Letter from Henry to Mary, December 9, 1870
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Letter from Henry to Mary, December 9, 1870
Subject
Weight; Boarding schools; Telegraphs; War
Description
Henry writes to his sister Mary inquiring about what she looks like now. He is sad to hear that Frank is feeling unwell. He tells her about the plans for a boy's boarding school. Henry goes on about family friends. The telegram brought news of war between Russia and Turkey, and that England and Australia will side with Turkey. He hopes it is a rumor.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
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The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1870-12-09
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Canton Dec 9th 1870
My dear Sister Mary -
It is a long time
very since I have written to you
is'nt it? I got down my big book to
night to see when + I found it was
last April. Too bad is'nt it. Well
first of all I must Express my great
obligations for all the good letters you
have written to us during that time.
Now let me ask you confidentially
a little question. Your modesty would
keep you very quiet about it unless
I asked you. Well Every time I look
at that picture with six girls sitting
in it and all of them my sisters I
wonder whether that little one in the
middle looks as she used to For
somehow I have got an impression
that some one wrote to me that after
she was sick her hair came out
[u]curly[/u]. Now I want to know if
is now [u]curly[/u] or [u]straight[/u]. You will
yell me now wont you?
I am so sorry to hear from
the home letters that Frank is so
unwell. You must give them very
warmest sympathy . I think about
him often. I do hope we shall soon
hear of his being better.
You spoke about losing the plan
of our house . Well since the last mail
went we have pretty near come to
the conclusion that we will leave
this house after awhile. We have
sent home by this mail an application
for funds to start a boy's boarding school
+ I suppose will probably by next mail
send home one for a girl's boarding
school. In case this is granted
I suppose Hattie will have charge
of it. The building would be put on
a vacant lot belonging to the
mission near Dr Happer's + of course
we should move there. I have little
doubt that this will Eventually be
done. But probably we shall stay
where we are for another year
at least + so the plan that you
got will answer for that long in
your memory as you have lost
the plan itself. Where we have got
the plan for our [u]new[/u] house fin-
ished We shall let you know.
The news that you sent
about the happy circumstances in
which Cyrus finds himself placed
reached us by the last mail. I
appreciate all the more their kind-
ness in giving us such timely in-
formation when it was such a
profound secret at home. Of course
it had all been finished a good
while before the letters got to us.
I have met "NEttie Pearson" now
[u]Mrs C Crane[/u]. Cynthia + I
visited at her father's house when
we went to Columbus + it is
one of those visits which will hold
a place in my memory forever. I
liked the whole family very much
indeed + the sad death of the
father not very long after impressed
itself deeply on my mind. I re-
member what a bitter cold night it
was when he took us several
miles to the depot + how he in-
sisted upon us having the seat
while he managed to get along
between us. He was one of those
men whose goodness + deep interest
in what pertained to the welfare
of Zion was too Evident to be mistaken
+ without [--Eff--] any display of it
on his part was abundantly man-
ifest to Every one. Well I wish
Cyrus + his wife a happy + useful
life. Your reference to "our darling
Cynthia" calls back to mind
that Evening to which you [--sp--] refer
on the 12th of Oct 1865. Yes she did
look beautiful then but not so
beautiful as that last afternoon of
her life in Macao. I have often
wished that the dear home ones could
have seen her then. And dear
Hannah how I should like to visit
the spot where she sleeps. They are
together in heaven + I love to
think they know each other there.
When we last wrote there was
considerable Excitement here by
various stories put into circulation
in reference to foreigners but this
Excitement has now passed away.
The Authorities are Evidently de-
termined on keeping matters quiet
+ will no doubt succeed. The
gentry who have quite as much
influence as the Authorities have
issued a paper[--s--] stating that these
stories are false + calling upon the
people not to make disturbance
We have just heard here that
a telegram announces war between
Russia + Turkey + that England +
Austria will join with Turkey. I
still hope that this only a rumor
How dreadful it would be if all
Europe nearly should thus be in-
volved in war - but he will
overturn + overturn until He shall
come [?whose right?] it is + the kingdoms
[--of--]
of this world shall become the
kingdoms or our Lord and of his
Christ.
