶 以目前在旧金山的生活费用 斯塔布斯夫人说这对一个家庭来说要好得多 2 或 3 比尝试看家。 他们同时支付了 110 每月的伙食费。她带我们出去散步 虽然她说她来这里的时间太短了 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性黑色 N 的印刷品] 第 49 页 不知道更多 这个城市比我做得好。天气 令人愉快，他们告诉我们 这是他们所有的冬天 它将继续我们所看到的 直到 4 月 1 日。你不能 穿什么都过时 一位女士出现在街上 有皮草，另一个会有 肩上系着蕾丝披肩 Morenio 或 Cassimere 连衣裙 与珀凯尔并肩而行， [无法辨认] 甚至是白色的。效果 在一个陌生的头脑中，在寻找 在这样的观众上 综艺见了就是说 最不新颖的极端 但是金额 大方的着装是美妙的 最昂贵的面料 在时尚的极端是 穿着如此不小心 至于保存，似乎几乎 司空见惯的一件事是真的 你有宾至如归的感觉 对你来说任何厚或薄的东西 不能完全没有 公司。商店很好有货，价格不 与远方的大不相同 东。今天下午根据 赴约先生用餐 康迪。有一个愉快的谈话 小儿子和女儿 是非常聪明的孩子约翰尼 给了我一个石榴和 告诉我我必须确定并且 去皮吃 种子。他妈妈叫他 他们的中国小男孩 他并不特别欣赏 康迪特先生向我们收取了很多费用 学习中文 慢慢地说，我们最好开始 一天一个字。 康迪特夫人告诉我们一些事情 她形成的效果 传教士团体 女士们，认为这方面的困难 东部社会几乎不欣赏西海岸 教堂里有这么多 债务与中国人口 太棒了，以至于旧金山人觉得有足够的 在家做，真的做 几乎觉得这个，在他们的照顾下 是真的。我们度过了一个愉快的下午。我确定我爱 我们亲爱的传教士在这里 非常非常。没有 直到快八点才回家 点，斯塔布斯先生说他 开始害怕我们 丢失的。晚上很愉快 不像我们十月的夜晚 在家。 10 月 29 日星期三 分开去拜访伍达德 花园，就我们而言 可以学习成为城市的景点之一。他们被放置 由 R.R. Woodard 于 1860 年推出 他自己的私人用途，但 期间向公众开放 叛乱，以帮助卫生委员会。和金额 据说已经实现了巨大的 一个晚上写一本书 试图描述我们 试图看到。矿物鸟来自 每个气候，植物取自 印度、非洲、澳大利亚的房屋种类繁多， 数字，你感觉好像被带到了异国他乡。我看到了 我们最伟大的奥兰达 只是大小上的数字 当与它相比时 仙人掌、香蕉等到达 奇妙的高度。曾经有 30多种野生动物 其中的动物是熊 重 1600 磅。但我相信 [注：写在第四十九页的侧面] 我比其他任何事情都更喜欢美术馆 一个人可以一次又一次地访问它 并且会更欣赏这些画作 他们最后一次见到他们比以往任何时候都多。他们中的大多数 已在罗马采购，直接复制 原件，其中有八个 我们被告知的数字，完全相等 如果不优于原件的话 帕特森医生 和他的女儿们在一起，他告诉 我们对图片有很多有趣的事情 说上面提到的8不能相等 在美国。我忍不住希望太太 Stanhope Matteson 和 Julie Hulbert 本来可以 和我们在一起，因为我知道他们会喜欢的。这些花园真的是这座城市的宝藏 [注：横着写在第五十页] 大约下午 4 点开车回家的感觉 对我们的多见有些厌倦。先生 我们在场地遇见我们的格林， 下午告诉我们赫本医生 今晚要在斯科特医生的教堂里演讲。 斯科特博士是这里的总统神学院长老会 我们想听他说话，斯塔布斯先生接了 我们下来，说他会在 讲座结束。我们进去了，谁应该 我们坐下来，但库里先生和玛吉 看到他们就像回家一样，但是哦，亲爱的 我们应该如何保持我们的角色专注 听众们 如果莎拉会记得那晚，我就和 她听到麦当劳先生的声音，她会有一个主意 与我在这里没有的这种差异的现实 [注：横着写在第五十一页] 让我保持清醒。我就像那个男人 谁说布道中最好的部分是 结论。尽管如此，我还是看到了斯科特医生 你知道我渴望看到我听到的那些 阅读金额 {amounts} 几乎是一种激情 我们在服务后遇到了他并收到了他的 衷心祝福我们和我们的工作， 后来发现这不是免费的 讲座，可以解释搜索 接待员给我们的一瞥，当我们 进入了，但是我们完全迷失了 当时。我晚上睡觉 渴望像曾经来我们家的旅行者一样 “让时钟保持清醒” 10 月 30 日星期四上午 绿背兑换黄金和墨西哥元 [注：横着写在第五十二页] 这就是我们在离开旧金山之前希望使用的东西，其余的折扣为 8%，有一张汇票 在香港。我忍不住保留了一件 纸币作为纪念。它似乎 奇怪的是这里处理金钱的方式 男人对抽出 10 或 20 美元毫不在意 从某个口袋或其他地方取出硬币，硬币装在小袋子里或以某种方式松散地放在口袋里 这并不让人觉得非常小心。 问任何东西的价格，它是 2、4 或 6 视情况而定，比特是我们的老 老式的先令。当然洋基喜欢 旧金山人声称他们的货币是最好的 但是如果你的钱包有点重你懂了 装满墨西哥硬币，至于金币 [注：左上角用花环环绕的装饰性黑色 N 的印刷品] 第 53 页 它是如此之小，我只能是 害怕 - 我应该失去它 一些购物和写信 这个下午。天气是 几乎不舒服的温暖， 天空有那么美丽 柔软度。我想属于 [难以辨认]。我们成熟的花朵 在花盆中如此小心地成长 在露天最繁茂 我们深色的常春藤藤蔓 本身在栏杆上 和坚固的房屋门廊 大众，而卢西亚斯成长为 10 或 12 英尺的高度。 在yds的角落里繁衍生息， 看起来不像大玫瑰 灌木丛的形式和上升。我几乎不 敢告诉你大马蹄莲 莉莉，我今天早上看到了，以免你 应该认为我在告诉一个 加利福尼亚的故事，但它确实看起来好像 它的开花是 3 或 4 倍 和我在俄亥俄州见过的一样大 玫瑰和鱼天竺葵 从字面上看似乎没有 结尾。但他们有一个 在平均温度为 54° 且温度计变化仅为 9° 的气候中成熟的机会更大 比在我们的雪地和 霜。当我们在这里走动时，我们 几乎无法意识到不是 独栋房屋建到 1835 而现在的人口是 175,000 今天下午 拜访了库里先生和夫人 在酒店，但希望 去一些家务 神学院的空房间。 建设，尽快他们的货物 到达 都很好并且认为 他们会非常喜欢这里 很多。与诺克斯夫人共进晚餐 很好地招待了我们 她的一个学生是一名文员 在商店，请假 他可能会来安排 并在餐桌上等候 赞美她自己和我们 我当然从未见过 一张桌子的荣誉做得更多 很好这是他自己的想法 对太太来说似乎很愉快 诺克斯 他是一个很有前途的人 学生，不是教会成员 但他们希望他很快就会。 他希望去中国 一月不知道 他是否会再次回来 或不。这是我们的夜晚 我和我在家祷告会 觉得我知道在哪里 家庭圈子里至少有 度过了前夜。 “虽然我们因信仰而相距甚远 围绕一个共同的施恩座" 10 月 30 日星期五 第一个 以为我来了 早上这是你的最后一次吗 在美国的一天。我没有 却感觉与家乡隔绝 和亚什兰的朋友在一起 让我觉得我只是 临时访问 出去购物了一会儿 今天上午并呼吁 我们的一些传教士党 我们还没有见过的人 所有人都到了，我们的公司，包括年轻的 赫本夫妇的电话号码 14. 我们发现我们可以 至少有一个行李箱 我们的贵宾室，所以今天下午用来放置所有需要的物品 卢克后备箱里的航行 和我的其他人，所以你 看到两个树干必须是 重新包装。这个前夕我们 收到免费门票 [注：横着写在第五十三页] 去听讲座不知道是谁给的 我们，但我觉得出去很累，而且更进一步 我不希望我的最后一个晚上是体育运动 一个奇怪的观众 更符合我的感受 我可以一个人吗 我们很享受 我们在这里住得很好，真的什么都没有 本来会为我们完成的 已完成。海蒂让我尝试采购 一些加州水果，我和斯塔布斯先生交谈 关于它问我在哪里可以最好地获得它他说 你最好让我在他回来的​​时候给你拿 我发现他点了 25 罐梨苹果和桃子 安排好交通和账单 被标记为免费，所以我们有大约 50 磅水果没有 [注：第五十四页横着写] 支付。到了晚上，我觉得我无法入睡 6年前我能体会海蒂的感受 她从这一点回信说她不能 睡觉，还不如写信。卢克和我 花了一些时间来放一些东西 送回家。他们太少了，我们几乎 决定不转发但最后打包 他们很高兴我们能 昨晚为你们做任何事情。 她现在睡着了，我一个人。我的整个 感谢上帝拥有我的心 这样的家和这么多的朋友认为 离别并不容易。但我一刻也没有 觉得我可以回头了。我们将希望 8 年或 10 年后我可以回来，现在只有 [注：横着写在第五十五页] 两年前你会看到亨利和海蒂 我可以通过他们拜访你 你可以 觉得我们要出航了 在某些地区拥有最好的蒸笼 尊重我们自己的大公司和 亲爱的兄弟姐妹们热切地看着我们 在另一边，我希望没有家 朋友们会为我们的安全感到焦虑，因为我觉得 毫无疑问，我们将在 安全。现在愿上帝保佑我的家园和 亲爱的和我离开的所有朋友 在后面。我们将经常为彼此思考和祈祷 晚安。 你亲爱的女儿和姐姐 马蒂 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters From Martha to "Dear Ones at Home", October 19-30, 1873 Subject The topic of the resource Buildings; Missions; Sabbath; Sabbath schools; Friendship; Railroad trains; Money; Indians of North America; Endemic plants; Mountains Description An account of the resource In these letters home, Mattie tells of her travel from Chicago to San Francisco before leaving to be a missionary in China. They travel by train and she describes the unique landscapes and wildlife she encounters along with people such as Native Americans. After arriving in San Francisco, she attends a Chinese Sabbath school where she comments on her experience with sermons. She is invited by Mr. Stubbs to stay with him and his family and later meets Aho, the girl that taught Harriet Chinese. She remarks on the wealth exhibited in the city as she explores San Francisco before leaving for Canton. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873-10-19 to 1873-10-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_633 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/5391959/san-francisco.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a> deaf friends landscape sermon sightseeing travel women missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/75ada52b69e0f976199989bd42c5c98a.pdf f3a7b36df1d9e4bddd6aad6b670234a5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton China May 14th 1885. My dear Father, I have been writing letters this evening to Dr Kerr and Hattie and it is now getting quite late so I cannot write much for the home mail as we must send our letters in the morning. We were so unprepared for the news of Mrs Kerr's death. Had you heard of her illness? Dr Kerr wrote by the preceding mail that she was far from well and had been confined to her bed for some time so we felt very anxious but we hoped that when warm weather came she would feel better I shall miss her sadly. From the day that I met her first in New York when I was just starting out in Mission life she has been one of the best and truest of friends. I was always glad that she visited and became acquainted with you all. She enjoyed it so much you made her feel at home. I wish she could have seen you