Letter from Hattie to Edward, September 30, 1869
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Letter from Hattie to Edward, September 30, 1869
Subject
Weather; Croquet; Voyages and travels; Politics and government; Chinese language--Study and teaching; Bible
Description
In this letter to her brother, Edward, Harriet Noyes writes about the conclusion of September, and the differences in weather between Ohio and China. She also discusses the playing of croquet, a trip to 'Nganpin,' the gubernatorial elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and her acquisition of Chinese.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #1
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Unpublished
Date
1869-09-30
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eng (English)
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[Note: Embossed seal of a shield with a lion on it]
Canton China
Sept 30th /69
My dear Edward,
As to-day we say
good by to the "gay gloomy month
of September" we are reminded that
it is your birthday. I suppose when
friend Albertson penned the above
line in Matts album he was thinking
of September in Ohio and the gay vestments
of the forest trees after the first frosts
have changed their green to brighter
tints. Here we feel more like saying
the hot parching month of September
for I think it is usually considered
one of the more trying months of the year
All through the summer we have
more or less a nice breeze from the
south the southern monsoon which
is a great comfort making the heat
quite bearable which would otherwise
be most oppressive. But in September
it changes to the North + instead
of coming to us over the sea moist
+ pleasant it comes over such a long
stretch of parched + heated country
that it often seems anything but
refreshing when it reaches us.
Henry + I did not get a whole
letter written to you on the 30th
only made a beginning + now I
propose to add a little. A group
out in the yard are playing at
croquet but I will have a talk
with you instead of joining in the
game although it is getting so
dark I fear it will have ot be a
brief one as we are going out to
spend the evening , Today we
have been at Nganpin which trip
usually takes about all day even
when we have the tide with us.
I took with me to-day a book
recently published "Our new way
round the world" written by "Carleton"
a correspondent of the Boston Transcript
during the war. I read it with more
interest from having met him when he was
in Canton. If you should come across
the book I think you would enjoy
reading it. The Editor of the NY Observer
is to be in Canton next month Rev Els
Prime. I presume we shall have the
pleasure of seeing him. He is travelling
"around the world" making the trip
in company with his wife, a merchant
of NY Mr Atterbuty, son + daughter,
a Miss Parsons a wealthy [u]maiden
lady[/u] + another young Mr Van Rensellar
posessed of a great deal of treasure in
[u]minery[/u]. The party came out on
the Japan with Col Golding
+ he gave us a little description of them.
I shall look with some interest for
the election news this fall. Col Golding
says that if Ohio Pennsylvania + New York
all elect democratic Governors nothing
will save us from having a Democratic
President, the next election. I am so
glad you could go to Ashland -
I am sure you would make good
improvement of the opportunity + I know
you would enjoy it. I am still employed
in "studying Chinese." Wednesday I read
the gospel of St John through in the 4 hours
+ Thursday read Mark in 3 hours.
I do not know all the characters but
the teacher tells me those I dont know
and I hope after a while to get them.
I know Enough of them to read the four
gospels "understandingly" but the latter
part of the Testament is more difficult.
Our proposed trip into the country
we will have to postpone until our
return from Macao it will be a nice
time of the year then for going.
