Letter from Hattie to Edward, May 23, 1868
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Letter from Hattie to Edward, May 23, 1868
Subject
Health; Railroads; Music teachers; Political parties; Journals (Diaries)
Description
Harriet is glad that Edward seems to be recovering. She asks about the university at Wooster and about a new editor that might publish a new paper in Seville. This new editor is a Democrat and she feels sorry for that. Harriet tells her brother that she will be a music teacher. Edward is thinking about publishing Harriet's journal and she thinks that some things should be fixed before doing so.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1868-05-23
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eng (English)
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Canton China
May 23d /68
My [u] dear [/u] [u] Brother [/u] [u] Edward [/u],
I feel as though
I must send you a few lines although
the time for writing for this mail
is rapidly slipping away. I am so
rejoiced to know that you are getting
so strong again. We can hardly
realize as we sit down with our fans
to read your letters that they were
written in the midst of snow & ice.
From what we hear you must have
had a very severe winter Mr Vrooman
says his brother writes from Michigan
with the thermometer at 27 below
I do hope they will put that railroad
through this time is it the one running
through our field. And how does
the university at Wooster come on.
I certainly would like to see you
in army blue I imagine you as
looking just about like Cyrus.
Tell me if you are teaching music
now "and how much". I am getting
to be a musical professor in "my poor
way" as Father Hughes would say
I sing a while every morning with
the little girls. Two of them as yet
cannot seem to get any idea of it.
I spent a long time with them the
other morning & finally succeeded in
getting them so that they could sing
Do & Re but not another step in the
scale. I am afraid they will never be
able to learn to sing. You speak of a
new Editor is he going to publish a paper
in Seville. I am sorry he is a Democrat
but if he is a real good O S Presbyterian
I will think about that instead of his
politics. You speak of publishing my
journal. I presume that long ere this
the sober second thought has come that
it would not be best. But if not and
you think it would afford qualification
to any of my friends & can find any
Editor who is not too much appalled at the
length to undertake such a job, you can
do [u] just [/u] [u] as [/u] [u] you [/u] [u] think [/u] [u] best [/u] I certainly
never thought of such a thing or I would
have been more careful in writing it but
of course if it should be published you would
fix it over for me, & make all the corrections
you can think of. But I have no doubt
but by the time you have waded through
to the last page of what I sent from here
you will have reached the conclusion
that it would not be worthwhile to think
of it. The only reason in favor of it seems to
me to be that the route from California is
as yet comparatively new. If it should be
published I would be glad if you would
have a copy sent to "Mrs E M Newman
Springfield Md" as I fear she has not
received any of my letters. Henry has
had his own time making fun of me for
writing as I believe I did that the Great Republic
carried 5200 pounds instead of tons & of a
pear in California measuring [u] after [/u] [u] it [/u] [u] was [/u] [u] cut [/u]
open 16 inches one way & 14 the other Of course
it must have been the circumference but that
was what the lady told me & I did not stop
to think how "steep" it was. If they do publish
a paper in Seville of course we would want
to be subscribers.
[Written vertically]
And now good night. Your [u] own [/u] [u] loving [/u] [u] sister [/u] Hattie.
中国广东
68 年 5 月 23 日
我亲爱的爱德华弟兄，
我觉得好像
我必须给你寄几行，虽然
写这封邮件的时间
正在迅速溜走。我是如此
很高兴知道你得到
再次如此强大。我们很难
当我们与粉丝坐下来时意识到
读你的信
写在冰雪之中。
从我们听到的你必须有
弗鲁曼先生度过了一个非常严酷的冬天
说他的兄弟从密歇根写信
温度计在27以下
我真希望他们能把那条铁路
通过这个时间是它运行的那个吗
通过我们的领域。以及如何
伍斯特大学加油。
我当然想见你
在军蓝色我想你是
看起来就像赛勒斯。
告诉我你是否在教音乐
现在“和多少”。我正进入（状态
成为“我的穷人”中的音乐教授
方式”正如休斯神父所说
我每天早上和
小女孩们。其中两个还
似乎对此一无所知。
我和他们一起度过了很长时间
另一个早上，终于成功了
让他们唱歌
做与重新但不是另一个步骤
规模。恐怕他们永远不会
能够学会唱歌。你说一个
新编辑他要发表论文吗
在塞维利亚。我很抱歉他是民主党人
但如果他是一个真正优秀的 OS Presbyterian
我会考虑这个而不是他的
政治。你说出版我的
杂志。我想在这之前很久
清醒的第二个想法来了
这不是最好的。但如果不是和
你认为它会提供资格
给我的任何朋友&可以找到任何
不太惊慌的编辑
从事这样的工作，你可以
做你认为最好的我当然
从来没有想过这样的事情，否则我会
写得更仔细了，但是
当然，如果它应该出版，你会
帮我修复它，并进行所有更正
你可以想到。但我毫不怀疑
但等你涉水而过
到我从这里发送的最后一页
你会得出结论
不值得去想
其中。支持它的唯一理由似乎是
我要说从加利福尼亚出发的路线是
还比较新。如果应该是
如果你愿意，我会很高兴
将副本发送给“E M 纽曼夫人”
斯普林菲尔德马里兰”，因为我担心她没有
收到我的任何一封信。亨利有
有他自己的时间取笑我
像我相信我所做的那样写作伟大的共和国
运载 5200 磅而不是吨
切开后在加利福尼亚测量的梨
一种方式打开 16 英寸，另一种方式打开 14 英寸当然
它一定是圆周但是
是那位女士告诉我的，我没有停下来
想想它有多“陡峭”。如果他们确实发布
我们当然想要塞维利亚的一篇论文
成为订阅者。
【竖着写】
现在晚安。你自己的爱妹妹海蒂。
May 23d /68
My [u] dear [/u] [u] Brother [/u] [u] Edward [/u],
I feel as though
I must send you a few lines although
the time for writing for this mail
is rapidly slipping away. I am so
rejoiced to know that you are getting
so strong again. We can hardly
realize as we sit down with our fans
to read your letters that they were
written in the midst of snow & ice.