In regard to my own personal
self Mary I am well + weight
152 1/2 lbs. Hattie thinks she is fat
but you will be able to judge of
that from the pictures we sent by
the last mail. I am still studying
away at the Chinese. I am getting
to talk it somewhat better than for-
merly. I now go into a chapel in
the city Every day Except when I
visit the country schools or preach
in the hospital. Some native assistant
preaches in the chapel Every day. Some-
times I talk + sometimes I
do not. I calculate to go a little
Early + talk + gather the people
until the assistant comes. People
come in better when a foreigner is
present.-- So I comfort myself that
I am perhaps doing some good if
I am the means of getting more
people into the chapel.
Our communion services
last Sabbath were very interesting.
There were five added in Ex-
amination. Two of them were Dr
Happer's daughters Mary + Verdie.
Then there were three Chinese -- two
from the boy's training school +
one woman who lives not very
far from Dr Happers. Well I must
stop as I want to write a letter
to Sarah yet to night. I am glad
she has got such a nice place +
hope she will Enjoy it very much
+ do much good. Give a great
deal of love to all the dear ones +
accept much for yourself from
Your Aff Brother
HEnry
广州 1870 年 12 月 9 日
我亲爱的玛丽姐妹——
这是很长一段时间
自从我写信给你
不是吗？我放下我的大书
晚上看看什么时候，我发现它是
去年四月。太糟糕了不是吗？出色地
首先我必须表达我的伟大
对你所有好信的义务
在那段时间写信给我们。
现在让我秘密地问你
一个小问题。你的谦虚会
让你保持沉默，除非
我问过你。好吧，每次我看
在那张与六个女孩坐在一起的照片中
在里面，还有我的姐妹们，我
想知道那个小家伙在
中间看起来像她以前一样
不知怎的，我有一个印象
有人写信给我之后
她病了，头发都掉了
卷曲。现在我想知道是否
现在是卷曲或笔直。你会
现在喊我好吗？
我很抱歉听到
弗兰克的家信
不适。你必须给他们非常
最热烈的同情。我想想
他经常。我真希望我们很快
听说他好多了。
你谈到失去计划
我们家的。自从上次邮件以来
我们已经很接近了
我们将离开的结论
过了一会儿这个房子。我们有
通过这封邮件寄回家申请
为开办男孩寄宿学校的资金
我想可能会在下一封邮件中
寄回家一个女孩寄宿
学校。如果这被授予
我想海蒂会负责
其中。该建筑将被放置
属于的空地
哈珀医生附近的任务，当然还有
我们应该搬到那里。我很少
怀疑这最终会是
完毕。但也许我们会留下来
我们又在哪里
至少等你的计划
got 会回答那么久
你失去的记忆
计划本身。我们在哪里
我们新房子的计划已经完成，我们会通知你的。
你发送的消息
关于幸福的境遇
赛勒斯发现自己放置在
通过最后一封邮件到达我们。我
更加感谢他们在如此及时的情况下为我们提供如此及时的信息的好意
家里的大秘密。当然
一切都结束了
在信件到达我们之前。
我现在遇到了“Nettie Pearson”
C 克兰夫人。辛西娅和我
访问她父亲的房子时
我们去了哥伦布，它是
将举行的访问之一
在我的记忆中永远的地方。我
非常喜欢全家
确实和悲伤的死亡
父亲没多久就打动了
它深深地印在我的脑海里。我记得一个寒冷的夜晚是多么的苦涩
当他带我们几个
几英里到车站，他是如何坚持让我们有座位的
虽然他设法相处
我们之间。他就是其中之一
善良和浓厚兴趣的人
与福利有关的事情
锡安太明显了，不会弄错
并且没有任何显示
在他的部分是充分地表现给每一个人。好吧，我希望
赛勒斯和他的妻子幸福而有用
生活。你提到“我们的宝贝
辛西娅”唤回脑海
你提到的那个晚上
1865 年 10 月 12 日。是的，她做到了
那时看起来很漂亮，但并非如此
像最后一个下午一样美丽
她在澳门的生活。我经常
希望亲爱的家人可以
那时见过她。亲爱的
汉娜，我想去看看
她睡觉的地方。他们是
一起在天堂，我喜欢
以为他们在那里认识。
我们上次写的时候有
相当兴奋在这里
各种故事流传开来
关于外国人，但这
现在兴奋已经过去了。
当局显然决心保持沉默
并且毫无疑问会成功。这
拥有相当多的绅士
当局的影响力
发表了一篇论文，指出这些
故事是虚假的，并呼吁
人勿扰
我们刚刚在这里听说
电报宣布之间的战争
俄罗斯和土耳其以及英国和
奥地利将加入土耳其。我
还是希望这只是谣言
如果一切都将是多么可怕
欧洲几乎应该因此卷入战争——
但他会
