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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Henry Varnum Noyes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Henry Varnum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1911 Description An account of the resource These are letters from Henry Varnum Noyes. Many of the letters were written during his time as a missionary in China, and focus on the well-being of his children and his attempts at evangelizing. Subject The topic of the resource Children; Preaching; Clergy; Tracts; Villages; Missionaries; Presbyterian Church; Christianity; Baptism; Converts; Christian converts; Proselytizing Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton Sept 30th 1886 Dear Bro Edward I think of you this morning as entering on your 53rd year, or being just 52 years old. Your day has not begun yet and so I am in good time. I think of the many many days distance of half the world's surface sep- arated us. Willie & Richard as they play together make me think frequently of our younger days. They are almost always together just as we used to be although there is more difference in their ages. Though it is Autumn now our summer weather is not over yet but [--whe--] we hope it will be soon. September is usually sultry and the past week or two has been so. Some of the letters from home mentioned your harvesting your wheat with a self binder. How different the amount of work from when we cradled it down and bound it all up by hand. I presume you remember as well as I do that hot summer when we cradled old Mr Martin's oats & then we used to think how much we had the advantage of those of old time who used to have to cut all their grain with the sickle China is still like the olden time. All their rice is still cut with a curved knife not as good as the regular sickle. In fact I do not see how they could use machinery very well in this part of the country as the flat ground is so wet. They sometimes harvest the fields standing in water several inches deep. Usually however the fields are dry. When they plough the fields it is usually with a very primitive form of a shovel plow drawn by one of their water-oxen. I wonder they get it done as well as they do. After the grain is harvested it is carried off the field by men with poles. So much about farming and I presume you knew most if not all of what I have written before. It will perhaps interest you to know that by the last mail I got a letter from Dr Ellinwood authorizing us to sell the premises where we now live & buy elsewhere. I do not suppose it will be difficult to sell this house as it is quite in demand as a business place for the Chinese. The difficult matter will be to purchase elsewhere. The Chinese are getting very reluctant to sell even at or near Canton where we have the right by treaty to buy. I hope some place may be found for we very much need a larger place for the school. Besides all the other dis- advantages of this place for a residence we are lately much annoyed by a little black weevil that comes from the [--neighborhood sh--] neighboring shops where they sell ground [?paddy?]. This little black hard shell insect gets an our clothes and books and into over victuals and is a great nuisance. We attended day before yesterday the wedding of one of our best native assistants Ho-Kwai-Tak. He was married to one of the girls from the boarding school and they intend to live at his station, Lin-Po. We heard by telegram from Mr Fulton that inflammatory placards were posted after he & Mr Wisner got to Kwai-Ping with their boat so I presume [--their--] there will be opposition to Mr F. settling down there to live. I see by the last N Y Observer that the Evangelical Alliance in the United States is taking up the Chinese question quite earnestly, also that the [--[?Qutenative?]--] Missionary Union that met at the Thousand Isles have sent a paper to Congress. I hope the United States will do what is right & just and then they can with a better face ask the Chinese to do the same. My teacher has just come in and so I will adjourn. Bella & the children are in usual health only feeling [--su--] a good deal the heat of the long summer which is not conducive to strength. The children however do not mind it very much. The good home air will do them all good when our term of work is ended Your Aff Bro Henry [Continued vertically on the fourth page] I [--we--] did not get any letter by last mail from home but will probably in the course of a few days. [Continued vertically on the first page] since I wrote this letter Mother's letter of Aug 6th & the others have arrived by the English maid. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Henry to Edward, September 30, 1886 Subject The topic of the resource Birthdays; Children; Brothers; Summer; Rice farming; Moving, Household; Beetles; Weddings Description An account of the resource Henry writes to Edward to wish him a happy birthday. He compares his sons to Edward and himself playing together. When they were young, they used to think that using a sickle to harvest was far in the past. Henry remarks that because of this, China is still living in the past. Instead of a sickle, rice is harvested with a curved knife. Instead of machinery, they use water oxen to plow. Henry and his family have gotten the authorization to sell their home and move elsewhere from Dr. Ellinwood. There was a wedding between one of the native assistants and one of the girls from the boarding school. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Henry Varnum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1886-09-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_715 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant <a href="https://www.geonames.org/1814991/people-s-republic-of-china.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People's Republic of China</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a> birthdays children farming marriage seasons