Letter from Hattie to Sarah, July 9, 1874
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Sarah, July 9, 1874
Subject
Mail steamers; Family; Sisters; Women--Education; Finance, Personal; Health
Description
Harriet explains to Sarah how Mattie and Lucy are also writing letters, and that the last batch they sent home was delayed because the Colorado (mail steamer) needed repairs. She mentions how she can't wait to see the family again and is glad to know she, Henry, and Martha are thought of often. Offering compliments to all of her sisters on how they've grown up, Harriet expresses her wish for Clara and Mary to go to Wooster, as well as Emily to do well there. She says that she and Henry, with the help of the mission, will send money for her to attend and also to pay for her family to buy land in Wooster and build a house (since the people in Seville are unpleasant). She concludes by enquiring after Frank's poor health.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #1
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1874-07-09
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Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
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Text
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noyes_c_cor_124
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Canton China
July 9th 1874.
My dear Sarah,
I have just come
in from Chinese prayer meeting
and find Mattie and Lucy
busily Engaged in writing letters
for the mail that is to leave
to-morrow morning. Mattie I
presume will have told you that our
letters sent some days since to
Hongkong have been detained
there on account of the Colorado
being in need of repairs.
This letter I suppose will
find you all at home that is
those who are left when you
take "three from Eleven". Some
one I think perhaps it was
Clara wrote to us some time
since that in counting the
number of plates needed to set
the table you always commence
"two from Eleven leaves nine" It
seemed so very pleasant to me
to think of your doing so.
You know "Tis sweet to be remembered
Wherever we may be".
Sometimes when Mattie talks
about you all I feel as though
I can hardly wait until '76
to see you again. I can
hardly appreciate that you are
all "so much grown up" as Artemus
Ward Especially Clara and Mary.
Our curiosity is quite excited by the
accounts we hear of your commanding
presence and fine looks in general,
and of course we are all proud of
our Em's learning and Clara's
goodness and Mary's "petite beauty."
Henry had a letter from
Dr Taylor by last mail
and he seems to think Em is
"A N one" as they say of first
class ships. He says Dr
Gregory says she has as fine
a mind as any one under
his care . You may be sure
this pleases me for I should be
anxious the [u]girls[/u] should compare
favorably with the [u]boys[/u] in Wooster
and so when our Em comes
out so well I am [u]delighted[/u].
I hope Clara and Mary
will be able to go next year.
You must not let Clara think
for a [u]single moment[/u] of giving
up going to school on account
of losing her money. It will
seem very hard indeed if she
does lose it all I think money
Earned by teaching is too hardly
Earned to share such a fate.
But however that may be tell
her she must let her Chinese friends
help her through with her studies.
We all feel that we would rather
invest our "Benevolent Fund" in
that way than any other and
it is money that we would
not use for ourselves any way.
Mattie is writing to Clara about
it. When Henry goes to Hongkong
on his way to Synod about two
weeks hence he will send from
there $ 200.00 and if Clara
and Mary will make use of it
we shall be very glad indeed
and next year we can send
them as much more. If they
know how much pleasure it will
give us to feel that we are helping
them some I am sure they will
be willing to accept it. I hope
we shall hear by the mail due
in a few days how much is
still owing on "our land" in
Wooster so that we can send that
too. We wonder if it it would not
be a good arrangement to build a
house on it sometime for the
Noyes family. It seems as though
[u]Seville[/u] has had their presence
about as long as it deserves. J M Reid
in writing of the Sevillians once spoke
of them as a "generation of
ungrateful vipers." I would write
to Clara but it is getting late and
I suppose I should only rewrite what
Mattie is writing. [--It--] Mattie has talked
some about Clara's making a special
study of music but it seems to me if
she does want to do that eventually
it would be best for her to go to Wooster
two years or so first. We all want [--to--]
her to do what [u]she[/u] wishes and
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on first page]
you must'nt let her feel uncomfortably about the funds Father's letter
spoke of Frank's health as being very poor and we feel very
anxious to hear
again. Give
my warmest
love to all
and Believe me
Your loving sister
[u]Hattie[/u]
July 9th 1874.
My dear Sarah,
I have just come
in from Chinese prayer meeting
and find Mattie and Lucy
busily Engaged in writing letters
for the mail that is to leave
to-morrow morning. Mattie I
presume will have told you that our
letters sent some days since to
Hongkong have been detained
there on account of the Colorado
being in need of repairs.
This letter I suppose will
find you all at home that is
those who are left when you
take "three from Eleven". Some
one I think perhaps it was
Clara wrote to us some time
since that in counting the
number of plates needed to set
the table you always commence
"two from Eleven leaves nine" It
seemed so very pleasant to me
to think of your doing so.
You know "Tis sweet to be remembered
Wherever we may be".
Sometimes when Mattie talks
about you all I feel as though
I can hardly wait until '76
to see you again. I can
hardly appreciate that you are
all "so much grown up" as Artemus
Ward Especially Clara and Mary.
Our curiosity is quite excited by the
accounts we hear of your commanding
presence and fine looks in general,
and of course we are all proud of
our Em's learning and Clara's
goodness and Mary's "petite beauty."