倾覆又倾覆，直到他应
来吧，谁的权利和王国
这个世界将成为
王国或我们的主和他的
基督。
关于我自己的个人
自我玛丽我很好，体重
152 1/2 磅。海蒂认为她很胖
但你将能够判断
从我们发送的图片中
最后一封邮件。我还在学习
远离中国人。我正进入（状态
说得比以前好一些。我现在走进一个小教堂
这座城市每天除了我
参观乡村学校或讲道
在医院。一些本地助手
每天在教堂里讲道。有时我说话有时我
不要。我算走一点
早说聚众
直到助理来。人们
当外国人进来时更好
现在--所以我安慰自己
如果我可能会做一些好事
我是获得更多的手段
人进了礼拜堂。
我们的圣餐服务
上个安息日非常有趣。
考试中增加了五个。其中两个是哈珀医生的
女儿玛丽和威尔迪。
然后是三个中国人——两个
从男孩的培训学校和
一个生活不太好的女人
远离哈珀斯医生。 好吧，我必须
停下来，我想写封信
到莎拉还没有到晚上。 我很高兴
她有这么好的地方
希望她会非常喜欢
并且做很多好事。 给一个很棒的
对所有亲爱的人的爱和
为自己接受很多
你的兄弟
亨利
My dear Sister Mary -
It is a long time
very since I have written to you
is'nt it? I got down my big book to
night to see when + I found it was
last April. Too bad is'nt it. Well
first of all I must Express my great
obligations for all the good letters you
have written to us during that time.
Now let me ask you confidentially
a little question. Your modesty would
keep you very quiet about it unless
I asked you. Well Every time I look
at that picture with six girls sitting
in it and all of them my sisters I
wonder whether that little one in the
middle looks as she used to For
somehow I have got an impression
that some one wrote to me that after
she was sick her hair came out
[u]curly[/u]. Now I want to know if
is now [u]curly[/u] or [u]straight[/u]. You will
yell me now wont you?
I am so sorry to hear from
the home letters that Frank is so
unwell. You must give them very
warmest sympathy . I think about
him often. I do hope we shall soon
hear of his being better.
You spoke about losing the plan
of our house . Well since the last mail
went we have pretty near come to
the conclusion that we will leave
this house after awhile. We have
sent home by this mail an application
for funds to start a boy's boarding school
+ I suppose will probably by next mail
send home one for a girl's boarding
school. In case this is granted
I suppose Hattie will have charge
of it. The building would be put on
a vacant lot belonging to the
mission near Dr Happer's + of course
we should move there. I have little
doubt that this will Eventually be
done. But probably we shall stay
where we are for another year
at least + so the plan that you
got will answer for that long in
your memory as you have lost
the plan itself. Where we have got
the plan for our [u]new[/u] house fin-
ished We shall let you know.
The news that you sent
about the happy circumstances in
which Cyrus finds himself placed
reached us by the last mail. I
appreciate all the more their kind-
ness in giving us such timely in-
formation when it was such a
profound secret at home. Of course
it had all been finished a good
while before the letters got to us.
