Letter from Hattie to Sarah, September 14, 1875
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Sarah, September 14, 1875
Subject
Moon worship; Missionaries; Girls' schools
Description
Harriet explains that today Chinese people are celebrating their annual worship to the moon, so they are going to have a feast. Mrs. Ellinwood visited several mission stations and she thinks that the one in Canton is the nicest but it is also really noisy. Harriet confesses that last night she dreamt of being at home in the United States. She tells Sarah that everything is going well in the schools. Miss Galbraith, a new missionary who is coming from the United States, might arrive tomorrow by the Belgiac.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1875-09-14
Contributor
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
Type
Text
Identifier
noyes_c_cor_155
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Canton China
Sept 14th 1875
My dear Sarah,
I thought I had
only time to write a letter
to Frank before break-fast
but I have finished his
and as there are still a
few minutes left I will have
a word with you. This
is one of the Chinese feast
days a great day with them
to-night they have their annual
worship of the moon . Last night
there seemed to be an
incessant firing of crackers
and this morning they
are "reporting" on every side.
In a letter received by last
mail from Mrs Ellinwood
she says that of all the
mission stations they visited
in their long journey in
many respects they thought
Canton the most pleasant
but that it was by far
the "[u]noisiest[/u]". We received
your letters written July 17th
by the last mail. They
were written at home but I
suppose this will find you
back in Columbus.
I am anticipating a nice
time visiting there sometime
soon. I have many
pleasant recollections of the
week I spent there although
it was such a nice time of
sadness. It must seem
quite like home to you -
you have spent so many
years there . I am sure
you are doing a good work
there I think we may
count you in among the
missionary workers that
the Noyes family has finished
I hope you succeeded in
getting the horse-back ride you
and Clara were planning
I have not forgotten our "John
Gilpin ride" although it does
sometimes seem to me as
though I had forgotten
every thing that happened
on the other side of the
world. but I am in hopes
my failing memory will revive
if I am so happy as to revisit
"the old familiar scenes "--
I dreamed again last night
of being at [u]home[/u]. I can
hardly believe that such a
pleasure is really in store
for me. The time seems
to fly now as never before there
are so many things we
want to get done before
the end of the year.
The schools have gone
on so nicely this term
as yet there has been a
ripple and the term is
nearly one fourth gone .
I am so glad the work
is going to be in such
nice order for Mattie
and Lucy. We are
expecting a new lady
missionary in Canton she
will perhaps reach here
to-morrow we expect she
will come from America
by the Belgiac due in
Hong kong tomorrow. She
comes to join Mr Nevin's
mission and will live
with them . Her name is
Miss Galbraith she is an
Eastern lady from N Hampshire
or Vermont. we hear ----
Now my sheet is nearly full
I know I have not written
much but I will make
it up in [u]talking next year[/u].
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
The Girls teacher has just been in to ask me what I
would like to have her make to give me before I
go home
She Embroiders
most beautifully
I wish you
could see
her - she is
quite a
lady in
her way.
as is also
the teacher
of the Women.
Ever yours aff
Hattie.
Much love for
Aunt Fay and
Cousins one + all.
Sept 14th 1875
My dear Sarah,
I thought I had
only time to write a letter
to Frank before break-fast
but I have finished his
and as there are still a
few minutes left I will have
a word with you. This
is one of the Chinese feast
days a great day with them
to-night they have their annual
worship of the moon . Last night
there seemed to be an
incessant firing of crackers
and this morning they
are "reporting" on every side.
In a letter received by last
mail from Mrs Ellinwood
she says that of all the
mission stations they visited
in their long journey in
many respects they thought
Canton the most pleasant
but that it was by far
the "[u]noisiest[/u]". We received
your letters written July 17th
by the last mail. They
were written at home but I
suppose this will find you
back in Columbus.
