https://noyesletters.org/files/original/daa1fa6071c82c19de35066211bdbca9.pdf cabb5f3f175be76c679454cfee0e55c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Harriet Newell Noyes Description An account of the resource These are the letters from Harriet Newell Noyes. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary in China. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Harriet Newell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867-1923 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (B) (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Still image Subject The topic of the resource Women teachers; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Girls' schools; Travel; Letters; Women in the Presbyterian Church; Presbyterian Church; Converts; Proselytizing; Family; Friends and associates; Missionary settlements Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document March 31st /70 My own dear Mary - To-day you have another birthday as the little Prestons would say. It does seem so [u]strange[/u] to think that our little Mary the baby of the family is [u]seventeen[/u]. As usual I am ahead of you + had my birth-day first so that I am already well started on my [u]twenty seventh[/u] year. I can remember + it dont seem far back either when I thought that was getting pretty old. I presume Henry has told you of our location at the present time of writing. Stretching away from Canton is a large fertile plain where much of the rice consumed in the city is produced + the farmers are gathered over the plain + give it the name of the Region of the ninety six villages. They are a very unruly set + noted for their dislike to foreigners. On every side we hear the cry of "fan korai," or foreign devil. You must not think that it is unsafe to travel here. It is too near Canton for these people not to have a salutary dread of foreigners. so their manifestations of dislike are only annoying. We stopped last night near a little village where the people seemed very rude indeed. The country is very flat + dull for a long distance in every direction being covered with rice fields which at this season are extensive tracts of mud + water. We watched the people coming home from their work to-night they look so miserable forlorn dirty + ragged The land is owned by a few persons + the laborers are hired to till it. the result being the same difference between the condition of the owners + the tillers of the land that is found in every country where those who own the land are not the ones that till it. I wonder if there is one American in a thousand who is as thankful as he ought to be for the privilege of being an American citizen. I think I appreciate it more than I could without having learned what I have of other nations whose representatives I have met here. I have just been reading some in the book that Edward gave me Women of the War. I prize it very much but I often lay it down feeling as though I could not read another word. I think I have shed more tears over that book than all the others I have ever read. How often I wish that the nine months I spent in the army might have been multiplied by five. It seems so strange sometimes to think about the war as if it could not have been real. We had a visit in Canton a short time since from a Mr Duffas from Scotland + one day after he had called on us + we had sung for him + among other pieces [--+some--] war songs "by request" (for I dont sing American patriotic songs to English or Scotch unless called for) he said to another lady that "he would'nt for anything have the strong national feeling that we American ladies had," How little they know of the lesson that the war taught us. But Mr Duffas was a nice little fellow + I am sure his heart has as large a place for "national feeling" as any ones if circumstances had developed it. He is a missionary of the Pres Board at Swatow + like all the Scotch Presbyterians true blue. He spent about two weeks in Canton + was a general favorite. He is one of those who carry their goodness in their faces so that one glance is enough to assure one that it is genuine. I enjoyed so much meeting Mrs House she is such a nice person + when was in Hongkong saw Mrs Ashmore of Swatow a dear good woman. They want us very much to come up + make them a visit but I am afraid we cannot as it is some distance. We met too in Hongkong Mr + Mrs Drayton from Birmah who have been missionaries 30 years. They know the Judson's well seemed such nice old people They go home with the hope of returning in two years and have promised to make us a visit then. I would like to know how the Prestons are getting on. I keep thinking that after we get to Canton it will be only one day more + then we may begin to look for the American mail. Did Henry tell you about the little boat he + Mr Marcellus have bought. Mrs Marcellus usually goes out with them + I go sometimes we all enjoy it We have named it The "America". Well must say good-night With warmest love + earnest prayers that you may have many happy returns of your natal day from, Your loving Hattie Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Hattie to Mary, March 31, 1870 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-03-31 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Harriet Newell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (B) (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_035 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Guangzhou</a> Subject The topic of the resource Birthdays; Farmers; Rice; Agricultural laborers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women; Missionaries Description An account of the resource This is a letter written by Harriet Noyes for her little sister's seventeenth birthday. Harriet describes the surrounding villages and the rice paddy fields and farmers which inhabit them. Harriet also writes about a book she is reading about women in the Civil War, as well as meeting other missionaries. birthdays farming