Letter from Hattie to Mattie, February 6, 1883
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Letter from Hattie to Mattie, February 6, 1883
Subject
Christian education of girls; Leg--Fractures; Letters; Women missionaries
Description
Harriet writes to her sister that she does not have a letter of Martha's to respond to, but hopes she is getting better. Harriet also hopes Edward's leg does not give him too much trouble. Dr. Kerr says his recovery may be tough. Their son Josie is still not writing to his parents. Their daughter Hattie is returning to the US in two years. The Jackson's are back in Nam King. Harriet asks that Mattie brings another missionary with her when she comes back if she does. Their school is currently on vacation. The teacher of the day school, Ayan, is the best teacher Harriet has ever had.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
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The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1883-02-06
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Canton China
Feb 6th 1883
My dear Mattie,
You do not write
to me very often so I do not
think I have any letter
from you to answer
The last letters from home told
me that you were in Medina.
I hope that you are feeling
much better before this. By
the time this reaches you
it will be spring almost time
for the Leaves to come out.
I hope Edward will by that
time find his broken leg
is as good as new I should
think if it is only half an
inch shorter than the other
there might easily be that
difference made in his
boots so that it would remedy
any lameness. If he comes
off as well as the last letters
seemed to think he would
it seems wonderful. Dr Kerr
says it is very difficult to
manage when there is both
dislocation and a fracture
so Dr Bigham must have
done very well indeed.
Dr & Mrs Kerr do not hear
anything from Josie except
indirectly. I do not see as
one of the girls wrote how it
even happened that Dr Kerr
has such a son. Little
Hattie is a comfort to her
parents at any rate. She
does not seem very strong.
I think they are planning
to go to America in about
two years. I know I have
written this before but never
mind. Mr & Mrs Jackson
have come back to China
They were in Hong Kong last
week but did not come up
to Canton. Mr Masters
saw them there. He says
that Mr Jackson is wonderfully
improved. We told him it was
his [u] "American [/u] [u] culture." [/u] It is odd
is it not they are going to be
stationed in Nam King,
so if Lucy had married him
she would have come around
to Nam King in time.
We hear that the Methodist
mission is going to give [?$15,000?]
to open medical work
there so the Presbyterians will
not need to take that up.
I do not think Miss Niles
will ever go there. I dont
think there is much doubt
that she would like to
remain just where she is
but if some ladies are
sent out for school work
next autumn I do not
see how she can. If you
can come back then
you must try and bring
some one with you. If you
cannot come then perhaps
you will be able to come out in
time to take charge of the
school and let me go home.
If I had only come out for
five years as Miss Rowe has
I should be ready to go home
now. But I could not feel
that it would be right to go so
soon for I am perfectly
well. We have invited all the
girls and women in tonight
so with a party of about eighty
we shall have our hands
full. I am having a vacation
in the school this week that is
they are not studying they are
all here. Only two have gone home
this year. It is much better
not to have a vacation in the
winter for the school I think
but it makes it a little more
expensive. Yesterday AYan's
day school was closed. She
makes a splendid teacher
the best day school teacher
I have ever had.
[Continues vertically on the first page]
Now I
must
close with
much love
for all
from
Yours affly
Hattie.
中国广州
1883 年 2 月 6 日
我亲爱的玛蒂，
你不常给我写信，
所以我想我没有你的信要回信 家里的最后一封信告诉我，
你在麦地那。
我希望你在这之前感觉好多了。
当这到达你的时候，
几乎是春天叶子出来的时候了。
我希望爱德华到那时会发现他的断腿和新的一样好，
我想如果它只比另一条短半英寸，
那么他的靴子可能很容易产生这种差异，
这样它就可以弥补任何跛足。
如果他像最后一封信一样脱落，
他似乎认为他会这样做，
这似乎很棒。
Kerr医生说，
当同时出现脱位和骨折时，
很难管理，
所以 Bigham 医生确实做得很好。
Kerr医生和夫人除了间接听到 Josie 的任何消息。
我没有看到其中一个女孩写道，
Kerr 医生是如何有这样一个儿子的。
无论如何，
小海蒂是她父母的安慰。
她似乎不是很强壮。
我想他们计划在大约两年后去美国。
我知道我以前写过这个，
但没关系。
Jackson先生和夫人已返回中国，
他们上周在香港，
但没有来广州。
马斯特斯先生在那里看到了他们。
他说杰克逊先生的进步非常惊人。
我们告诉他这是他的“美国文化”。
奇怪的是他们不会驻扎在南景，
所以如果露西嫁给了他，
她会及时来到南景。
我们听说卫理公会会捐出 15，
000 美元来在那里开展医疗工作，
这样长老会就不需要承担这笔费用了。
我不认为奈尔斯小姐会去那里。
我认为她愿意留在原地是毫无疑问的，
但如果明年秋天有些女士被派去上学，
我不知道她怎么能做到。
如果你能回来，
那么你必须试着带上一个。
如果你不能来，
也许你能及时出来负责学校，
让我回家。
如果我像罗小姐那样只出来五年，
我现在应该准备回家了。
但我不觉得这么快就走是对的，
因为我很好。
今晚我们邀请了所有的女孩和女人，
所以在一个大约 80 人的聚会中，
我们会忙得不可开交。
这周我在学校放假，
他们不学习，
他们都在这里。
今年只有两个人回家了。
我认为学校最好不要在冬天放假，
但这会使它贵一点。
昨天AYan的走读学校停课了。
她使一位出色的老师成为我遇到过的最好的走读学校老师。
[在第一页上垂直继续] 现在我必须以您对所有人的深情致意来结束，
海蒂。
Feb 6th 1883
My dear Mattie,
You do not write
to me very often so I do not
think I have any letter
from you to answer
The last letters from home told
me that you were in Medina.
