Letter from Hattie to Clara & Mary, July 7, 1890
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Clara & Mary, July 7, 1890
Subject
Mail service; Gifts; Sickness; Dresses; Christmas; Weigt gain
Description
Harriet writes this letter to thank Clara for the music that she sent her and Mary for the books that she sent for Christmas. Sophie has been sick, and she is really thin. Harriet used to weigh 115 pounds until she went back home in 1876 and now weighs 136.5 since then. She finishes the letter because the man that carries the letters was waiting for her.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #4
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1890-07-07
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_459
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Text
Canton China
July 7th 1890
My dear Clara & Mary,
I wanted to write
to you all today but as
the time is all gone
will only send you
a line together. Some
of my letters I dated
July 8th but it is really
the 7th today almost
the middle of summer.
I think of you as well
together now how I
would like to add
one more to the
number. I hope
Mary is feeling
stronger, it seems a
long time since
our last letters came.
The music Clara
sent came by last
mail it will do
very nicely I am
sure a thousand
thanks. I do not think
I ever thanked you
Mary for the pretty
little books you send
us all at Christmas
time. I always write
so hurriedly that I
leave out many
things I wish to
write Sophie &
Mr Wisner have
been staying with
us the past week
have gone home
today. She has been
quite sick but is better
has grown so thin.
She used to weigh
as much as I do.
I am glad to hear
you weigh 114. Pretty
well for Mary I never
weighed more than
115 till I went home
in '76 now I weigh
136 1/2 "Tell it not in [?Gath?]"
Do you remember when
I wrote that Martha
weighed 138 but not
to mention it. I have
been fixing over that
lawn dress of Sarah's
that I confiscated
it was too [u] small [/u] around
the waist. I do not
think however I am
much if any larger
than when I left
home the last time.
Now I must close or
the old man who
carries the letters will
get out of patience.
With love from
Hattie
中国广州 1890 年 7 月 7 日 我亲爱的克拉拉和玛丽，
我今天想给大家写信，
但由于时间已经过去，
只能给你们寄一封信。
我的一些信是在 7 月 8 日写的，
但今天是 7 日，
几乎是仲夏。
我现在也想你们，
我想在这个数字上再加一个。
我希望玛丽感觉更强壮了，
自从我们上一封信以来似乎已经很久了。
克拉拉寄来的音乐是通过最后一封邮件寄来的，
它会做得很好，
我相信一千个谢谢。
我想我从来没有感谢过玛丽，
因为你在圣诞节给我们寄来了漂亮的小书。
我总是写得太匆忙，
以至于我遗漏了很多我想写的东西 苏菲和威斯纳先生过去一周一直和我们在一起，
今天回家了。
她病得很重，
但更好的是已经变得如此瘦弱。
她以前和我一样重。
我很高兴听到你 114 的体重。
对玛丽来说非常好，
直到我 76 年回家之前我的体重从未超过 115 现在我体重 136 1/2 “不要在 Gath 告诉它”你还记得我写玛莎的时候体重 138但更不用说。
我一直在修理莎拉的那件草坪连衣裙，
我没收了它的腰部太小了。
但是我不认为我比上次离开家时大很多。
现在我必须关门了，
否则那个拿着信的老人会失去耐心的。
带着海蒂的爱
July 7th 1890
My dear Clara & Mary,
I wanted to write
to you all today but as
the time is all gone
will only send you
a line together. Some
of my letters I dated
July 8th but it is really
the 7th today almost
the middle of summer.
I think of you as well
together now how I
would like to add
one more to the
number. I hope
Mary is feeling
stronger, it seems a
long time since
our last letters came.
The music Clara
sent came by last
mail it will do
very nicely I am
sure a thousand
thanks. I do not think
I ever thanked you
Mary for the pretty
little books you send
us all at Christmas
time. I always write
so hurriedly that I
leave out many
things I wish to
write Sophie &
Mr Wisner have
been staying with
us the past week
have gone home
today. She has been
quite sick but is better
has grown so thin.
She used to weigh
as much as I do.
I am glad to hear
you weigh 114. Pretty
well for Mary I never
weighed more than
115 till I went home
in '76 now I weigh
136 1/2 "Tell it not in [?Gath?]"
Do you remember when
I wrote that Martha
weighed 138 but not
to mention it. I have
been fixing over that
lawn dress of Sarah's
that I confiscated
it was too [u] small [/u] around
the waist. I do not
think however I am
much if any larger
than when I left
home the last time.
Now I must close or
the old man who
carries the letters will
get out of patience.
With love from
Hattie
中国广州 1890 年 7 月 7 日 我亲爱的克拉拉和玛丽，
我今天想给大家写信，
但由于时间已经过去，
只能给你们寄一封信。
我的一些信是在 7 月 8 日写的，
但今天是 7 日，
几乎是仲夏。
我现在也想你们，
我想在这个数字上再加一个。
我希望玛丽感觉更强壮了，
自从我们上一封信以来似乎已经很久了。
克拉拉寄来的音乐是通过最后一封邮件寄来的，
它会做得很好，
我相信一千个谢谢。
我想我从来没有感谢过玛丽，
因为你在圣诞节给我们寄来了漂亮的小书。
我总是写得太匆忙，
以至于我遗漏了很多我想写的东西 苏菲和威斯纳先生过去一周一直和我们在一起，
今天回家了。
她病得很重，
但更好的是已经变得如此瘦弱。
她以前和我一样重。
我很高兴听到你 114 的体重。
对玛丽来说非常好，
直到我 76 年回家之前我的体重从未超过 115 现在我体重 136 1/2 “不要在 Gath 告诉它”你还记得我写玛莎的时候体重 138但更不用说。
我一直在修理莎拉的那件草坪连衣裙，
我没收了它的腰部太小了。
但是我不认为我比上次离开家时大很多。
现在我必须关门了，
否则那个拿着信的老人会失去耐心的。
带着海蒂的爱
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Clara & Mary, July 7, 1890,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/517.