this time while she was at home. She had a feeling when she went away that she might not live to come back to Canton, but she wished very much to return and we hoped so much that she would be spared to come back even if she did not live long. I presume Dr Kerr will have written to you as fully as he did to me of her last illness. I am so glad that Josie had resolved to come out on the Lord's side and that she had the joy of knowing that he was again received into the church four days before her death. I hope he will do well. I think his plan now is to come back and study medicine with his Father and he will help Hattie with her studies. I wonder if Martha will be ready to come out at the same time that they do. She and Hattie would be company for each other. I do not know whether you will hear from Henry by this mail or not. He has just gone down to Hainan for two or three weeks. Mr Jeremiassen wrote up that there were several converts who he thought were ready to be baptized and asked if some one of the missionaries would not go down and receive them into the church. We now have about fifty scholars in the Boarding School. [u] Peace [/u] does not seem very peaceful yet in Canton. The Chinese think they were just beginning to be victorious over the French and so do not want to stop but the powers at Peking are anxious for peace. I will try and write more for the next mail which I think leaves. I feel very anxious to hear from Sarah. I wish she would stop teaching and take a rest. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unsigned Letter to Father, May 14, 1885 Subject The topic of the resource Death; Sick; Missionaries' spouses; China--Foreign relations--France Description An account of the resource This letter, probably from Martha, largely deals with the death of Mrs. Kerr. Mattie writes to her father that she is glad her family was able to meet Mrs. Kerr before her death. Henry is in Hainan to baptize converts there. In Canton, there is some social and political unrest surrounding the French. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1885-05-14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_662 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sino-French War, 1884-1885 converts death missionary work Sino-French War war https://noyesletters.org/files/original/5f72db61f46cdb60c41c5caf811e14e9.pdf f9fe78daa156d5274fe00a30b189a7f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My dear Sister Sarah, I think of you in the old home. Another year of work done and another vacation entered upon. But the home coming was in one respect so saddened. I can not think of the dear old home now without feeling how still it must be. I can hear the echo of Mothers footstep in that passageway at any moment. I read in one of the papers by the last mail an item in which it was said that a person who had been in heaven five minutes knew more then all the divines on Earth. We must try all the time to look forward and think of her blessedness We could not for a moment think of asking her for an instant even to return to us. It was so good in God to minister to her such an abundant entrance into heaven Not a doubt or fear can ever enter the mind that she is not safe in glory. She has been spared from any anxieties to come. I wrote her a letter from Macau which was not needed by her. She was al ready safe from all that could disturb or distress her. We think of you now has having Bella and the children there. It will be a great pleasure to the little boys to have the freedom of the farm. And it will be so good for Willie. I do hope he will get strong while he is in America. I do not see much of Henry We are both so busy it seems almost impossible to meet very often. His school is growing They have 60 in accommodations built for 80. If he can only get ground there will then be a possibility of his being more comfortably situated. But it is not so easy to purchase land in this populous old city of Canton We hope that the thing can be accomplished before he has to leave for America. Time and patience is said to accom- plish all things so no doubt this matter will be properly settled in time. I do not think you will find Henry greatly changed but he is somewhat bald and his wishers are grey somewhat not very much so He is working very hard and seems to be well. They wrote me from home that you had been doing double duty the past year Do not see how you could endure so much work. It would be very nice if you could be at home next year. I love to think of the five sisters all together this sum mer. There will be a large family and everyone must be very busy, but perhaps that will be well. You will not perhaps feel quite as lonely. Who pours out the coffee and tea at the table? I want to ask if you girls put on mourning I did not but it sometimes seems as if it would have been a comfort to have worn it. A comfort to my own feelings. But the weather is so hot the Dr felt it would not be well for me to do it. It is against my principles at least I thought it was until now, but the heart does sometimes long to give this outward expression of its sorrow Yet when we think of all Mother suffered here we can not find it in our hearts to mourn that she is rest. I wish so much that Dr Kerr could have seen her before he came back to China. If they could have been at our house for a few days he would have known father [Continued vertically on the first page] and mother both. It was so nice that Hattie visited them last summer and that Mother thought so much of her. When sister Hattie comes back it will help me to talk it all over with her. The letter I began to her on the 22nd of June did not get off but I thought of her nearly all day. I hope we can have a letter from you during vacation They are like angels visits [?fero?] &c but we know you can not write when you are in school. 我亲爱的莎拉修女， 我在老家想起你。 又一年的工作完成， 又一个假期开始了。 但是， 即将到来的家在一方面是如此令人难过。 我现在想起那所亲爱的老家， 就会觉得它一定是多么安静。 我随时都能听到那条通道上母亲的脚步声。 