And now good-night + pleasant dreams
Your loving sister Hattie ----
[注：带有狮子的盾牌浮雕印章]
中国广州
1869 年 9 月 30 日
我亲爱的爱德华，
今天我们要告别“快乐但阴郁的九月”，
提醒您今天是您的生日。
我想，
当朋友 Albertson 在 Matts 专辑中写下上面这句话时，
他想到了 9 月在俄亥俄州，
第一次霜冻后森林树木的同性恋外衣已经将它们的绿色变成了更明亮的色调。
在这里，
我们更像是在说 9 月的炎热干燥月份，
因为我认为它通常被认为是一年中最艰难的月份之一整个夏天，
我们或多或少都有来自南方的微风和南方季风，
这是一个很棒的月份舒适使热量相当可忍受，
否则将是最压抑的。
但是到了九月，
它变成了北方，
而不是从潮湿宜人的大海上来，
而是经过了如此漫长的干旱和炎热的国家，
以至于当它到达我们时，
它往往看起来一点也不清爽。
亨利和我没有收到 30 日写给你的整封信，
只是开了个头，
现在我建议补充一点。
院子里有一群人在打槌球，
但我会和你谈谈而不是参加比赛，
尽管天色已暗，
我担心我们要出去度过晚上，
这不会是短暂的，
今天我们来到了Nganpin，
即使我们有潮汐，
通常也需要一整天的时间。
今天我带了一本新近出版的书《我们环游世界的新方式》，
这本书是战时《波士顿抄本》的通讯员“卡尔顿”写的。
他在广州时遇到了他，
我读起来更感兴趣。
如果你看到这本书，
我想你会喜欢读它的。
纽约观察报的编辑下个月将在广州 Els Prime 牧师。
我想我们会很高兴见到他。
他正在“环游世界”，
与他的妻子、纽约商人 Atterbuty 先生、儿子和女儿、帕森斯小姐、富有的少女以及另一位年轻的 Van Rensellar 先生一起在矿产中拥有大量宝藏.派对与 Golding 上校一起出现在日本，
他给了我们一些关于他们的描述。
我会饶有兴趣地关注今年秋天的选举新闻。
戈尔丁上校说，
如果俄亥俄州宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州都选举民主州长，
那么没有什么能拯救我们在下一次选举中拥有一位民主党总统。
我很高兴你能去阿什兰——我相信你会很好地利用这个机会，
我知道你会喜欢它。
我仍然从事“学习汉语”。
周三我用 4 小时读完圣约翰福音，
周四用 3 小时读完马可福音。
我不知道所有的字符，
但老师告诉我那些我不知道的，
我希望过一段时间能得到它们。
我知道他们足够“理解地”阅读四福音，
但圣经的后半部分更难。
我们提议的国内之行将不得不推迟到我们从澳门返回，
这将是一年中的好时机。
祝你晚安，
美梦。
你的妹妹，
海蒂----
Canton China
Sept 30th /69
My dear Edward,
As to-day we say
good by to the "gay gloomy month
of September" we are reminded that
it is your birthday. I suppose when
friend Albertson penned the above
line in Matts album he was thinking
of September in Ohio and the gay vestments
of the forest trees after the first frosts
have changed their green to brighter
tints. Here we feel more like saying
the hot parching month of September
for I think it is usually considered
one of the more trying months of the year
All through the summer we have
more or less a nice breeze from the
south the southern monsoon which
is a great comfort making the heat
quite bearable which would otherwise
be most oppressive. But in September
it changes to the North + instead
of coming to us over the sea moist
+ pleasant it comes over such a long
stretch of parched + heated country
that it often seems anything but
refreshing when it reaches us.
Henry + I did not get a whole
letter written to you on the 30th
only made a beginning + now I
propose to add a little. A group
out in the yard are playing at
croquet but I will have a talk
with you instead of joining in the
game although it is getting so
dark I fear it will have ot be a
brief one as we are going out to
spend the evening , Today we
have been at Nganpin which trip
usually takes about all day even
when we have the tide with us.
I took with me to-day a book
recently published "Our new way
round the world" written by "Carleton"
a correspondent of the Boston Transcript
during the war. I read it with more
interest from having met him when he was
in Canton. If you should come across
the book I think you would enjoy
reading it. The Editor of the NY Observer
is to be in Canton next month Rev Els
Prime. I presume we shall have the
pleasure of seeing him. He is travelling
"around the world" making the trip
in company with his wife, a merchant
of NY Mr Atterbuty, son + daughter,
a Miss Parsons a wealthy [u]maiden
lady[/u] + another young Mr Van Rensellar
posessed of a great deal of treasure in
[u]minery[/u]. The party came out on
the Japan with Col Golding
+ he gave us a little description of them.
