Letter from Harriet to Father, March 1, 1884

Letter from Harriet to Father, March 1, 1884

Church buildings--vandalism; Indemnity; Schools

Hattie tells her father that Henry left for the country in a hurry because the chapel in Mr. Henry and Mr. White's station up the East River was vandalized. The authorities promised to pay an indemnity, so Henry went there to receive the money. A Bible woman came from the country and told Harriet that she has a school with 27 scholars. Harriet says that work is going well.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

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

Unpublished

1884-03-01

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton China
March 1st 1884
My dear Father
I presume you will
not get any letter from Henry
by this mail as he went off to
the country quite hurriedly a
day or two ago. I do not remember
whether I wrote about the
trouble Mr Henry + Mr White
had in the country at one of
the stations up the East River
some time since. There was
some damage done to the
chapel but the authorities
promised to pay an indemnity
therefor and that is why
Henry has gone out now to
receive the money. The
authorities acted very promptly
in the matter so we hope it
will prevent such disturbances
in future. We have letters
from Mr Henry written
just before they reached

Singapore. Mrs Henry + Helen
were seasick but the others not
This is the day before our
communion and I have
been so busy all day that
I have not found any
time for writing as I hoped
I should. We have just
returned from the
afternoon meeting and it
is time to send our letters
to the night steamer our
last chance for this mail.
There have been several
examined I do not know
how many will be received
One of the Bible women
who has come in from
the country says she has
a school of twenty seven
scholars Notwithstanding
the troubles the work seems
prosperous I must say
good bye with much love
for all from
Harriet



中国广州
1884 年 3 月 1 日
我亲爱的父亲，
我想您不会收到亨利的任何信函，
因为他一两天前就匆匆赶往乡下。
我不记得我有没有写过亨利先生和怀特先生从那时起在东河上游的一个车站在乡下遇到的麻烦。
教堂受到了一些损坏，
但当局承诺为此支付赔偿金，
这就是亨利现在出去收钱的原因。
当局在此事上采取了非常迅速的行动，
因此我们希望将来能够防止此类骚乱。
我们有亨利先生在他们到达新加坡之前写的信。
亨利夫人和海伦晕船了，
但其他人没有。
这是我们圣餐的前一天，
我一整天都很忙，
没有时间像我希望的那样写作。
我们刚从下午的会议回来，
是时候把我们的信寄到夜间轮船了，
这是我们收到这封邮件的最后机会了。
查了好几遍
不知道能收到多少
一位从乡下来的圣经女说她有一所学校有二十七位学者
尽管困难重重，
工作似乎很顺利，
我必须怀着满满的爱说再见来自哈丽特的所有人

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