我在最后一封邮件中的一篇论文中读到一篇文章， 其中说一个人在天堂里呆了五分钟， 比地球上所有的神灵都了解更多。 我们必须时刻努力向前看， 想着她的幸福我们一刻也想不起来， 甚至一刻都想请她回到我们身边。 上帝赐予她如此丰富的进入天堂的机会真是太好了她已经从未来的任何焦虑中幸免于难。 我给她写了一封她不需要的来自澳门的信。 她已经准备好远离一切可能打扰或困扰她的事情。 我们想你现在有贝拉和孩子们在那里。 小男孩们很高兴能拥有农场的自由。 这对威利来说太好了。 我真的希望他在美国时会变得坚强。 我没怎么看亨利 我们都很忙， 几乎不可能经常见面。 他的学校正在发展 他们为 80 人建造了 60 间宿舍。 如果他只能得到地面， 那么他的位置可能会更舒适。 但是在广州这个人口众多的老城买地并不是那么容易， 我们希望这件事能在他离开美国之前完成。 据说时间和耐心可以完成所有事情， 所以毫无疑问， 这件事会及时得到妥善解决。 我不认为你会发现亨利有很大的变化， 但他有点秃了， 他的愿望也不是很灰， 所以他工作很努力， 看起来很好。 他们在家里给我写信说你在过去的一年里一直在做双重工作不要看你怎么能忍受这么多的工作。 如果你明年能在家就好了。 我喜欢想到今年夏天五姐妹在一起。 会有一个大家庭， 每个人都一定很忙， 但也许那会很好。 你也许不会感到那么孤单。 谁倒了桌上的咖啡和茶？我想问一下你们这些女孩是否戴上了我没有戴上的丧服， 但有时戴上它似乎是一种安慰。 安慰自己的感情。 但是天气太热了， 医生觉得我这样做不太好。 至少直到现在我都认为这违反了我的原则， 但内心有时确实渴望将其悲伤的这种外在表达然而当我们想到母亲在这里遭受的所有痛苦时， 我们无法在心中哀悼她休息。 我非常希望克尔博士在回到中国之前能见到她。 如果他们能在我们家住几天， 他就会认识父亲（在第一页上继续垂直）和母亲。 去年夏天海蒂来拜访他们真是太好了， 妈妈也很想她。 当海蒂姐妹回来时， 它会帮助我和她好好谈谈。 我在 6 月 22 日开始写给她的信没有收到， 但我几乎整天都在想她。 我希望我们能在假期收到你的来信他们就像天使拜访fero 等， 但我们知道你在学校时不能写信。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of an Unsigned Letter to Sarah Subject The topic of the resource Home; Dead; Heaven; Family Description An account of the resource This letter reminisces about a vacated home and speculates about the author's mother in heaven. Willie has gone to America, and aging Henry has been too busy to meet. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_634 children Christianity home missionary work school sisters https://noyesletters.org/files/original/c96d24f722dc2c165685ce7346436a3e.pdf 0092bcf886fc3ad1fb7e45e4f50e1a6a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document We are looking for Miss Butler at our house I mean on the Hongkong or Macao str to day. School opens on sat. and they will no doubt feel they must come up soon . Do not know whether Hattie will come or not. If she does not the Dr and I will try to go down and spend her birthday with her. Am not sure of this however as the Dr has a patient it is very doubtful whether he can leave There will be guests here and it may not be very easy to get away. It does seem so nice to know you are even comfortably well. I know you must be lonely now and then I was going to say but this must come over you at all times and seasons. It seems whenever I think of it that I should break down complete whenever I came in sight of our dear old home. Father and Mother have always been there to welcome me and I can hear father now saying "We are glad to have you back again my daughter" But he will welcome us in spirit. I feel he will be looking down with his old smile and his welcome will be just the same only our dull ears will not quite catch the sound of the loving voice. He is [u]right there[/u] only a veil hides him from our eyes but not us from his. That is it not us from his. And when the trainery he gave us keeps our feel- from falling he rejoices just as he alwayss has done We who are here can not tell whether he or you will welcome us first but we are sure of a welcome from some of our dear ones at either gate It is only five weeks from to day before Hattie leaves for America. The Dr has written a note to Dr Ellinwood letting him know of the possibility of her coming. The next mail will no doubt give you the liberty to speak of it anywhere Dr Thomson writes up saying Hattie is "fairly well-" I hope the home air will do for her all that is necessary to restore her. It would seem as though her going might make our coming a little doubtful but we will see, she must go in any case. The Dr is growing older all the time and I do so want to have you all know him. But we shall go if it is best. I am talking about it know as thought it were settled that we are going that is to our own two selves - no one else. A year will fly very quickly I caught myself conculting the Chinese Almanac this morning to see when their year closed so as to calculate about our trip Now and then find my self doing little things of that kind. "Coming events cast their shadows before" Mary Stoakes Dunlap is reported as going on finely - "Marriage was the making of her" Had she not married would have gone home very soon" - "Mr Dunlap is very popular - and she is pop ular too." He is bright and cheerful and evidently a very good mis sionary. We do get a little politics sometimes - and [u]we[/u] do not like the McKinley bill our convention of Ministers and helpers Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Death; Marriage; Travel; Women missionaries Description An account of the resource In this partial letter, Martha writes about how the school opens again soon. She thinks how sad it will be returning home without her father to greet her. Hattie leaves for America in five weeks. She mentions the marriage of Mr. Dunlap and Mary Stoakes. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document seems . We will have it framed - and want to put Frank's - Hannah's & Cynthia's picture, in those small black frames Hattie brought and hang them under it. The best place seems to be in the room where I sleep over a little round table that stands at the head of the bed. They will be almost opposite the [illegible] like the one over the mantel in the parlor at home. It is such a rest to think of that little group of three .I know I shall look at it a great deal. The one "God bless our home" Hattie wants to give to Mrs Chalmers Now Em I want to ask a great favor of you. I would like to have about 4 spatter work - pictures -- one for mrs Talmage of Amoy - one for Bishop Burdon's wife Mrs Johnson - and Mrs Eitel of Hong Kong. They have all been so kind to me and are such nice people. It would be such a pleasure to give them to these ladies as "sister Ems work" and I thought perhaps you would like to have them in these Missionary homes. We have never seen any of these pictures in China and they are greatly admired {I mean those Hattie brought} You can take your time in making them do not hurry about it and please use some of that money Henry sent home the $49.00 [u]to get materials do not forget