Letter from Hattie to Family, January 15, 1868

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Title

Letter from Hattie to Family, January 15, 1868

Subject

Sick; Physician and patient; Family

Description

In this letter, Harriet Noyes describes the ill health of her brother, Henry, to her family back home. Harriet has recently arrived in China to work as a missionary and has found her brother unwell. This letter details his suffering, which includes back pain, and briefly evaluates the work of the doctors.

Creator

Noyes, Harriet Newell

Source

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #1

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

1868-01-15

Contributor

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_002

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Canton, Jan 15th/ 68
For all the [u]Dear Ones at Home[/u],
I will write
a few lines to you [u]all[/u] this morning for
I am thinking of all while I am
writing. It is early in the morning and
I am sitting in Mr Folsom's parlor,
as I have not yet gone up to Henry's
home. Henry wrote to you last night
and I suppose he told you how sick
he has been but he is getting better
now. Monday they heard down here
that he was worse again + so Mr Fulsom
went over & brought him home with him.
He was not any worse but lonely & feeling
so much anxiety about the fate of our
steamer but now I hope that he will soon
get well + strong again. Before he was
taken sick this time Mrs Folsom says he
had entirely recovered from the spell of
fever that he had last summer, and was
looking better that he had at any time
since he had been in China. You
will want to know just exactly how he
is now. He is able to walk around quite
well but he looks rather poor & feeble

and you know we have never seen
Henry anything but strong & healthy
for so many years. He is stronger by
considerable than either Sarah or Edward
were when I left home. It seems so
like being with them again in their sickness.
I hope long [u]long[/u] before this they are
quite well and Em too. I do not
hardly know yet what they think has
been the matter. He was confined to
bed for nearly a month & suffered a
great deal of pain in his back whether
from neuralgia or something else I do
not know. Mrs Folsom says she thinks
Dr Wong hardly knows what to call it.
I hope Dr Kerr can cure him entirely
and that he many once more enjoy
good health as he used to at home.
I have only time to write hastily
about our meeting. When I first saw
him I could not help shedding tears
of [u]joy[/u] and when I met him I could
only say [u]Dear Henry[/u]. - But I
must leave everything and only say
that I send [u]so much love[/u] to all at
home to Mr Crane's folks all & all
the dear friends in Guilford.

I have not time to look over my
journal you will correct it if there
are any bad mistakes as I have no
doubt there are I have written so
hurriedly. My cold is much better
& otherwise I am perfectly well.
I hope we shall get letters from
home soon. And that the loving
care of our Heavenly Father may be
over you all in the earnest prayer of
[u]Your own loving
Hattie[/u].

广东,1868年1月15日
我亲爱的家人,
今天早上
我会给你们所有的人写几行
因为当我写信的时候正在想你们的事。
现在很早
我坐在Folsom先生的客厅,
我还没去Henry家。
昨晚Henry给你们写信
我觉得他跟你们说了他前几天
病的多严重,但是现在好点儿了。
周一Folsom夫妇
听说Henry病情加重,所以Folsom先生
去接他去了自己家。
他的病不是很严重,但很孤独
他担心轮船是否会到达
我希望他很快会恢复,
身体健康。他这次生病前
Folsom夫人说
他从上个夏天的发烧
完全恢复,也说他到中国后
看起来像越来越健康。
你们应该想知道
他现在怎么样。他可以走了
但是,还是身体欠佳,虚弱

真么多年我们没有发现 Henry 别的变化
只是他身体
他现在比我离开美国时候健壮
Sarah或者Edward健康。
我陪Henry有点
像跟他们在一起。
我希望他们和Em[Emily小明]早就
恢复了。我真不知道
Henry又生什么病了。
他一个月离不开床
后背也特别疼
不知道这是
这是神经痛或者一些其他我不知道的原因。
Folsom太太说他觉得
Wong医生不知道怎么确诊。
我希望Kerr医生能治愈他
所以他还可以像在家一样
当一个健康的人。
我很快介绍我们的见面。
我第一次见到他时
我不由得流下了开心的眼泪
我跟他说话只能说
“亲爱的Henry”。可是
我来不及写所有的
只能说我超级爱你们所有的家人
和Crane先生的家
和所有的Guilford的朋友们

我没时间
看我的日记,所以原谅我是否]
有错误
我写的太快了。
我的感冒好得多
我别的身体都挺健康。
我希望我们几天后能收到从家来的信。
我祈祷上帝
保佑你门。
\
你亲爱的
Hattie

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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Family, January 15, 1868,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed March 28, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/2.

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