Letter from Harriet to Father, June 17, 1883

Letter from Harriet to Father, June 17, 1883

Dreams; Infants; Grandchildren; Schools; Chapels

Hattie started writing this letter to her father right before going to sleep and continued it the morning after. She wishes to dream of her father like she did the night of May 17th. Mary and Verdie sent Harriet flowers. Henry is in the country. Harriet hopes that her father sees his grandchildren soon. The schools will reopen on September 5th and the chapel on September 12th.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1883-06-17

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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[Note: Printed in black and white is a shell with palm trees in it surrounded by twigs]
Canton China
June 17th 1883
My dear Father -
It is Sabbath
morning with you now.
How [u]I wish[/u] I could spend
the day with you in the
dear old home. But instead
of that when I have finished
this. I must go to sleep
and get ready for tomorrow.
I wish I could dream
of you as I did the
night of May 17th -
after I had been writing
home. One of the nicest
dreams I ever had was
the one I wrote about

when I thought we were
out on the slope south of
the house and you were
cutting such beautiful roses
from the bushes for me, and
the grass was so soft
and green and the
sunshine so bright.
and I said what I so
often thought while I
was at home that "it
seemed as though I had
[u]forgotten[/u] while I was in
China how nice it was
to be at home". Mary
and Verdie remembered
about that pleasant
Sabbath we had in
1877 and sent me
some beautiful flowers
last night in memory

of that day. Henry is
away in the country to-day.
I am sorry it happened
so when he is in Canton
I see ^him for a little while Sabbath
days, he calls in on his way
home from the chapel.
I am sure his thoughts
will go home to-day. I
hope sometime you will
see your little grandsons
for I am sure it would
give you pleasure. They
are very pretty boys and
seem bright and
good. Your namesake
is quite a pretty child
Henry says he is quicker
than Willie, but Willie
seems a very thoughtful
little fellow ---

I left my letter here last night
and thought I would write
this page this morning when it
is Sabbath evening with you.
I did not dream of home as
I hoped I might I only dreamed
of the examination tomorrow
and thought nothing was right.
that those who were coming to
attend the examination all
came on Monday instead
of Tuesday when they were
expected et cetera et cetera. Just before I
went to bed last night I opened
the Bible you gave me. and it
opened at this vere. "And thine
age shall be clearer than the
noonday there shalt shine
forth thou shalt be as the
morning-" Job XI-17th I am
sure this will be true for our
dear father - And now I
must say good-bye for this
time. We shall be busy to-day
and tomorrow -- The schools
will reopen Sept 5th and
the new chapel dedicated Sept 12th -
Ever your aff daughter
Harriet.



[注：黑白印刷的是一个贝壳，
里面有棕榈树，
周围环绕着树枝]
中国广州
1883 年 6 月 17 日
我亲爱的父亲——现在是安息日早晨与您同在。
我多么希望能在亲爱的老房子里和你一起度过这一天。
但是当我完成这个时，
而不是那个。
我必须去睡觉，
为明天做准备。
我希望我能像 5 月 17 日晚上那样梦见你——在我写信回家之后。
我曾经做过的最美好的梦之一是我写下的那个梦，
当时我以为我们在房子南边的斜坡上，
你正在为我从灌木丛中剪下如此美丽的玫瑰，
草是如此柔软和绿色，
而阳光如此灿烂。
我说了我在家时经常想到的“我好像在中国的时候忘记了在家是多么美好”。
Mary 和 Verdie 记得我们在 1877 年度过的那个愉快的安息日，
昨晚送我一些美丽的花来纪念那一天。
亨利今天不在乡下。
我很抱歉发生了这样的事情，
所以当他在广州时，
我在安息日见到他一会儿，
他在从教堂回家的路上打电话来。
我相信他的想法今天会回家。
我希望有一天你会看到你的小孙子，
因为我相信它会给你带来快乐。
他们是非常漂亮的男孩，
看起来聪明又善良。
你的同名孩子是个很漂亮的孩子，
亨利说他比威利快，
但威利似乎是个很有思想的小家伙——我昨晚把信留在这里，
想今天早上和你一起写这页。
我没有梦想回家，
因为我希望我可能会梦想我只梦想明天的考试，
并认为没有什么是对的。
那些来参加考试的人都是在星期一而不是星期二来的，
而不是预期的时间等等。
昨晚睡觉前，
我打开了你给我的圣经。
它就在这个地方打开了。
“你的年龄将比正午更清晰，
你将像早晨一样闪耀——” 工作 XI-17 我相信这对我们亲爱的父亲来说是真的——现在我必须说再见了。
今天和明天我们都会很忙——学校将于 9 月 5 日重新开放，
新教堂将于 9 月 12 日举行
——永远是你深情的女儿，
哈里特。

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