that[/u]. I would like the [u]Mottoe[/u] for Mrs Talmage - a cross-like the one you gave Hattie for Mrs Burdon - the others any thing you think best Hattie says "tell her to make a dozen or more" but now use that money for the purpose or we shall not [u]forgive you[/u] Em. you are truly a genius - like the fairy who turns every thing she touches into gold. For the sake of the family one would wish you to live to the age - of the old Israelites. I do not believe any one ever had such nice brothers and sisters as I have Just at this point we were interrupted by a call from Mrs Seman of Shanghai who is stopping in Canton for a few days - a very pleas- ant lady indeed. Dr Happer's [u]family[/u] are coming over here to tea this eve. The Canton party seem to be having a nice time up north - Lucy writes in fine Spirits Three weeks more and we shall have them back again I think your new calico dresses are very pretty indeed Our sewing woman who promised to be such a treasure - has got it into her mind to study for a teacher - and really she does seem to smart for a sewing woman - but I hope we can make an arrangement [Note: Continues sideways on page one] I am quite well just now can hear nearly all the classes in the Boarding School - Your loving sister Mattie Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Letter from Martha to Edward Subject The topic of the resource Friendly visits; Photographs; Clothes; Sewing Description An account of the resource Mattie says that she wants to frame the Frank's, Hannah's, and Cynthia's pictures. She says the pictures are greatly admired. She mentions money Henry is sending home. She talks about the Happers coming over for tea and their new sewing woman. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_624 clothing family grief money photographs sewing https://noyesletters.org/files/original/cd438a4ba10d897b293e55543e25659b.pdf 5b8af8adf2a491a6069868f21e26074e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document which left Hong kong at 5 1/2 P.M. but just as we had said good bye and were coming away. the Capt came on board and said they would not sail until Thurs. morning at 9 A.M. The Capt wanted them to go ashore for to day so he could get "fixed up for them". It was so evident he preferred it that they took a satchel and we all came off in the Launch. She left us at our steamer and went on to the Basil Mission where they will spend to day. It is a very quiet nice place German and not expensive - so you see how we celebrated your birth day sent you a present you will we trust receive much improved in about two months time The Capt said he supposed they would make the voyage in [Illegible, page torn] from 42 to 45 days - dating from Apr 2nd I do not suppose they will stop in Portland more than 10 days at farthest so you can count upon their arrival about the 1st of June. Perhaps they will get there on my birth day would not that be nice You will be so glad to know they are on the way It will be such a long time before we can hear from them. But it seems so providential they could go on this str. Hattie must not come back too soon. Dr Wales told her yesterday she must stay 2 years. Dr Kerr feels there is no reason she should not get well so we can all keep up good cour age. She has seemed to feel some doubt about drawing her salary at home. I have urged it upon her to do so and you must add your influence. She has been out here since Jan. /68 and has not saved a penny. 23 years is paying her expenses home without calling upon the Board and it is the right thing she should have her salary while there. Dr Kerr has put thousands of dollars into the treasury and it will be a pity if they can not let her have partial salary until she is strong. She said she would feel better if they would offer it to her - but they will not do that I suppose. But I do feel they will not feel the least objection to her having it. She looks "fat" but she is not strong. That must only come with time. You will be so glad to see her. I do hope you will have a quiet summer. She must be quiet. Now I must say good bye. Hope you will have many happy [u]returns[/u] of the day. . Wish we could know how you spent the day . You would have been happy could you have known what was going on on this side. We feel as though our numbers are very much lessened 下午 5 1/2 离开香港。 但就在我们说再见并要离开的时候。 船长上船说他们要到星期四才能开航。 早上 9 点船长希望他们今天上岸， 这样他就可以“为他们做好准备”。 很明显， 他更喜欢它， 以至于他们拿了一个书包， 我们都在发射中离开了。 她把我们留在我们的轮船上， 然后继续前往巴兹尔使命， 他们将在那里度过今天。 这是一个非常安静的好地方 德国人而且不贵 - 所以你看我们如何庆祝你的生日 给你送了一份礼物， 我们相信你会在大约两个月的时间内得到很大改善 船长说他认为他们会在 [难以辨认， 页面撕裂] 从 42 天到 45 天 - 从 4 月 2 日开始， 我认为他们最多不会在波特兰停留超过 10 天， 因此您可以指望他们在 6 月 1 日左右到达。 也许他们会在我生日那天到达那里不是很好你会很高兴知道他们正在路上我们要等很长时间才能收到他们的消息。 但似乎天意他们可以继续这个str。 海蒂不能太早回来。 威尔士医生昨天告诉她， 她必须留 2 年。 克尔博士认为她没有理由不康复， 因此我们都可以保持良好的勇气。 她似乎对在家里领薪水感到有些怀疑。 我已经敦促她这样做， 你必须增加你的影响力。 她自 68 年 1 月以来一直在这里， 一分钱都没存。 23 年是在没有要求董事会的情况下支付她的费用回家， 她应该在那里获得薪水是正确的事情。 科尔医生已经将数千美元存入国库， 如果他们不能让她在她强壮之前获得部分薪水， 那将是很遗憾的。 她说如果他们把它提供给她， 她会感觉更好——但我想他们不会那样做。 但我确实觉得他们不会对她拥有它有丝毫的反对。 她看起来很“胖”， 但并不强壮。 那只能随着时间而来。 你会很高兴见到她。 我真希望你能度过一个安静的夏天。 她一定要安静。 现在我必须说再见了。 希望你会有很多快乐的一天。 希望我们能知道你是如何度过这一天的。 如果你知道这边发生了什么， 你会很高兴的。 我们觉得我们的人数好像大大减少了 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Poor--Health and hygiene; Home Description An account of the resource The author of this letter writes about an experience where a steamer was supposed to leave but the captain wanted to wait. They mention that the people they saw off should arrive around June 1st, their birthday, meaning the letter was written by Mattie. Harriet has been told to stay home for two years to rest and get better, and it is currently a concern that she will not be able to get her salary while at home. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_619 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1819729/hong-kong.