Letter from Hattie to Clara, November 12, 1875
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Clara, November 12, 1875
Subject
Cold (Disease); Disease; Women--Education (Higher)--United States; Dream; Homesickness; Patent practice; Music; Singing
Description
Harriet writes that Clara's last letter that brought news of Frank having a bad cold made her very worried. She wishes the letters could arrive sooner or that she could be back home with the family. Clara did not go to Wooster, but Mary is there currently. Harriet is still having dreams where she is back home. She gives Edward condolenses for his patent not being approved. The music at the Chinese chapel takes a while to get used to, but Harriet says Henry's voice and throat have improved.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1875-11-12
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
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Text
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noyes_c_cor_160
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Canton China.
Nov 12th 1875.
My dear Clara -
Your letter with Mother's
of Sept 20th came to us day
before yesterday. They told
us how very ill Frank had
been. We had felt anxious
about him for the letters received
by the mail preceding mentioned
his having taken cold. It seems
so long to wait for news when
we know that one of the dear
ones is sick. We shall soon
hear again this time because
the steamer that left San Francisco
two weeks after the one that
brought your last letters has
come across the Pacific so
much quicker that it will
be here we hope in two or three
days more, and oh I do
hope it will bring us better tidings
from Frank. WE feel as if
we wished we might be at home
now instead of waiting for
the months that must pass
before we can be with you.
But I know you feel as we
do that Everything is ordered
for us in the loving mercy by
our Heavenly Father and
"All things work together for good
to them that love Him and
do we not all love Him. How
much reason we have for
gratitude that this is true.
WE feel sorry for your disappointment
in not going to Wooster but I am
sure you are happy in doing
what you feel is right.
It is often times best we can
see that our Heavenly Father
only shows us the way in
which he would have us
walk [u][?one?] step at a time.[/u]
I am glad that Mary is
so nicely situated at Wooster.
The old home is certainly
fortunate in having two such
good girls as our "[u]Em[/u] and
[u]Clara[/u]" to look after its interests.
I can hardly think of you
as grown to "years of maturity"
it seems sometimes as though
you will all have changed
so much that we shall have
to get acquainted over again
but I expect it would not
take more than half a minute
for that . I visit you all
in dreams once in a while.
One night after going through
all the rooms I cried because
nothing seemed natural,
but I am sure that the
reality will be just the reverse
and I expect when I sit
down with you again
the eight years will seem
like a dream and we
shall feel as though we
had not been away at all.
WE were so sorry for Edward's
disappointment about the
patent but hope it will yet
come out as he wishes .
I wonder if there isnt a
good deal of "wire pulling"
about getting patents.
I wonder how you would
enjoy some of [u]our[/u] congregational
singing in the Chinese chapel.
One gets used to it however
and sings as composedly as
if the performers were not
singing on half-a-dozen
different keys and perhaps
at the same time in different
parts of the verse. Some of
the scholars in the schools
however sing very well and
our girls can make very
fair music. Henry's voice
[Note: Concludes vertically on page one]
is getting so that he can sing much better and
mine has been better ever since our trip to Linchau
The Dr
examined
Henry's throat
again a
few evenings
since and
says it is
improving so
that we feel
encouraged to
hope that when
he goes home
it will get
entirely well.
Ever your aff sister
Hattie
Nov 12th 1875.
My dear Clara -
Your letter with Mother's
of Sept 20th came to us day
before yesterday. They told
us how very ill Frank had
been. We had felt anxious
about him for the letters received
by the mail preceding mentioned
his having taken cold. It seems
so long to wait for news when
we know that one of the dear
ones is sick. We shall soon
hear again this time because
the steamer that left San Francisco
two weeks after the one that
brought your last letters has
come across the Pacific so
much quicker that it will
be here we hope in two or three
days more, and oh I do
hope it will bring us better tidings
from Frank. WE feel as if
we wished we might be at home
now instead of waiting for
the months that must pass
before we can be with you.
But I know you feel as we
do that Everything is ordered
for us in the loving mercy by
our Heavenly Father and
"All things work together for good
to them that love Him and
do we not all love Him. How
much reason we have for
gratitude that this is true.