I have met "NEttie Pearson" now
[u]Mrs C Crane[/u]. Cynthia + I
visited at her father's house when
we went to Columbus + it is
one of those visits which will hold
a place in my memory forever. I
liked the whole family very much
indeed + the sad death of the
father not very long after impressed
itself deeply on my mind. I re-
member what a bitter cold night it
was when he took us several
miles to the depot + how he in-
sisted upon us having the seat
while he managed to get along
between us. He was one of those
men whose goodness + deep interest
in what pertained to the welfare
of Zion was too Evident to be mistaken
+ without [--Eff--] any display of it
on his part was abundantly man-
ifest to Every one. Well I wish
Cyrus + his wife a happy + useful
life. Your reference to "our darling
Cynthia" calls back to mind
that Evening to which you [--sp--] refer
on the 12th of Oct 1865. Yes she did
look beautiful then but not so
beautiful as that last afternoon of
her life in Macao. I have often
wished that the dear home ones could
have seen her then. And dear
Hannah how I should like to visit
the spot where she sleeps. They are
together in heaven + I love to
think they know each other there.
When we last wrote there was
considerable Excitement here by
various stories put into circulation
in reference to foreigners but this
Excitement has now passed away.
The Authorities are Evidently de-
termined on keeping matters quiet
+ will no doubt succeed. The
gentry who have quite as much
influence as the Authorities have
issued a paper[--s--] stating that these
stories are false + calling upon the
people not to make disturbance
We have just heard here that
a telegram announces war between
Russia + Turkey + that England +
Austria will join with Turkey. I
still hope that this only a rumor
How dreadful it would be if all
Europe nearly should thus be in-
volved in war - but he will
overturn + overturn until He shall
come [?whose right?] it is + the kingdoms
[--of--]
of this world shall become the
kingdoms or our Lord and of his
Christ.
In regard to my own personal
self Mary I am well + weight
152 1/2 lbs. Hattie thinks she is fat
but you will be able to judge of
that from the pictures we sent by
the last mail. I am still studying
away at the Chinese. I am getting
to talk it somewhat better than for-
merly. I now go into a chapel in
the city Every day Except when I
visit the country schools or preach
in the hospital. Some native assistant
preaches in the chapel Every day. Some-
times I talk + sometimes I
do not. I calculate to go a little
Early + talk + gather the people
until the assistant comes. People