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hong Kong</a> birthdays boats missionaries salaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/41e5b5e54aa1ebd8dc026c6f9e666925.pdf fcbd0a6d6d4bf38b5a7202dde3eeba13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document be quite a party. Mrs Happer was down here looking and seeming so like her old self. She still like to see those that were in the old Kam Li Fan house. The Dr Andrew and her self are to take dinner with us to morrow - saturday. Not the best day for company but it is Dr Happers holiday or rather half holiday Perhaps Mrs Happer will stay with us some of the time at least while her other half is gone .I have asked Mrs Gillman to come up with her children for a week or longer and if she comes it will be very soon There is some trouble again in Hai nam. Mr Gillman has been trying to put up a modest little kitchen but his workmen were arrested the work stopped and things again at a standstill. He has written up and Dr Kerr is to see the Consul this afternoon He said the other day he did not know but he would get himself appointed vice Consul and go down officially But August is a trying month and I hope it will not seem to be neccessary for him to go. He is having some trouble with his back and it seems as if it is a weak ness left as the effects of the wrench he had when that stair case gave way under him. I have entered into the very life we had with our own precious Father. If I live it will be my lot to watch his growing infirm and fell all the time as though I could not spare him. But Gods plan will be the right one and Dr Kerr when he is called will go straight into heaven. But I pray that you may all see him in the flesh. He is a good brother As to growing infirm it seems as if I was the one just now putting on age. Have been having a bad time with my ears one especially and the Dr has been probing it every morning almost this week. Can not hear conversation with that ear at all. The other suffered in sympathy so for a few days I was quite deaf. Am better now but have a little fear that the hearing of one ear is permanent ly injured. I told you before that I was now in possession of a pair of spectacles. Age is coming on and we know so well that what we lose now will never be regained. I think of you all so much in the prospect of Hatties coming back. Another trial but leaving one less between you and the golden gate. A little space and we shall all have passed through into the Heavenly City. I have just got the slips you sent by the last mail back from Mrs Swan. Do not think I can lend them any more to any one. His photo Mothers and that one of you all is hung where I can see it the first thing when I wake I can not write more 下午 5 1/2 离开香港。 但就在我们说再见并要离开的时候。 船长上船说他们要到星期四才能开航。 早上 9 点船长希望他们今天上岸， 这样他就可以“为他们做好准备”。 很明显， 他更喜欢它， 以至于他们拿了一个书包， 我们都在发射中离开了。 她把我们留在我们的轮船上， 然后继续前往巴兹尔使命， 他们将在那里度过今天。 这是一个非常安静的好地方 德国人而且不贵 - 所以你看我们如何庆祝你的生日 给你送了一份礼物， 我们相信你会在大约两个月的时间内得到很大改善 船长说他认为他们会在 [难以辨认， 页面撕裂] 从 42 天到 45 天 - 从 4 月 2 日开始， 我认为他们最多不会在波特兰停留超过 10 天， 因此您可以指望他们在 6 月 1 日左右到达。 也许他们会在我生日那天到达那里不是很好你会很高兴知道他们正在路上我们要等很长时间才能收到他们的消息。 但似乎天意他们可以继续这个str。 海蒂不能太早回来。 威尔士医生昨天告诉她， 她必须留 2 年。 克尔博士认为她没有理由不康复， 因此我们都可以保持良好的勇气。 她似乎对在家里领薪水感到有些怀疑。 我已经敦促她这样做， 你必须增加你的影响力。 她自 68 年 1 月以来一直在这里， 一分钱都没存。 23 年是在没有要求董事会的情况下支付她的费用回家， 她应该在那里获得薪水是正确的事情。 科尔医生已经将数千美元存入国库， 如果他们不能让她在她强壮之前获得部分薪水， 那将是很遗憾的。 她说如果他们把它提供给她， 她会感觉更好——但我想他们不会那样做。 但我确实觉得他们不会对她拥有它有丝毫的反对。 她看起来很“胖”， 但并不强壮。 那只能随着时间而来。 你会很高兴见到她。 我真希望你能度过一个安静的夏天。 她一定要安静。 现在我必须说再见了。 希望你会有很多快乐的一天。 希望我们能知道你是如何度过这一天的。 如果你知道这边发生了什么， 你会很高兴的。 我们觉得我们的人数好像大大减少了 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Kerr, J. G. (John Glasgow), 1824-1901; Health; Future life; Heaven Description An account of the resource In this document, Mattie does some reflecting on the health of her husband, Dr. Kerr, comparing him to Varnum Noyes and how the family had to watch his health decline. Her own health has gotten worse, including issues with sight and hearing loss. All health related issues are not of too much consequence, however, because she believes they will all eventually go to heaven. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_618 deaf glasses medical missionaries officials visitors https://noyesletters.org/files/original/3b148a870aa22ae17d617f99ce72bcd3.pdf 845cf217912af393806211e5aa4d33b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Then Henry came down and I was so glad to see him that I gave him a loving little squeeze on the arm where at he looked rath er surprized. It is a habit I have with the Dr you see. Then Mrs Swan, Niles {there I did not say Dr} H-- and I went off to the Str. to see Mrs Thomson the Dr and all the little Thomsons It was arranged that all their goods and calam aties should be put off on the Han Tan and they should come to us to tea Two more Miss Lewis and Henry were invited so we found we would number 10. I came home [?instan?] ter and we got things together so we had a very nice time. Since our experiences in the country I find myself every now and then looking for articles that have disap- peared but we shall set ourselves right in time I do not want to get any more silver if I can help it until Hattie comes out as we would like plaited ware. Well we did enjoy it and they have left this morning will take Miss Baird with them and be away at least a month. We hear that Dr Lang of Formosia is to go to Hong Kong where he proposes to take unto him self a wife and then come up here to make a visit and look through the hospital The womens department is [?lestening?] in numbers but the men keep right up. The Dr gets on amazing ly well. It is seldom there are more than two here at a time {Drs}. Last Thurs. eve after a very busy day indeed we having company from Macau, then going to a meeting of the Mutual improvement society in the eve. Got home about 10 Dr Swan and our Dr went out to see a patient came in at 11 and the Dr began taking off his coat saying We must go out and take off a mans leg. It did seem so dreadful to think of their going out at midnight into the hospital to do such work Dr Kerr got in at 1 AM Dr Swan at 2. Suffering hu manity comes and goes in a constant stream. The Dr wanted me to go to Macau last week but I have no vim to pack up any more this year. Want to stay at home, can not write more. 