Letter to Dr. Kerr and Mrs. Kerr

noyes_c_cor_556.pdf

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Title

Letter to Dr. Kerr and Mrs. Kerr

Subject

Catholic Church; Consuls; Christianity--China

Description

This letter addressed to Dr. and Mrs. Kerr seems to be written by somebody whose first language is not English. The author mentions a house that might be taken away. He/she appears to be in disagreement with the Portuguese Catholic Church and the English Consul.

Creator

Unknown

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Unpublished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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PDF

Language

eng (English)

Type

Text

Identifier

noyes_c_cor_556

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Dear Dr and Mrs Kerr
I having the liberty to write
these few lines reason is I did not want
the mission to interfere in this case. But
all the mission interfere [--[?never?]--]with own accord
ance defending on this Side not to
cheat and with innocently and faithfully
with Christ All the Mission Know and
understanding every thing what was Going
on all the time, well now every thing is
proved Sad truth Protestant Christ won
the Conquest, and proved Portuguese Catholic
and English Consul cannot get it. [--Conquest--]
reason is all the mission got to Kiss
the Bible say the Sad truth, Cannot
do anything what the portuguese Catholic
and English Consul say, anything this
women don't Know. I having speak
to you last Evening what the Judge say
to this women, on last Thursday

Ask this women you [--I--] know this house
[--belonging--] is your [Illegible] I say yes But I say
to you last evening I having anything
to say I will talk with the Mission
because I am on the side Divine
law. I having reason and reasonable
to say the Sad truth I am true and
certainly this house belonging to me
and with all the dollars Christian
Conquest. I having reason and reason-
able I am not answerable to give to
Portuguese Catholic people.



亲爱的克尔医生和夫人 ,
我可以自由地写这几行 ,
原因是我不想让任务干预这种情况。
但是所有的使命都干扰了自己在这方面的辩护 ,
不要欺骗 ,
无辜地和忠实地与基督在一起所有的使命都知道并理解每一件事一直在发生的事情 ,
现在每一件事都被证明是可悲的真理新教基督赢得了征服 ,
并证明葡萄牙天主教和英国领事无法得到它。
原因是所有的使命都要亲吻圣经 ,
说出可悲的真相 ,
不能做任何葡萄牙天主教徒和英国领事所说的事情 ,
任何这个女人不知道的事情。
昨天晚上我和你说了法官在上周四对这些女人说的话 问这个女人你知道这房子是你的 [难以辨认] 我说是的 但我昨晚对你说我有话要说使命是因为我站在神法一边。
我有理由和合理地说出可悲的事实 ,
我是真实的 ,
当然这所房子是属于我的 ,
并且拥有基督教征服的所有美元。
我有理由和合理地对葡萄牙天主教徒负责。

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Letter

Citation

Unknown, “Letter to Dr. Kerr and Mrs. Kerr,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed December 22, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/613.

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