come in better when a foreigner is
present.-- So I comfort myself that
I am perhaps doing some good if
I am the means of getting more
people into the chapel.
Our communion services
last Sabbath were very interesting.
There were five added in Ex-
amination. Two of them were Dr
Happer's daughters Mary + Verdie.
Then there were three Chinese -- two
from the boy's training school +
one woman who lives not very
far from Dr Happers. Well I must
stop as I want to write a letter
to Sarah yet to night. I am glad
she has got such a nice place +
hope she will Enjoy it very much
+ do much good. Give a great
deal of love to all the dear ones +
accept much for yourself from
Your Aff Brother
HEnry
广州 1870 年 12 月 9 日
我亲爱的玛丽姐妹——
这是很长一段时间
自从我写信给你
不是吗？我放下我的大书
晚上看看什么时候，我发现它是
去年四月。太糟糕了不是吗？出色地
首先我必须表达我的伟大
对你所有好信的义务
在那段时间写信给我们。
现在让我秘密地问你
一个小问题。你的谦虚会
让你保持沉默，除非
我问过你。好吧，每次我看
在那张与六个女孩坐在一起的照片中
在里面，还有我的姐妹们，我
想知道那个小家伙在
中间看起来像她以前一样
不知怎的，我有一个印象
有人写信给我之后
她病了，头发都掉了
卷曲。现在我想知道是否
现在是卷曲或笔直。你会
现在喊我好吗？
我很抱歉听到
弗兰克的家信
不适。你必须给他们非常
最热烈的同情。我想想
他经常。我真希望我们很快
听说他好多了。
你谈到失去计划
我们家的。自从上次邮件以来
我们已经很接近了
我们将离开的结论
过了一会儿这个房子。我们有
通过这封邮件寄回家申请
为开办男孩寄宿学校的资金
我想可能会在下一封邮件中
寄回家一个女孩寄宿
学校。如果这被授予
我想海蒂会负责
其中。该建筑将被放置
属于的空地
哈珀医生附近的任务，当然还有
我们应该搬到那里。我很少
怀疑这最终会是
完毕。但也许我们会留下来
我们又在哪里
至少等你的计划
got 会回答那么久
你失去的记忆
计划本身。我们在哪里
我们新房子的计划已经完成，我们会通知你的。
你发送的消息
关于幸福的境遇
赛勒斯发现自己放置在
通过最后一封邮件到达我们。我
更加感谢他们在如此及时的情况下为我们提供如此及时的信息的好意
家里的大秘密。当然
一切都结束了
在信件到达我们之前。
我现在遇到了“Nettie Pearson”
C 克兰夫人。辛西娅和我
访问她父亲的房子时
我们去了哥伦布，它是
将举行的访问之一
在我的记忆中永远的地方。我
非常喜欢全家
确实和悲伤的死亡
父亲没多久就打动了
它深深地印在我的脑海里。我记得一个寒冷的夜晚是多么的苦涩
当他带我们几个
几英里到车站，他是如何坚持让我们有座位的
虽然他设法相处
我们之间。他就是其中之一
善良和浓厚兴趣的人
与福利有关的事情
锡安太明显了，不会弄错
并且没有任何显示
在他的部分是充分地表现给每一个人。好吧，我希望
赛勒斯和他的妻子幸福而有用
生活。你提到“我们的宝贝
辛西娅”唤回脑海
你提到的那个晚上
1865 年 10 月 12 日。是的，她做到了
那时看起来很漂亮，但并非如此
像最后一个下午一样美丽
她在澳门的生活。我经常
希望亲爱的家人可以
那时见过她。亲爱的
汉娜，我想去看看
她睡觉的地方。他们是
一起在天堂，我喜欢
以为他们在那里认识。
我们上次写的时候有
相当兴奋在这里
各种故事流传开来
关于外国人，但这
现在兴奋已经过去了。
当局显然决心保持沉默
并且毫无疑问会成功。这
拥有相当多的绅士
当局的影响力
发表了一篇论文，指出这些
故事是虚假的，并呼吁
人勿扰
我们刚刚在这里听说
电报宣布之间的战争
俄罗斯和土耳其以及英国和
奥地利将加入土耳其。我
还是希望这只是谣言
如果一切都将是多么可怕
欧洲几乎应该因此卷入战争——
但他会
倾覆又倾覆，直到他应
来吧，谁的权利和王国
这个世界将成为
王国或我们的主和他的
基督。
关于我自己的个人
自我玛丽我很好，体重
152 1/2 磅。海蒂认为她很胖
但你将能够判断
从我们发送的图片中
最后一封邮件。我还在学习
远离中国人。我正进入（状态
说得比以前好一些。我现在走进一个小教堂
这座城市每天除了我
参观乡村学校或讲道
在医院。一些本地助手
每天在教堂里讲道。有时我说话有时我
不要。我算走一点
早说聚众
直到助理来。人们
当外国人进来时更好
现在--所以我安慰自己
如果我可能会做一些好事
我是获得更多的手段
人进了礼拜堂。
我们的圣餐服务
上个安息日非常有趣。
考试中增加了五个。其中两个是哈珀医生的
女儿玛丽和威尔迪。
然后是三个中国人——两个
从男孩的培训学校和
一个生活不太好的女人
远离哈珀斯医生。 好吧，我必须
停下来，我想写封信
到莎拉还没有到晚上。 我很高兴
她有这么好的地方
希望她会非常喜欢
并且做很多好事。 给一个很棒的
对所有亲爱的人的爱和
为自己接受很多
你的兄弟
亨利
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Mary, December 9, 1870,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 25, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/781.