Letter from Martha to "Dear Ones at Home", November 24

Letter from Martha to "Dear Ones at Home", November 24

Home; Thanksgiving Day; Family; Missionaries, Medical

Mattie writes that Dr. Kerr and Dr. Niles are both out and Henry is just returning home from tea. They had dinner with Miss Lewis, Miss Butler, and Sophie, who she thinks is a great addition to the mission. She is thinking of home and those that will be having Thanksgiving there.

Kerr, Martha Noyes

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

Unpublished

11-24-1887

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Thanksgiving day
Nov. 24th
Dear Ones at Home
It is 8 oclock. The Dr
has gone to the hospital
for a few minutes and
Dr Niles is out looking after
a sick baby. Henry was down
to tea and is now on his
way home. Has a boat and
the tide is in favor. It did
seem so nice to have him
here. We took dinner with
Miss Lewis and Butler and
Sophie I may add. She is going
to be the light of that house
It seems like a different
place since she came.
She is already at work in
the school. We were out in
the Chapel at a meeting
Henry spoke also [?Kwen
Loi and Ysoi Sunshang?].
Sophia used the instrument
and played so nicely.
I have in spirit been

in the home on the Hill
Em and Hattie will no
doubt have finished [illegible]
trip and there will be six
around the hearth stone.
Dear little Mother is having
her first Thanksgiving in
heaven . What a blessing
to think she is so safe from
all that can distress or harm
her.
Nov 30th Wrote this far
and now [illegible] is waiting
for the mail can not write
another line. Tell [?Feather?]
I did not mean to send
off the mail without a letter
to him . With much love
to all the dear Ones
Your aff sister
Martha



感恩节 11 月 24 日
亲爱的在家的人
现在是 8 点。
医生已经去医院待了几分钟，
奈尔斯医生正在外面照顾一个生病的婴儿。
亨利正在喝茶，
现在正在回家的路上。
有船，
潮水顺。
让他在这里看起来真是太好了。
我们与刘易斯小姐、巴特勒和索菲共进晚餐，
我可以补充一下。
她将成为那所房子的光。
自从她来之后，
这似乎是一个不同的地方。
她已经在学校上班了。
我们在教堂里开会，
亨利还谈到了 Kwen Loi 和 Ysoi Sunshang。
索菲亚使用了乐器，
演奏得非常好。
我精神上一直在 Hill Em 的家中，
Hattie 无疑已经完成了 [无法辨认] 的旅行，
炉石周围将有六个人。
亲爱的小妈妈正在天堂度过她的第一个感恩节。
想到她如此安全，
不受所有可能使她困扰或伤害的事物的影响，
真是一件幸事。
11 月 30 日 写了这么远，
现在 [无法辨认] 正在等待邮件，
无法再写一行。
告诉父亲，
我不是想在没有给他信的情况下发送邮件。
非常爱所有亲爱的人
你的妹妹玛莎

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