I am anticipating a nice
time visiting there sometime
soon. I have many
pleasant recollections of the
week I spent there although
it was such a nice time of
sadness. It must seem
quite like home to you -
you have spent so many
years there . I am sure
you are doing a good work
there I think we may
count you in among the
missionary workers that
the Noyes family has finished
I hope you succeeded in
getting the horse-back ride you
and Clara were planning
I have not forgotten our "John
Gilpin ride" although it does
sometimes seem to me as
though I had forgotten
every thing that happened
on the other side of the
world. but I am in hopes
my failing memory will revive
if I am so happy as to revisit
"the old familiar scenes "--
I dreamed again last night
of being at [u]home[/u]. I can
hardly believe that such a
pleasure is really in store
for me. The time seems
to fly now as never before there
are so many things we
want to get done before
the end of the year.
The schools have gone
on so nicely this term
as yet there has been a
ripple and the term is
nearly one fourth gone .
I am so glad the work
is going to be in such
nice order for Mattie
and Lucy. We are
expecting a new lady
missionary in Canton she
will perhaps reach here
to-morrow we expect she
will come from America
by the Belgiac due in
Hong kong tomorrow. She
comes to join Mr Nevin's
mission and will live
with them . Her name is
Miss Galbraith she is an
Eastern lady from N Hampshire
or Vermont. we hear ----
Now my sheet is nearly full
I know I have not written
much but I will make
it up in [u]talking next year[/u].
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
The Girls teacher has just been in to ask me what I
would like to have her make to give me before I
go home
She Embroiders
most beautifully
I wish you
could see
her - she is
quite a
lady in
her way.
as is also
the teacher
of the Women.
Ever yours aff
Hattie.
Much love for
Aunt Fay and
Cousins one + all.
中国广东
1875年9月14日
亲爱的Sarah
我认为我们在早饭前，
只有时间给Frank写信
但是我写完了
而且还有一点时间
我会给你写一点。
这是中国的一个节日
和他们度过了很美好的一个晚上
他们每年都会赏月。
昨天晚上
有连续不断的烟花爆竹
今天早上到处都有噼啪声。
从Ellinwood太太那儿
收到的最后一封信
她说
他们去过的所有组织点
很多都和他们在广东的一样
最好的
但是那里最吵闹。
这之前，
我们收到了你7月17日的来信。
你在家写到
但是我想这会把你的回忆带到哥伦布。
我期待很快可以去拜访你。
我有很多
关于那一周的美好回忆
即使也有悲伤。
很有家的感觉——
你在那很多年了。
我确定
你在那边做得很好
我认为
我们可以把你算作组织的一员
Noyes家族出了很多传教士
我希望你可以成功开始
你和Clara正在计划着
我没有忘记我们的“John Gilpin骑行”
即使有时看起来，对我来说
我忘记了世界另一边的所有事。
但是我希望
我失去的记忆可以回来
如果我愿意去回忆
这旧景重现——
我昨天又梦见了家里。
几乎不能相信
我有多么快乐。
时间过得真快
因为我们有太多事
年前想做。
这学期，
学校经营得非常好
不知不觉的
这愉快的学期过去了四分之一。
我很高兴工作还在继续
而且Mattie和Lucy那里
进行得井井有条。
我们期待着
一个新的驻广东的女传教士
她也许明天可以到达
我们认为
她从美国来
经过Belgiac船
明天到达香港。
她会加入Nevin先生的组织
而且和他们住一起。
她叫
Galbraith小姐，是个东方女人
来自新罕布什尔州
或者佛蒙特州。我们听说的
现在我的信纸快要满了
我知道我没有写很多
但是我会编到明年。
【信件结尾边缘书写】
女老师问我
我愿意在她回家之前让她做什么
她刺绣
做得最好看
我希望能给你看看
她
是个
十足的
女人。
也是
女人们的
一直是你的Hattie
Fay阿姨
和表姐妹的
满满的爱
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Citation
Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Sarah, September 14, 1875,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 25, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/210.