I shall look with some interest for
the election news this fall. Col Golding
says that if Ohio Pennsylvania + New York
all elect democratic Governors nothing
will save us from having a Democratic
President, the next election. I am so
glad you could go to Ashland -
I am sure you would make good
improvement of the opportunity + I know
you would enjoy it. I am still employed
in "studying Chinese." Wednesday I read
the gospel of St John through in the 4 hours
+ Thursday read Mark in 3 hours.
I do not know all the characters but
the teacher tells me those I dont know
and I hope after a while to get them.
I know Enough of them to read the four
gospels "understandingly" but the latter
part of the Testament is more difficult.
Our proposed trip into the country
we will have to postpone until our
return from Macao it will be a nice
time of the year then for going.
And now good-night + pleasant dreams
Your loving sister Hattie ----
[注：带有狮子的盾牌浮雕印章]
中国广州
1869 年 9 月 30 日
我亲爱的爱德华，
今天我们要告别“快乐但阴郁的九月”，
提醒您今天是您的生日。
我想，
当朋友 Albertson 在 Matts 专辑中写下上面这句话时，
他想到了 9 月在俄亥俄州，
第一次霜冻后森林树木的同性恋外衣已经将它们的绿色变成了更明亮的色调。
在这里，
我们更像是在说 9 月的炎热干燥月份，
因为我认为它通常被认为是一年中最艰难的月份之一整个夏天，
我们或多或少都有来自南方的微风和南方季风，
这是一个很棒的月份舒适使热量相当可忍受，
否则将是最压抑的。
但是到了九月，
它变成了北方，
而不是从潮湿宜人的大海上来，
而是经过了如此漫长的干旱和炎热的国家，
以至于当它到达我们时，
它往往看起来一点也不清爽。
亨利和我没有收到 30 日写给你的整封信，
只是开了个头，
现在我建议补充一点。
院子里有一群人在打槌球，
但我会和你谈谈而不是参加比赛，
尽管天色已暗，
我担心我们要出去度过晚上，
这不会是短暂的，
今天我们来到了Nganpin，
即使我们有潮汐，
通常也需要一整天的时间。
今天我带了一本新近出版的书《我们环游世界的新方式》，
这本书是战时《波士顿抄本》的通讯员“卡尔顿”写的。
他在广州时遇到了他，
我读起来更感兴趣。
如果你看到这本书，
我想你会喜欢读它的。
纽约观察报的编辑下个月将在广州 Els Prime 牧师。
我想我们会很高兴见到他。
他正在“环游世界”，
与他的妻子、纽约商人 Atterbuty 先生、儿子和女儿、帕森斯小姐、富有的少女以及另一位年轻的 Van Rensellar 先生一起在矿产中拥有大量宝藏.派对与 Golding 上校一起出现在日本，
他给了我们一些关于他们的描述。
我会饶有兴趣地关注今年秋天的选举新闻。
戈尔丁上校说，
如果俄亥俄州宾夕法尼亚州和纽约州都选举民主州长，
那么没有什么能拯救我们在下一次选举中拥有一位民主党总统。
我很高兴你能去阿什兰——我相信你会很好地利用这个机会，
我知道你会喜欢它。
我仍然从事“学习汉语”。
周三我用 4 小时读完圣约翰福音，
周四用 3 小时读完马可福音。
我不知道所有的字符，
但老师告诉我那些我不知道的，
我希望过一段时间能得到它们。
我知道他们足够“理解地”阅读四福音，
但圣经的后半部分更难。
我们提议的国内之行将不得不推迟到我们从澳门返回，
这将是一年中的好时机。
祝你晚安，
美梦。
你的妹妹，
海蒂----
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Edward, September 30, 1869,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 24, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/30.