From what we hear you must have
had a very severe winter Mr Vrooman
says his brother writes from Michigan
with the thermometer at 27 below
I do hope they will put that railroad
through this time is it the one running
through our field. And how does
the university at Wooster come on.
I certainly would like to see you
in army blue I imagine you as
looking just about like Cyrus.
Tell me if you are teaching music
now "and how much". I am getting
to be a musical professor in "my poor
way" as Father Hughes would say
I sing a while every morning with
the little girls. Two of them as yet
cannot seem to get any idea of it.
I spent a long time with them the
other morning & finally succeeded in
getting them so that they could sing
Do & Re but not another step in the
scale. I am afraid they will never be
able to learn to sing. You speak of a
new Editor is he going to publish a paper
in Seville. I am sorry he is a Democrat
but if he is a real good O S Presbyterian
I will think about that instead of his
politics. You speak of publishing my
journal. I presume that long ere this
the sober second thought has come that
it would not be best. But if not and
you think it would afford qualification
to any of my friends & can find any
Editor who is not too much appalled at the
length to undertake such a job, you can
do [u] just [/u] [u] as [/u] [u] you [/u] [u] think [/u] [u] best [/u] I certainly
never thought of such a thing or I would
have been more careful in writing it but
of course if it should be published you would
fix it over for me, & make all the corrections
you can think of. But I have no doubt
but by the time you have waded through
to the last page of what I sent from here
you will have reached the conclusion
that it would not be worthwhile to think
of it. The only reason in favor of it seems to
me to be that the route from California is
as yet comparatively new. If it should be
published I would be glad if you would
have a copy sent to "Mrs E M Newman
Springfield Md" as I fear she has not
received any of my letters. Henry has
had his own time making fun of me for
writing as I believe I did that the Great Republic
carried 5200 pounds instead of tons & of a
pear in California measuring [u] after [/u] [u] it [/u] [u] was [/u] [u] cut [/u]
open 16 inches one way & 14 the other Of course
it must have been the circumference but that
was what the lady told me & I did not stop
to think how "steep" it was. If they do publish
a paper in Seville of course we would want
to be subscribers.
[Written vertically]
And now good night. Your [u] own [/u] [u] loving [/u] [u] sister [/u] Hattie.
中国广东
68 年 5 月 23 日
我亲爱的爱德华弟兄，
我觉得好像
我必须给你寄几行，虽然
写这封邮件的时间
正在迅速溜走。我是如此
很高兴知道你得到
再次如此强大。我们很难
当我们与粉丝坐下来时意识到
读你的信
写在冰雪之中。
从我们听到的你必须有
弗鲁曼先生度过了一个非常严酷的冬天
说他的兄弟从密歇根写信
温度计在27以下
我真希望他们能把那条铁路
通过这个时间是它运行的那个吗
通过我们的领域。以及如何
伍斯特大学加油。
我当然想见你
在军蓝色我想你是
看起来就像赛勒斯。
告诉我你是否在教音乐
现在“和多少”。我正进入（状态
成为“我的穷人”中的音乐教授
方式”正如休斯神父所说
我每天早上和
小女孩们。其中两个还
似乎对此一无所知。
我和他们一起度过了很长时间
另一个早上，终于成功了
让他们唱歌
做与重新但不是另一个步骤
规模。恐怕他们永远不会
能够学会唱歌。你说一个
新编辑他要发表论文吗
在塞维利亚。我很抱歉他是民主党人
但如果他是一个真正优秀的 OS Presbyterian
我会考虑这个而不是他的
政治。你说出版我的
杂志。我想在这之前很久
清醒的第二个想法来了
这不是最好的。但如果不是和
你认为它会提供资格
给我的任何朋友&可以找到任何
不太惊慌的编辑
从事这样的工作，你可以
做你认为最好的我当然
从来没有想过这样的事情，否则我会
写得更仔细了，但是
当然，如果它应该出版，你会
帮我修复它，并进行所有更正
你可以想到。但我毫不怀疑
但等你涉水而过
到我从这里发送的最后一页
你会得出结论
不值得去想
其中。支持它的唯一理由似乎是
我要说从加利福尼亚出发的路线是
还比较新。如果应该是
如果你愿意，我会很高兴
将副本发送给“E M 纽曼夫人”
斯普林菲尔德马里兰”，因为我担心她没有
收到我的任何一封信。亨利有
有他自己的时间取笑我
像我相信我所做的那样写作伟大的共和国
运载 5200 磅而不是吨
切开后在加利福尼亚测量的梨
一种方式打开 16 英寸，另一种方式打开 14 英寸当然
它一定是圆周但是
是那位女士告诉我的，我没有停下来
想想它有多“陡峭”。如果他们确实发布
我们当然想要塞维利亚的一篇论文
成为订阅者。
【竖着写】
现在晚安。你自己的爱妹妹海蒂。
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Edward, May 23, 1868,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/721.