Henry had a letter from
Dr Taylor by last mail
and he seems to think Em is
"A N one" as they say of first
class ships. He says Dr
Gregory says she has as fine
a mind as any one under
his care . You may be sure
this pleases me for I should be
anxious the [u]girls[/u] should compare
favorably with the [u]boys[/u] in Wooster
and so when our Em comes
out so well I am [u]delighted[/u].
I hope Clara and Mary
will be able to go next year.
You must not let Clara think
for a [u]single moment[/u] of giving
up going to school on account
of losing her money. It will
seem very hard indeed if she
does lose it all I think money
Earned by teaching is too hardly
Earned to share such a fate.
But however that may be tell
her she must let her Chinese friends
help her through with her studies.
We all feel that we would rather
invest our "Benevolent Fund" in
that way than any other and
it is money that we would
not use for ourselves any way.
Mattie is writing to Clara about
it. When Henry goes to Hongkong
on his way to Synod about two
weeks hence he will send from
there $ 200.00 and if Clara
and Mary will make use of it
we shall be very glad indeed
and next year we can send
them as much more. If they
know how much pleasure it will
give us to feel that we are helping
them some I am sure they will
be willing to accept it. I hope
we shall hear by the mail due
in a few days how much is
still owing on "our land" in
Wooster so that we can send that
too. We wonder if it it would not
be a good arrangement to build a
house on it sometime for the
Noyes family. It seems as though
[u]Seville[/u] has had their presence
about as long as it deserves. J M Reid
in writing of the Sevillians once spoke
of them as a "generation of
ungrateful vipers." I would write
to Clara but it is getting late and
I suppose I should only rewrite what
Mattie is writing. [--It--] Mattie has talked
some about Clara's making a special
study of music but it seems to me if
she does want to do that eventually
it would be best for her to go to Wooster
two years or so first. We all want [--to--]
her to do what [u]she[/u] wishes and
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on first page]
you must'nt let her feel uncomfortably about the funds Father's letter
spoke of Frank's health as being very poor and we feel very
anxious to hear
again. Give
my warmest
love to all
and Believe me
Your loving sister
[u]Hattie[/u]
中国广东 1874年7月9日 我亲爱的Sarah， 我刚刚从中文祈祷者会议回来 / 并且发现Mattie和Lucy忙于写信 / 明天早上寄出。 / 我认为Mattie已经告诉你了 我们的信已经寄出了 自从留在香港 Colorado船的账户被修正了。 / 希望你们在家都很好 / 一共11人，3个不在家 有些人以及离开了。 我认为Clara给我们写过信， / 因为需要数盘子 摆桌子 总是从11个盘子里拿走2个 剩下9个。 一想到做这件事， 我就很高兴。 你知道，无论何时 你们想起我，都觉得很美好。 有的时候，当Mattie说到你 我觉得我等不到1876年 / 再见你一面。 我几乎不能见证你们长得这么大 像Artemus Ward一样 特别是Clara和Mary。 我们的好奇心也被账本弄的很兴奋， 我们听说 你现在很好看， 当然我们都为Em的学业 Clara的传教 还有Mary的美貌感到骄傲 Henry有一封来自Taylor医生的最后一封信 / 看起来，他认为Em是第一 就像最好的船一样 他说Gregory医生说 她在他的带领下 头脑很清晰。 也许你肯定 这让我很高兴 因为我应该对 在Wooster的女孩们和男孩们相比感到焦虑 而且当我们的Em出来的时候 我很高兴。 我希望Clara和Mary明年可以去。 / 你千万不要让Clara动那种放弃学业的念头 不要担心钱的问题。 / / 确实很难， 如果她确实丢了钱 我认为她教课赚钱真的很难。 / 但是，这也许告诉她 她必须让她的中国朋友们帮助她学习。 / 我们觉得我们通过这个办法会收获慈善资金 / 这样会比其它方法来钱快。 / / Mattie在给Clara写信说这件事。 两周后，Henry路过香港 去S主教会议 他会在香港寄200美元 如果Clara和Mary用的话 / 我们会很高兴 而且明年我们可以给她们更多。 如果她们知道会让我们有多高兴 / / 我确定她们会接受的。 我希望我们能不久之后收到信 / / 她们还欠Wooster多少钱 我们可以给她们寄去。 我们想知道 这会不会让Noyes家庭的房子管理好 / 看起来 Seville有它们自己的样子 在JM Reid的笔下 Sevillian一旦说 他们是忘恩负义的一代。 我要写给Clara 但是已经很晚了 我认为我应该重新写Mattie写的东西。 Mattie说过一些关于Clara特殊学习音乐的事 / 但是对我来说 如果她想学音乐 她最好，前两年在Wooster学习，然后去学音乐 我们都希望她可以做她想做的 / 【信件结尾边缘书写】 你一定不要让她父亲的资金信里说Frank身体不好而觉得不舒服 因为贫穷，而且我们都很焦虑。 / 送出我最温暖的爱给大家 / / 并相信我 爱你们的姐姐 Hattie
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Sarah, July 9, 1874,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 24, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/180.