然后亨利下来了， 我很高兴见到他， 我在他的手臂上轻轻地轻轻捏了一下， 他看起来很惊讶。 这是我对你看到的医生的习惯。 然后是斯旺太太， 奈尔斯{我没说医生} H——然后我去了海峡。 去看医生汤姆森夫人和所有的小汤姆森 安排他们所有的货物和灾难都应该推迟到汉谭上， 他们应该来我们这里喝茶 又邀请了两个刘易斯小姐和亨利， 所以我们发现我们会数10. 我马上就回家了， 我们把事情搞定了， 所以我们度过了非常愉快的时光。 自从我们在这个国家的经历以来， 我发现自己时不时地寻找已经消失的文章， 但我们会及时调整自己， 如果我能帮上忙， 我不想再得到任何银子， 直到海蒂出现， 就像我们想要的那样编​​辫子洁具。 好吧， 我们确实很享受， 他们今天早上离开了， 他们会带着贝尔德小姐离开至少一个月。 听说福尔摩斯的郎大夫要去香港娶妻， 然后上来探望医院， 看看妇科的人少了， 但男的还是挺多的.医生相处得非常好。 很少有一次超过两个{Doctors}。 上周四。 在忙碌了一天的前夜， 我们确实有来自澳门的公司， 然后在前夜去参加互助会的会议。 大约 10 点斯旺医生回到家， 我们的医生在 11 点出去看一个病人进来， 医生开始脱掉他的外套说我们必须出去脱掉一条腿。 一想到他们半夜出门去医院做这样的工作， 克尔医生凌晨 1 点进来， 斯旺医生 2 点就进来了， 这似乎真是太可怕了。 受苦的人类来来去去， 源源不断。 上周医生要我去澳门， 但今年我没有精力收拾行李了。 想宅在家里， 不能多写。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Document Subject The topic of the resource Missionaries' spouses; Leg--Amputation; Missionaries, Medical Description An account of the resource Mattie writes about a tea she had with Henry and some other missionaries. Dr. Lang is going to Hong Kong to find a wife, and Mattie remarks that men keep joining the missionary field and they need more women. Dr. Kerr is still doing very well. Him and Dr. Swan had to go amputate a man's leg at midnight the Thursday before she writes this. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_617 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1819729/hong-kong.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hong Kong</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1605651/kingdom-of-thailand.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kingdom of Taiwan</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1821274/macau.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Macau</a> medical missionaries https://noyesletters.org/files/original/ac71173567a247ef4a8053047e805bf5.pdf 9a14c75b0d06a1618381937b9f9a03b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Dr has stood the wear and tear of the year wonder fully. Without rest or change he has stood to the wheel taking the place of Dr Niles I think on five different occasions when she has been away -and I believe she has been gone thus far this year just one fifth of the time Dr Swan was away in the Country 3 weeks and returned a week and a half ago, now is ill. The Dr has this morning taken on the care of every thing without a word. Just now he has gone to the other end to see Mr Wisner. Mr Henry we learn has been attacked this morning . But we are so thankful it is not Cholera. It is a constant source of thankfulness that I am well. When I remember how good for nothing I was at home the present state of things is almost miraculous Am now in charge of 4 schools 2 in the city and 2 in the hospital. These last cost a good deal of looking after. The I play every morning in at prayers, and sell books afterwards to the patients [--afterward--]. This is not written in any spirit of ego tism or self praise but only to let you know how well I have been . Miss Butler has let me have the teacher she employed as the school was thoroughly run down and would not hear [--tl--] transfer to any other point She has tried her best to keep it going but could not [?own?] to none of us know scarcely what. The mission have felt during the whole year that it was not a good expenditure of mission funds and were on the eve of proposing it should be stopped when the subject of enlarging the Boarding school has been brought forward and as this boys school house was to be incorporated in the additions the whole matter has been arranged without a suspicion on her past that any thing of the kind was intended It is a mutual blessing that she could send the teacher here and that I could have him. She had no work for him and here he has a grand opportunity. Then her teacher for the little girls she felt was too old for the place and she wanted to change, so the talked the matter over with me and the result is I am to have her too She only told her I wanted her and that she was at liberty to come and she told me sat- urday that she was very glad to come. so she did not know she was in any case to be removed from the other side .It was a great pleasure to me to think she wanted to come to me . She was one of the old pupils when I was here before and I love her very much. Our poor table boy who is now so ill had an opportunity to leave us last week to become Mr Henrys cook at a 1.00 more per month but he absolutely refused although we urged him to go. Mrs Henry has been without a regular cook now for more than a month and is getting a good deal worn out. This boy has in many ways been a great trial but when we had this evidence of his attach ment we felt it would be well to 医生完全经受住了这一年奇迹的磨损。 没有休息或改变， 他站在方向盘上代替了奈尔斯医生， 我想在她离开的五次不同的场合——我相信今年到目前为止， 她离开的时间只有斯旺医生离开的五分之一。 国家3周， 一周半前回来， 现在病了。 医生今天早上一言不发地处理了每一件事。 刚才他已经到另一端去见威斯纳先生了。 我们了解到的亨利先生今天早上遭到袭击。 但我们非常感谢它不是霍乱。 我的健康一直是我感恩的源泉。 当我记得我在家里是多么的一无是处时， 现在的情况几乎是奇迹我现在负责 4 所学校， 2 在城市， 2 在医院。 最后这些要花很多钱照顾。 我每天早上都在祈祷， 然后向病人卖书。 这不是以任何自负或自夸的精神写的， 只是为了让你知道我有多好。 巴特勒小姐让我请了她雇用的老师， 因为学校已经彻底倒闭， 不会听到转移到任何其他地方的消息。 她已尽最大努力保持下去， 但不能向我们所有人承认， 几乎不知道是什么。 传道部全年都觉得这不是一次很好的传道经费支出， 并在提议扩大寄宿学校的主题提出时停止， 因为这所男校舍将被整个事情都安排在了补充中， 没有怀疑她的过去有任何这种事情是有意的。 她可以派老师来这里， 我可以拥有他， 这是双方的祝福。 她没有为他工作， 在这里他有一个很好的机会。 然后她的小女孩老师， 她觉得这个地方太老了， 她想改变， 所以和我谈了这件事， 结果是我也要她她只告诉她我想要她， 她是可以来， 周六她告诉我她很高兴来。 所以 她 不 知道 她 无论如何 都会 被 从 另一边 赶走 . 想到 她 想 来 我 ， 我 很 高兴 .我以前在这里时， 她是一位老学生， 我非常爱她。 我们现在病得很重的可怜的餐桌男孩上周有机会离开我们成为亨利先生的厨师， 每月加薪 1.00 美元， 但他绝对拒绝了， 尽管我们敦促他离开。 亨利太太现在已经有一个多月没有经常做饭了， 而且已经筋疲力尽了。 这个男孩在很多方面都是一个很好的考验， 但是当我们得到他依恋的证据时， 我们觉得最好 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Document Subject The topic of the resource Household employees; Health; Missionaries' spouses; Kerr, J. G. (John Glasgow), 1824-1901 Description An account of the resource Mattie writes about how well the Dr. (Kerr) is doing, regardless of health and how little help he has. She is also grateful for her own health. They are working on expanding the boarding school and dealing with hiring new teachers. There is a table boy at Mattie's house that was offered a better paying job as Mr. Henry's cook but her refused. