Letter from Harriet to Mary

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Title

Letter from Harriet to Mary

Subject

Infants; Fashion; Dressmaking--Patterns

Description

Harriet sent a small note to Mary informing her that Verdie Happer had a daughter. She attached an illustration for dresses for women and girls and says that she and Miss Butler had similar dresses made.

Creator

Noyes, Harriet Newell

Source

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #5

Publisher

Unpublished

Date

Unknown

Contributor

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

Format

PDF

Language

eng (English)

Type

Text

Identifier

noyes_c_cor_480

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Text

My dear Mary
I wished to write
you a letter but Ye Sluk
has come already to take
the letters to the office. I send
a letter to B, if she has gone
when this reaches Seville do
not trouble to send it to her
Tell her that Verdie Happer [?earm?]
has a little daughter I
have not time to answer
your letters of June 22nd
We hope for the mail
again tomorrow.
Ever yr loving
Hattie
Miss Butler send love

[Note: illustration of dresses for women and girls]
Fig. 1.--FROCK FOR GIRL FROM
6 TO 8 YEARS OLD.
For description see Supplement.
X Fig. 2.--DRESS WITH DRAPED FRONT.
[For Back, see Page 392.]
For description see Supplement.
Miss Butler's dress & mine
were made like this except the sleeves.
Fig. 3.--COSTUME MANTLE.
For pattern and description see Sup-
plement, No. III., Figs. 21-24.
Fig. 4.--BLACK SILK WRAP
see Page
For pattern and description see S [Note: torn off edge of page]

[Note: image of fabric]



亲爱的玛丽,
我想给你写封信,
但叶斯鲁克已经来拿信去办公室了。
我给 B 写了一封信,
如果到了塞维利亚她已经走了,
请不要麻烦给她寄信告诉她 Verdie Happer 有一个小女儿我没有时间回复你 6 月 22 日的来信我们希望明天能再次收到邮件 . 永远爱海蒂的巴特勒小姐送上爱 [注:女性和女孩连衣裙的插图] 图 1.-- 适合 6 至 8 岁女孩的连衣裙。
描述见补充。
X 图 2.--正面有褶皱的连衣裙。
[背面见第 392 页。]
描述见补充。
巴特勒小姐和我的裙子都是这样制作的,
除了袖子。
图 3.--服装披风。
模式和描述见补充,
No. III.,
无花果。
21-24。
Fig. 4.--黑色丝巾纸 图案和描述见 S [注:撕下的页面边缘] [注:织物图像]

Original Format

Letter

Citation

Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Harriet to Mary,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 18, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/537.

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