Letter from Martha
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Title
Letter from Martha
Subject
Letter writing; Travel; Steamship passengers; Ship letters
Description
Mattie writes from aboard a ship about to dock at Yokohama. She feels bad the letter is so small but thinks she must write something. She asks them to pass her note to Sarah.
Creator
Kerr, Martha Noyes
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Unpublished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
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Format
PDF
Language
eng (English)
Type
Text
Identifier
noyes_c_cor_520
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[Note: Additional note on page one]
I will try and do something for the "Times" if I can
next week
"Hitherto
hath the
Lord helped
us"
Sabbath 22nd
We are nearing
Yokohamma and have
been looking out at the
mountains feeling that the
first chapter of our [--sea--]
experience at sea is about
ended. The Captain says
we will not anchor before
10 oclock to night. It will
be very nice to be able to live
still and sleep. I expect to
go off to shore to morrow
morning or will go up to Tokio
if we say in port long enough
to do so. Every one is out
looking, and talking about
going ashore. No services
to day.
Monday morn - Anchored in
Y. Raining raining.
do not know whether I can
go over to the shore or not
Am ashamed to send this
poor scratch of a journal
home but it will perhaps
be better than nothing.
I I feel better on the
way to Hong Kong will do
better perhaps. I must tell
Em that those lovely things
she and Clara cooked the last
week I was at home have
been subjects of reflection
ever since. Many thanks to
them both. I meant to have
written letters to each of you
all but could not very well.
Please send this to Sarah after
you are through with it as I have
not scratcher her a line.
I hope you are all well and
everything prospering at home
These sail for San Francisco
to morrow and we steer southward
With ever and ever so much
love -
Martha
[注：第一页的附加说明]
如果下周可以的话 ，
我会尝试为《泰晤士报》做点什么“迄今为止 ，
主帮助了我们” 安息日 22 日 我们正在接近横滨 ，
一直在眺望群山 ，
感觉我们海上经历的第一章即将结束。
船长说我们不会在晚上 10 点之前停泊。
能够安静地生活和睡觉将是非常好的。
我预计明天早上上岸 ，
或者如果我们说在港口足够长的时间可以上东京的话。
每个人都在外面寻找 ，
并谈论着上岸。
当天没有服务。
星期一早上 - 锚定在 Y。
下雨下雨。
不知道能不能上岸 把这本可怜的草稿寄回家很惭愧 ，
但也许总比没有好。
我在去香港的路上感觉好多了 ，
也许会做得更好。
我必须告诉 Em ，
我在家的最后一周 ，
她和 Clara 做的那些可爱的东西从那时起就成为了反思的对象。
非常感谢他们俩。
我本来想给你们每个人写信的 ，
但写得不好。
请在你完成后把这个发给莎拉 ，
因为我没有给她划过一条线。
我希望你一切都好 ，
一切都在家里繁荣这些明天开往旧金山 ，
我们带着永远和永远如此多的爱向南航行 - 玛莎
I will try and do something for the "Times" if I can
next week
"Hitherto
hath the
Lord helped
us"
Sabbath 22nd
We are nearing
Yokohamma and have
been looking out at the
mountains feeling that the
first chapter of our [--sea--]
experience at sea is about
ended. The Captain says
we will not anchor before
10 oclock to night. It will
be very nice to be able to live
still and sleep. I expect to
go off to shore to morrow
morning or will go up to Tokio
if we say in port long enough
to do so. Every one is out
looking, and talking about
going ashore. No services
to day.
Monday morn - Anchored in
Y. Raining raining.
do not know whether I can
go over to the shore or not
Am ashamed to send this
poor scratch of a journal
home but it will perhaps
be better than nothing.
I I feel better on the
way to Hong Kong will do
better perhaps. I must tell
Em that those lovely things
she and Clara cooked the last
week I was at home have
been subjects of reflection
ever since. Many thanks to
them both. I meant to have
written letters to each of you
all but could not very well.
Please send this to Sarah after
you are through with it as I have
not scratcher her a line.
I hope you are all well and
everything prospering at home
These sail for San Francisco
to morrow and we steer southward
With ever and ever so much
love -
Martha
[注：第一页的附加说明]
如果下周可以的话 ，
我会尝试为《泰晤士报》做点什么“迄今为止 ，
主帮助了我们” 安息日 22 日 我们正在接近横滨 ，
一直在眺望群山 ，
感觉我们海上经历的第一章即将结束。
船长说我们不会在晚上 10 点之前停泊。
能够安静地生活和睡觉将是非常好的。
我预计明天早上上岸 ，
或者如果我们说在港口足够长的时间可以上东京的话。
每个人都在外面寻找 ，
并谈论着上岸。
当天没有服务。
星期一早上 - 锚定在 Y。
下雨下雨。
不知道能不能上岸 把这本可怜的草稿寄回家很惭愧 ，
但也许总比没有好。
我在去香港的路上感觉好多了 ，
也许会做得更好。
我必须告诉 Em ，
我在家的最后一周 ，
她和 Clara 做的那些可爱的东西从那时起就成为了反思的对象。
非常感谢他们俩。
我本来想给你们每个人写信的 ，
但写得不好。
请在你完成后把这个发给莎拉 ，
因为我没有给她划过一条线。
我希望你一切都好 ，
一切都在家里繁荣这些明天开往旧金山 ，
我们带着永远和永远如此多的爱向南航行 - 玛莎
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Letter
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Citation
Kerr, Martha Noyes, “Letter from Martha,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/577.