Letter from Henry to Father, February 2, 1878
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Title
Letter from Henry to Father, February 2, 1878
Subject
Chinese New Year; Chinese Americans; Missionaries; Travel; Photographs
Description
Henry writes to his father to inform him that he received everyone's letters. He tells him about Chinese New Year in Los Angeles. The Board is leaving the whole matter of sale & transfer of this station to Mr. Cordit, Dr. Kerr, and himself. They should be leaving soon and will travel either to Sacramento or San Francisco before going back to China. Henry mentions the photograph of his baby.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1878-02-02
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eng (English)
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Los Angeles [--2--] Feb 2d 78
My dear Father
I was glad to get
your good letter this week and
also Mother's... I will answer
hers next week. I have mis-
laid the letters but I do
not remember that there were
any questions to be answered
in it. Am glad to hear that
you are all well. I got letters
from Mattie & Hattie yesterday
& so know you will have
heard from them a few days
before you get this. It seems
nice that Mattie seems so com-
fortable. I hope she may be
able to do something more in
the mission field. It would be
such a satisfaction to her.
Yesterday was Chinese New Years
The Chinese here had the chapel
& school room nicely fixed
up and received visitors en-
tertaining them with cake tea
oranges &c &c. Our weather is
not much like the freezing
weather that you speak about.
It is now just like bright
spring weather. Things are
growing nicely and everything
looks green. I suppose you
will want to know what our
prospects are. Well we are
still "holding the fort" here. I
got a letter from1 Dr Lowrie
last Monday in which he
says the Board leave the
whole matter of sale & transfer
of this station in the hands
of Mr Cordit Dr Kerr & myself.
If we concur they (the Board)
will sell to the U P Board. I
have written to Kerr & Cordit
& will hear from them in
a few days. I know however
that Mr Cordit is in favor
of the plan, and do not suppose
Dr Kerr has any objection, so
that so far as our side of the
matter stands the thing is substan-
tially finished. Mr Nevin has
moved down here with his family
& I suppose there is not
much doubt but they will stay,
although he came down "in
advance" (as Dr Lowrie writes) "of any
formal action of his Board." He
(Mr Nevin) wrote to the Secretary of the
U P Board about the middle
of Jan and expects a reply
soon. The strong probability there-
fore is that we shall leave
here before a great while, not
before the middle of this month &
perhaps not before the End.
Dr Lowrie suggests that we
go to Sacramento until our return
to China or to San Francisco if
the missionaries here think that would
be better. He writes me real
good kind letters. Aside from
the trouble of moving I presume
we shall find just as good
& useful work at either of these
places as here & will I suppose
so far as we can see now
leave for China in the fall. I
find the way opens up as fast as
we need to know it. The matter of
leaving here & when to go and where
to go has not troubled me at all.
I am glad you like baby's picture.
He has a real intelligent interesting
little face. Among his other qualities
he seems to think a great deal of
his father, not but that he thinks a
great deal of his mother & his aunt
May A---n too. He still keeps well
& weighs 23 1/2 lbs. The are all well
as usual Ever so much love for all
from Henry.
洛杉矶 1878 年 2 月 2 日
我亲爱的父亲
我很高兴得到
你这周的好信和
还有妈妈的……我会回答的
下周她的。我把信放错了，但我确实
不记得有
任何需要回答的问题
在里面。很高兴听到这个消息
你们都很好。我收到了信
来自玛蒂和海蒂昨天
&所以知道你会有
几天收到他们的来信
在你得到这个之前。它似乎
很高兴玛蒂看起来很舒服。我希望她可能是
能够做更多的事情
任务场。这将是
这样的满足她。
昨天是中国新年
这里的中国人有礼拜堂
和学校房间很好地固定
起来接待游客，用蛋糕茶招待他们
橘子等。我们的天气是
不太像冰冻
你所说的天气。
现在就像光明一样
春天的天气。事情是
长得很好，一切都很好
看起来是绿色的。我想你
会想知道我们的
前景是。好吧，我们是
仍然在这里“坚守堡垒”。我
收到洛瑞医生的来信
上周一，他
说董事会离开
整个销售和转让事宜
这个站在手中
Cordit 先生、Kerr 医生和我自己。
如果我们同意他们（董事会）
将出售给UP Board。我
已写信给 Kerr & Cordit
& 会收到他们的来信
几天。不过我知道
科迪特先生赞成
计划，不要假设
克尔博士有任何反对意见，所以
就在我们这边
事情已经基本完成。
内文先生有
和家人搬到这里
&我想没有
很怀疑，但他们会留下来，
虽然他下来“在
提前”（正如劳里医生所写的）“任何
董事会的正式行动。”他
（内文先生）写信给秘书
UP Board 左右中间
Jan 并期待回复
很快。因此，我们离开的可能性很大
很久以前在这里，不是
本月中旬之前&
也许不是在末日之前。
洛瑞医生建议我们
去萨克拉门托直到我们回来
去中国或旧金山，如果
这里的传教士认为
会更好。他写给我真实的
好亲切的信件。除了
我想搬家的麻烦
我们会发现同样好
和有用的工作在这些中的任何一个
像这里这样的地方&我想
就我们现在所见
秋天去中国。我
找到打开的方式一样快
我们需要知道它。的事
离开这里以及何时去何地
我一点也不担心。
我很高兴你喜欢宝宝的照片。
他有一个真正的聪明有趣
小脸。在他的其他品质中
他似乎想了很多
他的父亲，而不是他认为
很多他的母亲和他的阿姨
May A---n 也是。他仍然保持良好
& 重 23 1/2 磅。一切都很好
一如既往地爱所有人
从亨利。
My dear Father
I was glad to get
your good letter this week and
also Mother's... I will answer
hers next week. I have mis-
laid the letters but I do
not remember that there were
any questions to be answered
in it. Am glad to hear that
you are all well. I got letters
from Mattie & Hattie yesterday
& so know you will have
heard from them a few days
before you get this. It seems
nice that Mattie seems so com-
fortable. I hope she may be
able to do something more in
the mission field. It would be
such a satisfaction to her.