WE feel sorry for your disappointment
in not going to Wooster but I am
sure you are happy in doing
what you feel is right.
It is often times best we can
see that our Heavenly Father
only shows us the way in
which he would have us
walk [u][?one?] step at a time.[/u]
I am glad that Mary is
so nicely situated at Wooster.
The old home is certainly
fortunate in having two such
good girls as our "[u]Em[/u] and
[u]Clara[/u]" to look after its interests.
I can hardly think of you
as grown to "years of maturity"
it seems sometimes as though
you will all have changed
so much that we shall have
to get acquainted over again
but I expect it would not
take more than half a minute
for that . I visit you all
in dreams once in a while.
One night after going through
all the rooms I cried because
nothing seemed natural,
but I am sure that the
reality will be just the reverse
and I expect when I sit
down with you again
the eight years will seem
like a dream and we
shall feel as though we
had not been away at all.
WE were so sorry for Edward's
disappointment about the
patent but hope it will yet
come out as he wishes .
I wonder if there isnt a
good deal of "wire pulling"
about getting patents.
I wonder how you would
enjoy some of [u]our[/u] congregational
singing in the Chinese chapel.
One gets used to it however
and sings as composedly as
if the performers were not
singing on half-a-dozen
different keys and perhaps
at the same time in different
parts of the verse. Some of
the scholars in the schools
however sing very well and
our girls can make very
fair music. Henry's voice
[Note: Concludes vertically on page one]
is getting so that he can sing much better and
mine has been better ever since our trip to Linchau
The Dr
examined
Henry's throat
again a
few evenings
since and
says it is
improving so
that we feel
encouraged to
hope that when
he goes home
it will get
entirely well.
Ever your aff sister
Hattie
中国广东
1875年11月12日
亲爱的Clara
你和母亲9月20号寄的信前天到了。
她们告诉我Frank的病有多严重。
我很担心他
在信里说他感冒了。
看起来很久以后，我们才知道哥哥生病的消息。
我们会很快收到信消息
因为离开旧金山的轮船
会把你上一封信通过大西洋带过来的。
因此会更快到这里
我希望是2-3天之内，
对了，我十分希望它能带来Frank的好消息。
我们希望我们可能现在回家
而不用在见到你们之前等待几个月。
但是我知道你觉得
我们做事情有顺序
因为我们被天堂的父亲关怀，
所有事情都要对他们好
爱他而且我们都爱他。
我们有多少是源于真正的感恩。
我们对你没有进入Wooster的失落感到抱歉
但是我确定
你很喜欢你现在做的正确的事情。
那是我们能知道最好的
我们在天堂的父亲
只会向我们展示
特定时候我们该走的那一步。
我很高兴Mary在Wooster很好。
老家确实很幸运
因为有两个很棒的女孩Em和Clara。
我几乎想象不到你长大了
有时候看起来你们变化好大
以至于我们要一遍遍地被介绍
但是我希望不会花太久
最多半分钟了。
我时不时在梦里拜访你。
一天夜里走完各个房间之后
我哭了
因为没有什么看起来自然，
但是我确定
现实是相反的
而且我期待当我和你再一次坐下来
就是八年
像一场梦一样
我们感觉我们从来没有分开过。
我们很遗憾
听到Edward先生对专利转让权很失望
但是它会如愿达到的。
我想知道有没有好一点的交易得到。
我想知道你喜不喜欢
我们在中国教堂会众的歌唱。
其中一个习惯了
但是唱得和谱曲一样的话
如果表演者没有6个不同的调
并且可能不同时唱不同的部分。
有些学生在学校
但是唱得很好
而女孩音乐方面尚可。
自从去了连州江旅游
【纵向书写】
Henry的声音变得越来越好
可以唱的比我都好
前几天晚上
医生再一次
检查了他的嗓子
还说它恢复了
以至于我们受到鼓舞
希望当他回家时
会完全恢复。
你的姐姐Hattie
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Clara, November 12, 1875,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed December 22, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/216.