I hope that you are feeling
much better before this. By
the time this reaches you
it will be spring almost time
for the Leaves to come out.
I hope Edward will by that
time find his broken leg
is as good as new I should
think if it is only half an
inch shorter than the other
there might easily be that
difference made in his
boots so that it would remedy
any lameness. If he comes
off as well as the last letters
seemed to think he would
it seems wonderful. Dr Kerr
says it is very difficult to
manage when there is both
dislocation and a fracture
so Dr Bigham must have
done very well indeed.
Dr & Mrs Kerr do not hear
anything from Josie except
indirectly. I do not see as
one of the girls wrote how it
even happened that Dr Kerr
has such a son. Little
Hattie is a comfort to her
parents at any rate. She
does not seem very strong.
I think they are planning
to go to America in about
two years. I know I have
written this before but never
mind. Mr & Mrs Jackson
have come back to China
They were in Hong Kong last
week but did not come up
to Canton. Mr Masters
saw them there. He says
that Mr Jackson is wonderfully
improved. We told him it was
his [u] "American [/u] [u] culture." [/u] It is odd
is it not they are going to be
stationed in Nam King,
so if Lucy had married him
she would have come around
to Nam King in time.
We hear that the Methodist
mission is going to give [?$15,000?]
to open medical work
there so the Presbyterians will
not need to take that up.
I do not think Miss Niles
will ever go there. I dont
think there is much doubt
that she would like to
remain just where she is
but if some ladies are
sent out for school work
next autumn I do not
see how she can. If you
can come back then
you must try and bring
some one with you. If you
cannot come then perhaps
you will be able to come out in
time to take charge of the
school and let me go home.
If I had only come out for
five years as Miss Rowe has
I should be ready to go home
now. But I could not feel
that it would be right to go so
soon for I am perfectly
well. We have invited all the
girls and women in tonight
so with a party of about eighty
we shall have our hands
full. I am having a vacation
in the school this week that is
they are not studying they are
all here. Only two have gone home
this year. It is much better
not to have a vacation in the
winter for the school I think
but it makes it a little more
expensive. Yesterday AYan's
day school was closed. She
makes a splendid teacher
the best day school teacher
I have ever had.
[Continues vertically on the first page]
Now I
must
close with
much love
for all
from
Yours affly
Hattie.
中国广州
1883 年 2 月 6 日
我亲爱的玛蒂，
你不常给我写信，
所以我想我没有你的信要回信 家里的最后一封信告诉我，
你在麦地那。
我希望你在这之前感觉好多了。
当这到达你的时候，
几乎是春天叶子出来的时候了。
我希望爱德华到那时会发现他的断腿和新的一样好，
我想如果它只比另一条短半英寸，
那么他的靴子可能很容易产生这种差异，
这样它就可以弥补任何跛足。
如果他像最后一封信一样脱落，
他似乎认为他会这样做，
这似乎很棒。
Kerr医生说，
当同时出现脱位和骨折时，
很难管理，
所以 Bigham 医生确实做得很好。
Kerr医生和夫人除了间接听到 Josie 的任何消息。
我没有看到其中一个女孩写道，
Kerr 医生是如何有这样一个儿子的。
无论如何，
小海蒂是她父母的安慰。
她似乎不是很强壮。
我想他们计划在大约两年后去美国。
我知道我以前写过这个，
但没关系。
Jackson先生和夫人已返回中国，
他们上周在香港，
但没有来广州。
马斯特斯先生在那里看到了他们。
他说杰克逊先生的进步非常惊人。
我们告诉他这是他的“美国文化”。
奇怪的是他们不会驻扎在南景，
所以如果露西嫁给了他，
她会及时来到南景。
我们听说卫理公会会捐出 15，
000 美元来在那里开展医疗工作，
这样长老会就不需要承担这笔费用了。
我不认为奈尔斯小姐会去那里。
我认为她愿意留在原地是毫无疑问的，
但如果明年秋天有些女士被派去上学，
我不知道她怎么能做到。
如果你能回来，
那么你必须试着带上一个。
如果你不能来，
也许你能及时出来负责学校，
让我回家。
如果我像罗小姐那样只出来五年，
我现在应该准备回家了。
但我不觉得这么快就走是对的，
因为我很好。
今晚我们邀请了所有的女孩和女人，
所以在一个大约 80 人的聚会中，
我们会忙得不可开交。
这周我在学校放假，
他们不学习，
他们都在这里。
今年只有两个人回家了。
我认为学校最好不要在冬天放假，
但这会使它贵一点。
昨天AYan的走读学校停课了。
她使一位出色的老师成为我遇到过的最好的走读学校老师。
[在第一页上垂直继续] 现在我必须以您对所有人的深情致意来结束，
海蒂。
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Mattie, February 6, 1883,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 26, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/361.