Letter from Hattie to "Dear Ones at Home", February, 1889
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Title
Letter from Hattie to "Dear Ones at Home", February, 1889
Subject
Railroad trains; Farewells; Family
Description
Harriet writes this letter to say goodbye to her family one last time. She believes that when she comes back in a few years the bond she has with her dear ones at home will remain unchanged. She left Cleveland by train.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #4
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1889-02
Contributor
Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
Type
Text
Identifier
noyes_c_cor_400
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Feb 1889
Dear Ones at Home,
I am going to say
goodbye to you once more
all together. I shall never
forget just how you looked in
Cleveland. I am so glad you
could all come up there it was
so much better than to say goodbye
separately in different places.
And it was nice that you could
come out to the train the parting at
the gate with the crowd pushing
through was almost as bad as
Elyria. If we are all spared and
I come home again in a few
years I do not believe we shall
feel any differently from what
we do now. I hope you will take
good care of each other and be
happy and useful, and perhaps
bye and bye when we are somewhat
older than we are now we will have
a while together in the old home,
and possibly Henry may be with us.
I am very thankful for every hour of
the time I have had at home. Now
once more good bye "God be with you till we
meet again." That was what I wanted to
[Continued vertically]
say when the train started, it was in my mind but when I felt it moving
I could only
think that I
was leaving
you.
With ever so much love for
all from
Hattie.
1889 年 2 月
亲爱的在家的人们，
我将再次和你们一起告别。
我永远不会忘记你在克利夫兰的样子。
我很高兴你们都可以来到那里，
这比在不同的地方分别说再见要好得多。
很高兴你能出来上火车，
在门口与人群挤过的分开几乎和 Elyria 一样糟糕。
如果我们都幸免于难，
几年后我再次回家，
我相信我们的感受与现在的感受不会有任何不同。
我希望你们彼此照顾好，
快乐而有用，
也许再见，
等我们比现在大一点的时候，
我们会在老房子里一起过一段时间，
也许亨利可能会和我们在一起。
我非常感谢我在家里度过的每一个小时。
现在再次告别“上帝与你同在，
直到我们再次见面。
”那是我想[垂直继续]火车启动时说的话，
它在我的脑海中，
但是当我感觉到它在移动时，
我只能认为我要离开你了。
海蒂对所有人都充满了爱。
Dear Ones at Home,
I am going to say
goodbye to you once more
all together. I shall never
forget just how you looked in
Cleveland. I am so glad you
could all come up there it was
so much better than to say goodbye
separately in different places.
And it was nice that you could
come out to the train the parting at
the gate with the crowd pushing
through was almost as bad as
Elyria. If we are all spared and
I come home again in a few
years I do not believe we shall
feel any differently from what
we do now. I hope you will take
good care of each other and be
happy and useful, and perhaps
bye and bye when we are somewhat
older than we are now we will have
a while together in the old home,
and possibly Henry may be with us.
I am very thankful for every hour of
the time I have had at home. Now
once more good bye "God be with you till we
meet again." That was what I wanted to
[Continued vertically]
say when the train started, it was in my mind but when I felt it moving
I could only
think that I
was leaving
you.
With ever so much love for
all from
Hattie.
1889 年 2 月
亲爱的在家的人们，
我将再次和你们一起告别。
我永远不会忘记你在克利夫兰的样子。
我很高兴你们都可以来到那里，
这比在不同的地方分别说再见要好得多。
很高兴你能出来上火车，
在门口与人群挤过的分开几乎和 Elyria 一样糟糕。
如果我们都幸免于难，
几年后我再次回家，
我相信我们的感受与现在的感受不会有任何不同。
我希望你们彼此照顾好，
快乐而有用，
也许再见，
等我们比现在大一点的时候，
我们会在老房子里一起过一段时间，
也许亨利可能会和我们在一起。
我非常感谢我在家里度过的每一个小时。
现在再次告别“上帝与你同在，
直到我们再次见面。
”那是我想[垂直继续]火车启动时说的话，
它在我的脑海中，
但是当我感觉到它在移动时，
我只能认为我要离开你了。
海蒂对所有人都充满了爱。
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to "Dear Ones at Home", February, 1889,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 24, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/456.