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_616 domestic workers funds missionary work https://noyesletters.org/files/original/f8f77298b6a8d270d3112181fac0844f.pdf 13879ca802f72734cd7826b4b5f9f377 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Nov 11th /79 Dear Father Hattie and Kittie are out visiting a day school this afternoon but it is almost time for them to get back . Yesterday was Kittie's birthday. As it was the Sabbath we concluded to have the Happer girls come down to night and take tea with her. They hope to be here in time for a game of croquet so I am in momentary expectation of their arrival. Miss Hart- well who has been staying with them will also be here and we expect her to be our guest now until she leaves for Siam which may not be for six weeks .It seems she is not strong and feels she must rest a month before she enters her field .Thought she would stop in San Fran cisco but finally concluded she would come on to Canton and try its sanitary powers It is not the best beginning in the world is it? I have not seen a great deal of her as yet but it does not take long to get acquainted with her She is an orphan 35 years old has only one sister who is married so the home ties are not so strong as ours. Is a great talker. Kittie who has spent two days at the Happers since she came thinks she makes the pronoun [u]I[/u] pretty prominent. Perhaps that will disappear in the [u]older[/u] missionary. She made quite a number of remarks in our Wednesday prayer meeting wonder what Mr McDon[--n--]ald will do when she gets to Siam No doubt you will have heard the Mr Judson and wife were not able to leave San Francisco on account of the illness of Mr Judson. He took cold in crossing the Rocky Mts. and had some severe attack of [?lung?] trouble. It seems somewhat doubtful whether he is ever able to come to China. No doubt it will be a great disappointment to Mr and Mrs Leaman who will now be left alone in [illegible] Chau when the Loons go home .The Leamans are just about going back after being in Shanghai about 10 weeks. Lucy writes that she does not get strong fast. If our home people were on the ground they would find that [u]domestic[/u] cares and [u]anxieties[/u] to a great deal of missionary time and I do not think they would agree with Mrs Holt of Shanghai who says she thinks it would be a great deal better if all the single ladies were married If they were all of the type of Sarah A - I should agree with her Hattie no doubt has told you that individual is to leave for England as we suppose by the 1st of Jan. It is supposed she may marry and English man - do not know. It will be a blessing to Missions when she leaves China a blessing to the cause at home and abroad. What an awful mistake sending such an individual out and what an expense she has been - Out here people are throughly convinced she better go home the quicker the better. She goes on [--her--] a medical certificate I suppose given by Dr OBrien but she seems able to do 79 年 11 月 11 日 亲爱的海蒂神父和凯蒂今天下午要去一所走读学校参观， 但他们差不多该回去了。 昨天是基蒂的生日。 因为是安息日， 所以我们决定让哈珀家的女孩们晚上下来和她一起喝茶。 他们希望能及时来这里打槌球， 所以我暂时期待他们的到来。 一直和他们住在一起的Hart-well小姐也将在这里， 我们希望她现在成为我们的客人， 直到她离开暹罗， 这可能不会有六个星期。 看来她并不强壮， 觉得她必须在一个月前休息她进入了她的领域。 原以为她会在旧金山停留， 但最终得出结论， 她会来到广州并尝试它的卫生能力。 这不是世界上最好的开始， 是吗？我还没有看到很多她， 但很快就认识了她。 她是一个孤儿， 35岁， 只有一个已婚的姐姐， 所以家庭纽带没有我们那么牢固。 是一个很棒的健谈者。 Kittie 来后已经在 Happers 住了两天， 她认为她使代词 I 非常突出。 也许这会在年长的传教士身上消失。 她在我们周三的祷告会上发表了很多言论， 想知道麦克唐纳先生到暹罗后会做什么 毫无疑问， 您会听说贾德森先生和妻子因为贾德森先生的病而无法离开旧金山。 他在穿越落基山时感到寒冷。 并有一些严重的肺病发作。 他是否能够来中国似乎有些令人怀疑。 毫无疑问， 当 Loons 回家时， Leaman 夫妇将独自留在 [无法辨认的] 洲， 这无疑会令他们大失所望。 Leamans 在上海待了大约 10 周后就要回去了。 露西写道， 她不会很快变得强壮。 如果我们的家乡人在当地， 他们会发现家庭的忧虑和焦虑会花费大量的传教时间， 我认为他们不会同意上海的霍尔特夫人的说法， 她说她认为如果所有的传教时间都会好得多单身女士们结婚了 如果她们都是莎拉 A 的类型——我应该同意她的观点男人- 不知道。 当她离开中国时， 这将是对宣教团的祝福， 是对国内外事业的祝福。 把这样的人送出去是多么可怕的错误， 她付出了多么大的代价——在这里， 人们完全相信她最好回家越快越好。 她有一份我想是奥布莱恩医生开的医疗证明， 但她似乎能做到 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter to Father, November 11, 1879 Subject The topic of the resource Missionary women; Friendly visits; Travel; Health; Lungs--Diseases Description An account of the resource The author, probably Mattie, writes that Hattie and Kittie Happer have been out visiting the day school. She talks about Miss Hartwell and her travel plans. She says that Mr Judson and his wife were not able to leave San Francisco because of his illness. Everyone seems to agree that Sarah A should leave and that her departure would be a blessing to the missionary cause at home and abroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879-11-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_615 leisure marriage missionaries travel https://noyesletters.org/files/original/2fa12a06e9d5bb59438fe2cf69360836.pdf 9cd4da5818da9d3d938ea711bd0fecdb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A nice little card of precious texts from Miss Johnstone and Mrs Happer and Lucy sent me a night dress all made so you see I was not forgotten although a comparative stranger to people here. How thank ful I am for all the kind friends God has given me more thankful than for any other gift except my dear precious Father Mother brothers and sister - I went to tiffin at Mrs Johnson and then attended bible class at Mrs Burdon's afterwards 3 of the members of the class drank a cup of tea with her then I came back to prayer meeting at Mr LuMonts He made such good re- marks from the passages where Christ washed the disciples feet teaching us a lesson of humility. I do enjoy his sermons and prayer meeting exercises so much. Came home ate dinner and now am spending the eve with you You can not think how much I have gained during the past fortnight - Am feeling quite strong shall soon be able to take short walks if I keep on improving. Dr OBrien still maintains I will get better says he does not consider me a con- firmed consumptive and I now for the first time really feel encouraged my- self. It is rather a singular experience to be under the care of two physicians 一张精美的小卡片， 里面有约翰斯通小姐、哈珀夫人和露西的珍贵短信， 给我寄来了一件精心制作的睡裙， 所以你看我并没有被遗忘， 尽管我对这里的人来说是个比较陌生的人。 