Yesterday was Chinese New Years
The Chinese here had the chapel
& school room nicely fixed
up and received visitors en-
tertaining them with cake tea
oranges &c &c. Our weather is
not much like the freezing
weather that you speak about.
It is now just like bright
spring weather. Things are
growing nicely and everything
looks green. I suppose you
will want to know what our
prospects are. Well we are
still "holding the fort" here. I
got a letter from1 Dr Lowrie
last Monday in which he
says the Board leave the
whole matter of sale & transfer
of this station in the hands
of Mr Cordit Dr Kerr & myself.
If we concur they (the Board)
will sell to the U P Board. I
have written to Kerr & Cordit
& will hear from them in
a few days. I know however
that Mr Cordit is in favor
of the plan, and do not suppose
Dr Kerr has any objection, so
that so far as our side of the
matter stands the thing is substan-
tially finished. Mr Nevin has
moved down here with his family
& I suppose there is not
much doubt but they will stay,
although he came down "in
advance" (as Dr Lowrie writes) "of any
formal action of his Board." He
(Mr Nevin) wrote to the Secretary of the
U P Board about the middle
of Jan and expects a reply
soon. The strong probability there-
fore is that we shall leave
here before a great while, not
before the middle of this month &
perhaps not before the End.
Dr Lowrie suggests that we
go to Sacramento until our return
to China or to San Francisco if
the missionaries here think that would
be better. He writes me real
good kind letters. Aside from
the trouble of moving I presume
we shall find just as good
& useful work at either of these
places as here & will I suppose
so far as we can see now
leave for China in the fall. I
find the way opens up as fast as
we need to know it. The matter of
leaving here & when to go and where
to go has not troubled me at all.
I am glad you like baby's picture.
He has a real intelligent interesting
little face. Among his other qualities
he seems to think a great deal of
his father, not but that he thinks a
great deal of his mother & his aunt
May A---n too. He still keeps well
& weighs 23 1/2 lbs. The are all well
as usual Ever so much love for all
from Henry.
洛杉矶 1878 年 2 月 2 日
我亲爱的父亲
我很高兴得到
你这周的好信和
还有妈妈的……我会回答的
下周她的。我把信放错了，但我确实
不记得有
任何需要回答的问题
在里面。很高兴听到这个消息
你们都很好。我收到了信
来自玛蒂和海蒂昨天
&所以知道你会有
几天收到他们的来信
在你得到这个之前。它似乎
很高兴玛蒂看起来很舒服。我希望她可能是
能够做更多的事情
任务场。这将是
这样的满足她。
昨天是中国新年
这里的中国人有礼拜堂
和学校房间很好地固定
起来接待游客，用蛋糕茶招待他们
橘子等。我们的天气是
不太像冰冻
你所说的天气。
现在就像光明一样
春天的天气。事情是
长得很好，一切都很好
看起来是绿色的。我想你
会想知道我们的
前景是。好吧，我们是
仍然在这里“坚守堡垒”。我
收到洛瑞医生的来信
上周一，他
说董事会离开
整个销售和转让事宜
这个站在手中
Cordit 先生、Kerr 医生和我自己。
如果我们同意他们（董事会）
将出售给UP Board。我
已写信给 Kerr & Cordit
& 会收到他们的来信
几天。不过我知道
科迪特先生赞成
计划，不要假设
克尔博士有任何反对意见，所以
就在我们这边
事情已经基本完成。
内文先生有
和家人搬到这里
&我想没有
很怀疑，但他们会留下来，
虽然他下来“在
提前”（正如劳里医生所写的）“任何
董事会的正式行动。”他
（内文先生）写信给秘书
UP Board 左右中间
Jan 并期待回复
很快。因此，我们离开的可能性很大
很久以前在这里，不是
本月中旬之前&
也许不是在末日之前。
洛瑞医生建议我们
去萨克拉门托直到我们回来
去中国或旧金山，如果
这里的传教士认为
会更好。他写给我真实的
好亲切的信件。除了
我想搬家的麻烦
我们会发现同样好
和有用的工作在这些中的任何一个
像这里这样的地方&我想
就我们现在所见
秋天去中国。我
找到打开的方式一样快
我们需要知道它。的事
离开这里以及何时去何地
我一点也不担心。
我很高兴你喜欢宝宝的照片。
他有一个真正的聪明有趣
小脸。在他的其他品质中
他似乎想了很多
他的父亲，而不是他认为
很多他的母亲和他的阿姨
May A---n 也是。他仍然保持良好
& 重 23 1/2 磅。一切都很好
一如既往地爱所有人
从亨利。
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Father, February 2, 1878,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 25, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/632.