Letter from Henry to Mother, December 3, 1879
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Title
Letter from Henry to Mother, December 3, 1879
Subject
Travel; Pictures; Children; Hospitals; Heart failure
Description
In this letter, Henry writes to his mother about arriving from his trip and expects there to be more country work in the future that both Mr. Henry and Dr. Kerr enjoy. He writes about his baby, William, and about teaching him the alphabet and reading to him. Henry goes on to mention how William liked visiting the Chinese and has hopes that he will help them in the future.
Creator
Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1879-12-03
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_670
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Text
Canton Dec 3 1879
My dear Mother
As I do not recollect
to whom I wrote last I am
going to send a few lines
to those from whom I received
letters. We found our
letters and papers lying on
the table when we [?arrived?]
[--from--] from our country trip
of which I wrote just now
In my letter to Edward.
It is very fine weather for
such trips at this season
of the year. I found when
we got back that Mr Henry
had been away for a week
and day after to morrow
he and Dr Kerr are thinking
of going again. I expect
there will be a good deal more
country work done than formerly.
Mr Henry likes it, Dr Kerr likes
it when he can get away from
the hospital which is but sel-
dom and I like it [--then--]
We shall be getting more stations
all the time. Baby made
a good deal of use of the
little primer you sent him
on the trip. He liked the
pictures and most every
day would bring it to
me to be taught the letters.
He can say all the letters
[--after--] in his way but does not
recognize many of them
when he sees them. He
knows O which is the
first letter children usually
learn I believe. One day
he brought his book and
kept turning the leaves as
though he was looking
for something. Finally he
found it. It was the
picture for Z on the
last page which stands
for Zechariah and it is
the picture of a boy who
did not want to go to
bed, but was crying with
his mouth wide open. When
Willie had found the picture
he straightened himself up
threw back his head and
opened his mouth as wide
as he could and stretched out both hands like the boy in the picture as much as
to say "Here he is". He
is a great strong boy now
and eats rice like a
Chinaman. While in the
country he liked to go ashore
and make long visits among
the Chinese. I hope he will
grow up to do them good
I presume the girls will
write to you about the
Dunlap's. They are on their
way home from Siam.
His health has failed entirely.
They are very sorry to leave
their work but he cannot
stay. He is quite weak has
some trouble with his heart.
Dr Kerr thinks there is a
chance of his recovery
at home. He told me
yesterday morning that he
thought he would get to
our house sometime. I hope
he will. He was at Wooster
commencement when Em
graduated and heard her
essay.
Miss Sara Anderson has
also decided to go home. Expects
to leave in Jan and go
by way of England. Now
must close. I am quite
busy today and to-morrow
as I have [--the--] to write the
paper for Conference which meets
to-morrow evening at Dr Happer's
[Continued written vertically]
My subject "[?Contributing?] by the Native Churches. Good bye for
this time We all send love to all Your aff Son Henry
广州 1879 年 12 月 3 日
我亲爱的妈妈
因为我不记得了
我上次写信给谁
将发送几行
给我收到的人
字母。我们找到了我们的
躺在上面的信件和文件
我们到达时的桌子
从我们的乡村旅行
我刚才写的
在我给爱德华的信中。
这是非常好的天气
这个季节这样的旅行
年。我发现什么时候
我们得到了亨利先生的回复
已经离开一周了
后天
他和克尔博士在想
再去一次。我预计
会有更多
比以前完成的乡村工作。
亨利先生喜欢，克尔医生喜欢
当他可以摆脱它时
很少见的医院，我喜欢
我们将获得更多的电台
每时每刻。婴儿制作
大量使用
你寄给他的小入门书
旅游中。他喜欢
图片和大多数
天会把它带到
我被教字母。
他能说出所有的字母
以他的方式，但没有
认识他们中的许多人
当他看到他们。他
知道 O 是
第一个字母的孩子通常
学习我相信。一天
他带来了他的书和
不停地转动树叶
尽管他在寻找
为了某件事。最后他
找到了。这是
Z 上的图片
站立的最后一页
为撒迦利亚，它是
一个男孩的照片
不想去
床，但正在哭着
他的嘴张得大大的。什么时候
威利找到了这张照片
他直起身子
把头往后仰
嘴巴张得那么大
他尽可能地像照片中的男孩一样伸出双手
说“他在这里”。他
现在是个强壮的男孩
和吃米饭一样
中国人。而在
他喜欢上岸的国家
并长期互访
中国人。我希望他会
长大做他们好
估计女生会
写信给你
邓拉普的。他们在他们的
从暹罗回家的路上。
他的健康完全失败了。
他们非常遗憾的离开
他们的工作，但他不能
停留。他很虚弱
他的心有些麻烦。
克尔博士认为存在
他康复的机会
在家。他告诉我
昨天早上他
以为他会去
我们家的某个时候。我希望
他会的。他在伍斯特
开始时Em
毕业并听到了她
散文。
萨拉·安德森小姐有
也决定回家了。期待
一月离开去
通过英格兰。现在
必须关闭。我相当
今天和明天很忙
因为我必须写
会议文件
明天晚上在哈珀医生家
[继续竖写]
我的主题“本地教会的贡献。再见了
这一次，我们都向所有你的儿子亨利送去爱
My dear Mother
As I do not recollect
to whom I wrote last I am
going to send a few lines
to those from whom I received
letters. We found our
letters and papers lying on
the table when we [?arrived?]