我非常感谢上帝给我的所有好朋友， 除了我亲爱的父亲母亲兄弟姐妹之外， 我更感谢其他任何礼物 - 我去了约翰逊夫人的茶会， 然后在伯顿夫人的三个成员那里参加了圣经课全班同学和她一起喝了杯茶， 然后我回到卢蒙茨先生参加祷告会。 他从基督为门徒洗脚的段落中发表了如此好的评论， 教导我们谦卑的教训。 我非常喜欢他的讲道和祷告会练习。 回家吃过晚饭， 现在和你一起度过前夜你无法想象在过去的两周里我收获了多少——我感觉很强壮， 如果我继续进步， 很快就可以散步了。 O'Brien 医生仍然坚持我会好起来的， 他说他不认为我是确诊的消费者， 我现在第一次真正感到自己受到鼓舞。 在两位医生的照顾下， 这是一种相当独特的经历 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter Subject The topic of the resource Nightgowns; Friendly visiting; Health; Tuberculosis; Physicians Description An account of the resource In this unsigned letter, most likely written by Martha, she describes a nice little card that Miss Johnstone and Mrs. Happer and Lucy gave to her along with a night dress. She talks about her day and that the doctors do not consider her a confirmed consumptive. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_613 clothing illness presents routines https://noyesletters.org/files/original/7487d50ce0d511a241821e803ce65174.pdf 6240ccfc317c544b194552825d54e4e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [?un?] sure it will be just so - We at least think we are very busy and I guess we are right about it. I am trying not to have any expectations about it all. But you know it will be more than a year and a half after Mothers death before I shall see any of the family that were there then. I love to think how you can all sit down and shall I say it have time to talk it over. But when we get to heaven we shall have time - shall we not? I wonder what you are doing to day - something nice I hope- I do hope you will have a good many years of health happiness and usefulness yet - and that we may be spared to see each other We do not say any thing about it here but if we live three years we think providence permitting that we will see the dear ones in the "Home on the Hill". 36 months yes 34 But we could not probably stay long - only a few months absence perhaps . I have thought the Dr might feel able to pay our expense perhaps but the experience of the past two years points to the fact or rather probability that this will not be possible . But this is strictly a family secret . Only the Noyes family and our two selves are cognizant of it. Indeed I have never said a word to the Dr about it. But if it is right for us to go we shall go at any rate we are looking towards it now but please do not say anything about it to any body. I cant help thinking God will spare Father to meet this new son. Oh I would be willing to make almost any sacrifice to see you all once more. The weather is very warm now and the summer is really upon us. I have on my blue and white ^calico moon and star dress you remember dress lined as it is and have made a kind of vow that I will wear it as long mornings as possible for it saves so much washing. It is such a job to keep things in order for the washerman makes sad havoc with every thing. Then the Noyes family have a propensity for saving things and out here the propensity leads to constant mending mending that takes so much time. There is a [?John?] China man and at work on the sewing machine at this present moment making me some linen collars - and he is doing it very nicely too. Mrs Henry got him from Hongkong and she is anxious that among us we should keep him the year around. An average upon all the salaries in the com pound including Hatties would amount to 6.00 each. That is Dr Kerr and I would pay 12.00 as our share per year. It would be a pretty good investment for me I am sure . Now right here Hattie need not sew and sew at home [?to?] get things to come back. She can get this man at 25 a day who comes at 8 and sews until six sometimes later with only a few minutes rest at noon uses a sewing machine nicely and does his work splendidly. If she has patterns that fit her he can cut too. Now dont spend your time with her sewing when she can get it done here. Have all the time you can with her and let her give the work to this man. We made a dress for Dr Niles last week and she scarcely 不确定会不会是这样——我们至少认为我们很忙， 我想我们是对的。 我试图对这一切不抱任何期望。 但你知道， 在母亲去世后一年半之后， 我才能见到当时在场的任何家人。 我喜欢想你们怎么能坐下来， 我应该说有时间讨论一下。 但是当我们到达天堂时， 我们会有时间——不是吗？我想知道你今天在做什么——我希望这是一件好事——我确实希望你能有很多年的健康快乐和有用的东西——而且我们可以幸免于难见面。 我们在这里什么都不说， 但如果我们活三年， 我们认为天意允许我们将在“山上的家”中看到亲爱的人。 36 个月 是的 34 但我们可能不能待太久——也许只缺席几个月。 我原以为博士可能觉得有能力支付我们的费用， 但过去两年的经验表明， 这是不可能的事实， 或者说是可能性。 但这严格来说是家庭秘密。 只有诺伊斯一家和我们两个自己知道。 事实上， 我从来没有对博士说过这件事。 但是， 如果我们去是对的， 我们无论如何都会去， 我们现在正在寻找它， 但请不要对任何人说任何关于它的事情。 我不禁想到上帝会饶恕父亲来迎接这个新儿子。 哦， 为了再次见到你们， 我愿意做出几乎任何牺牲。 现在天气很暖和， 夏天真的来了。 我穿着我的蓝色和白色印花布月亮和星星连衣裙， 你记得连衣裙的内衬原样， 并且发誓我会在尽可能长的早晨穿着它， 因为它节省了很多洗涤。 把东西整理得井井有条是这样一项工作， 因为洗衣工对每件事都造成了可悲的破坏。 然后， 诺伊斯家族有一种保存东西的倾向， 而在这里， 这种倾向导致不断修补修补， 这需要花费很多时间。 有一个 John China 的人， 此刻正在缝纫机上给我做一些亚麻衣领——他也做得很好。 亨利夫人从香港把他弄来的， 她很担心我们应该把他留一年。 包括 Hatties 在内的所有公司的平均工资为 6.00。 那是克尔医生， 我每年支付 12.00 作为我们的份额。 我敢肯定， 这对我来说是一笔不错的投资。 现在在这里， 海蒂不需要在家缝制和缝制来让东西回来。 她可以得到这个每天 25 岁的男人， 他 8 点来， 有时会缝到 6 点， 中午只休息几分钟， 他会很好地使用缝纫机， 并且出色地完成了他的工作。 如果她有适合她的图案， 他也可以剪裁。 当她可以在这里完成时， 现在不要花时间在她的缝纫上。 尽可能多地陪她， 让她把工作交给这个男人。 上周我们为奈尔斯医生做了一件衣服， 她几乎没有 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned Letter from Martha Subject The topic of the resource Clothing; Death; Travel; Sewing machines Description An account of the resource The author of this document, probably Mattie, writes that it will be more than a year after their Mother's death before she will see their family again. The Dr may be able to pay for her travel expenses. She describes her calico dress and how it helps save so much washing. There is a Chinese man who is helping to make her linen collars on the sewing machine. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_610 clothing death domestic workers fabric family home sewing