Letter from Hattie to Em, August 30, 1875
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Em, August 30, 1875
Subject
Letters; Ship letters; Christian education of girls; Travel; Dreams; Homesickness
Description
In this letter to her sister Emily, Harriet writes that letters are coming every two weeks now. The new school building is done and is better than the last. The schoolgirls are doing well and she is trying to make it easy for those who will be running the mission when she and Henry travel back home. The travel plans are coming along.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1875-08-30
Contributor
Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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Language
eng (English)
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Text
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noyes_c_cor_153
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Canton China
Aug 30th 1875
My dear Em -
It seems a long
time since we have had
letters from America but we
hear to-night that the
"Great Republic" has already
left Yokohama and is on
her way down here so we
may hope for letters in
a few days. I hope you
will find time to write to
us if it is only a little
Every two weeks for steamers
are running now so that
we will be pretty sure to
get them regularly ---
I have been down this eve
to Mr Prestons to help them
with some music for Social
evening. They are to meet
here. It is hardly our
turn but we do not mind
doing a little more than
our share . WE have
been having very hot weather
nearly all this month the
thermometer has stood at
96° or nearly up to that,
but this will not give you
an idea of how hot it has
been . Our school is now
going on nicely the dear
girls are all so happy
in being back with us
again. WE find the new
school-house is much
cooler and more airy than
the former one and
the changes we made
in the arrangement
of the rooms proves to
be a very great
improvement. We can
keep the Girls school and
the Women's school quite
separate and find it so
much better than before.
WE have found a
nice trusty woman to
look after the girls our
of school-hours and
this will relieve me
very much. Then too
I have changed the
hours for morning prayers
and so do not go out
to the school until after
breakfast and this makes
it much Easier. I am
trying to plan now to
make the work as
easy as possible for my
successors. To-morrow
is the last day of August
then only four months
more of 1875. Henry
has been this eve
looking over maps and
and different lines of
travel I dreamed
night before last of getting
home but it was not as
nice as I know the reality
will be . I thought every
thing about the home
looked so unnatural
that it did not seem
like the "old house at home"
I know these months
will pass very quickly I
shall be so very busy
a whole month has
gone already since
we came back from
the country and it
only seems like a
few days. I wanted
to write a letter to "my
church" to-night but it
is too late to think
of anything but following
my associates to the
land of Nod. With [u]much[/u]
[Note: Letter concludes vertically on page four]
love for all Ever your aff sister Hattie -
Aug 30th 1875
My dear Em -
It seems a long
time since we have had
letters from America but we
hear to-night that the
"Great Republic" has already
left Yokohama and is on
her way down here so we
may hope for letters in
a few days. I hope you
will find time to write to
us if it is only a little
Every two weeks for steamers
are running now so that
we will be pretty sure to
get them regularly ---
I have been down this eve
to Mr Prestons to help them
with some music for Social
evening. They are to meet
here. It is hardly our
turn but we do not mind
doing a little more than
our share . WE have
been having very hot weather
nearly all this month the
thermometer has stood at
96° or nearly up to that,
but this will not give you
an idea of how hot it has
been . Our school is now
going on nicely the dear
girls are all so happy
in being back with us
again. WE find the new
school-house is much
cooler and more airy than
the former one and
the changes we made
in the arrangement
of the rooms proves to
be a very great
improvement. We can
keep the Girls school and
the Women's school quite
separate and find it so
much better than before.
WE have found a
nice trusty woman to
look after the girls our
of school-hours and
this will relieve me
very much. Then too
I have changed the
hours for morning prayers
and so do not go out
to the school until after
breakfast and this makes
it much Easier. I am
trying to plan now to
make the work as
easy as possible for my
successors. To-morrow
is the last day of August
then only four months
more of 1875. Henry
has been this eve
looking over maps and
and different lines of
travel I dreamed
night before last of getting
home but it was not as
nice as I know the reality
will be . I thought every
thing about the home
looked so unnatural
that it did not seem
like the "old house at home"
I know these months
will pass very quickly I
shall be so very busy
a whole month has
gone already since
we came back from
the country and it
only seems like a
few days. I wanted
to write a letter to "my
church" to-night but it
is too late to think
of anything but following
my associates to the
land of Nod. With [u]much[/u]
[Note: Letter concludes vertically on page four]
love for all Ever your aff sister Hattie -
中国广东
1875年8月30日
亲爱的Em
看起来
离我们上一次从美国收到信已经很长时间了
但是我们听说
今天晚上“Great Republic”号船已经离开横滨
在路上了
所以我们过几天就能收到信了。
我希望你能抽时间给我们写点
如果时间不多
轮船每两周来一次
以至于我们可以很规律地收到信
今天晚上我去Prestons先生家
帮忙弄音乐给社交活动。
他们就在这办。
几乎轮不到我们什么
但是我们不介意为他做点什么。
这个月，我们这边的天气都很热
大概有96华氏度或者更高，
但是这样没办法让你知道有多热。
学校的情况很好
女孩们都很开心
因为可以回来上课。
我们找到了新的校舍
这里比之前的更凉快、更通风
我们做出的改变
让管理方面大大改善
我们可以继续维持女校
分开的状态
并且发现这比之前好。
我们找到了一个很好
很值得信赖的女人在晚上照顾女孩们
这让我放松了很多。
同样
我改变了早晨祈祷的时间
因此不需要再早饭之前离开学校
这让事情变得更容易。
现在，我正在努力把工作变得尽可能简单、有长性。
明天是八月最后一天
1875年只剩下四个月了。
我前天梦见Henry今天晚上到
查地图、找不同的线路
但是这不如现实好。
我对于家里
想了很多
看起来很不自然
就好像不是老房子。
我知道自己个月过得很快
我整个月都很忙就过去了
我们已经从乡下回来
而且看起来只剩下几天了。
我想今晚给教堂写一封信
但是太晚了，以至于我不能思考
要去睡觉了。
【纵向书写】
爱你们的Hattie
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Em, August 30, 1875,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/209.