[--from--] from our country trip
of which I wrote just now
In my letter to Edward.
It is very fine weather for
such trips at this season
of the year. I found when
we got back that Mr Henry
had been away for a week
and day after to morrow
he and Dr Kerr are thinking
of going again. I expect
there will be a good deal more
country work done than formerly.
Mr Henry likes it, Dr Kerr likes
it when he can get away from
the hospital which is but sel-
dom and I like it [--then--]
We shall be getting more stations
all the time. Baby made
a good deal of use of the
little primer you sent him
on the trip. He liked the
pictures and most every
day would bring it to
me to be taught the letters.
He can say all the letters
[--after--] in his way but does not
recognize many of them
when he sees them. He
knows O which is the
first letter children usually
learn I believe. One day
he brought his book and
kept turning the leaves as
though he was looking
for something. Finally he
found it. It was the
picture for Z on the
last page which stands
for Zechariah and it is
the picture of a boy who
did not want to go to
bed, but was crying with
his mouth wide open. When
Willie had found the picture
he straightened himself up
threw back his head and
opened his mouth as wide
as he could and stretched out both hands like the boy in the picture as much as
to say "Here he is". He
is a great strong boy now
and eats rice like a
Chinaman. While in the
country he liked to go ashore
and make long visits among
the Chinese. I hope he will
grow up to do them good
I presume the girls will
write to you about the
Dunlap's. They are on their
way home from Siam.
His health has failed entirely.
They are very sorry to leave
their work but he cannot
stay. He is quite weak has
some trouble with his heart.
Dr Kerr thinks there is a
chance of his recovery
at home. He told me
yesterday morning that he
thought he would get to
our house sometime. I hope
he will. He was at Wooster
commencement when Em
graduated and heard her
essay.
Miss Sara Anderson has
also decided to go home. Expects
to leave in Jan and go
by way of England. Now
must close. I am quite
busy today and to-morrow
as I have [--the--] to write the
paper for Conference which meets
to-morrow evening at Dr Happer's
[Continued written vertically]
My subject "[?Contributing?] by the Native Churches. Good bye for
this time We all send love to all Your aff Son Henry
广州 1879 年 12 月 3 日
我亲爱的妈妈
因为我不记得了
我上次写信给谁
将发送几行
给我收到的人
字母。我们找到了我们的
躺在上面的信件和文件
我们到达时的桌子
从我们的乡村旅行
我刚才写的
在我给爱德华的信中。
这是非常好的天气
这个季节这样的旅行
年。我发现什么时候
我们得到了亨利先生的回复
已经离开一周了
后天
他和克尔博士在想
再去一次。我预计
会有更多
比以前完成的乡村工作。
亨利先生喜欢，克尔医生喜欢
当他可以摆脱它时
很少见的医院，我喜欢
我们将获得更多的电台
每时每刻。婴儿制作
大量使用
你寄给他的小入门书
旅游中。他喜欢
图片和大多数
天会把它带到
我被教字母。
他能说出所有的字母
以他的方式，但没有
认识他们中的许多人
当他看到他们。他
知道 O 是
第一个字母的孩子通常
学习我相信。一天
他带来了他的书和
不停地转动树叶
尽管他在寻找
为了某件事。最后他
找到了。这是
Z 上的图片
站立的最后一页
为撒迦利亚，它是
一个男孩的照片
不想去
床，但正在哭着
他的嘴张得大大的。什么时候
威利找到了这张照片
他直起身子
把头往后仰
嘴巴张得那么大
他尽可能地像照片中的男孩一样伸出双手
说“他在这里”。他
现在是个强壮的男孩
和吃米饭一样
中国人。而在
他喜欢上岸的国家
并长期互访
中国人。我希望他会
长大做他们好
估计女生会
写信给你
邓拉普的。他们在他们的
从暹罗回家的路上。
他的健康完全失败了。
他们非常遗憾的离开
他们的工作，但他不能
停留。他很虚弱
他的心有些麻烦。
克尔博士认为存在
他康复的机会
在家。他告诉我
昨天早上他
以为他会去
我们家的某个时候。我希望
他会的。他在伍斯特
开始时Em
毕业并听到了她
散文。
萨拉·安德森小姐有
也决定回家了。期待
一月离开去
通过英格兰。现在
必须关闭。我相当
今天和明天很忙
因为我必须写
会议文件
明天晚上在哈珀医生家
[继续竖写]
我的主题“本地教会的贡献。再见了
这一次，我们都向所有你的儿子亨利送去爱
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Citation
Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Mother, December 3, 1879,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/733.