Letter from Henry to Mary, October 28, 1909
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Title
Letter from Henry to Mary, October 28, 1909
Subject
Travel; Lithography; Weather; Typhoons; Dysentery; Married people in missionary work
Description
Henry writes this letter from Shanghai, where he has a mission meeting. Henry describes the Chinese "Commercial Press" Establishment, which they visited, and explains the process of book printing using lithography. Dr. Machle and Henry discussed honorary members with Dr. Brown. Henry concludes by saying he will be seeing Martha in Canton soon.
Creator
Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1909-10-28
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eng (English)
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Shanghai Oct 28th 1909
Dear Mary-
I have about half an
hour before a meeting at Eleven o
clock which I will improve in
writing home. I do not remember
just when I left off in writing to
Clara but will being by saying
that we arrived in Shanghai at
three-o-clock on Sunday Oct 24th.
We found that the first meeting
of the Conference would take place
on Thursday the 28th so we have
had several days to look around
have spent part of the time how-
ever in discussing Mission
matters.
The first day Monday after
attending to some matters of
business in the [?forenow?] we
went in the afternoon to call on
Dr. Farnham ([u] we [/u] means Dr Machle
and myself) - We were sorry to
find that Mrs. Farnham had
first been taken seriously ill
with dysentery. We had a pleasant
[?time?] however with Dr. Farnham.
He told us that the 29th of this
month [--he--] it will have been 50
years since he left New York
for China. He looks old +
I should think neither he [--and--] nor
Mrs. Farnham would be here
very much longer. When we
left, Dr. Farnham's horse and
carriage, or rather one which
his daughter had given him
the use of, was standing at
the door. He said the horse
was doing nothing and asked
us to take it and go wherever
we wished. We said that we
could get back without it all
right. But he said he would
rather we would take it than
not [--as--] to give it some exercise.
So we had quite a drive. [?We're?]
to see the printing works of the
"Commercial Press" [?au?] Establishment
which is entirely Chinese. It is
wonderful how they are going ahead.
They have a very large building,
several hundred feet long I should
think. I counted about 40
presses and most of them were
running. They have lithograph
stones and do the lithograph
printing make wood cuts and
halftone pictures for their books
and bind them, in fact have
the whole process of book making
going on. They sell them too in
large numbers, not only that
but they are preparing books,
especially school books, readers
Geographies, and other kinds.
Dr. Brown arrived on the
Evening of the 26th. He needed the
next day for correspondence.
He however gave Dr, Machle and me
an honor for talking about Canton
matters. He was very nice and
very fair. He himself suggested
that both Dr. Todd and Dr.
Selden might be honorary mem-
bers. He said he could not
speak for the Board and we
had probably [--not--] better not
speak of it until after he had
arrived at home and mentioned
it to the other secretaries.
Well it is nearly time
for meeting and I must close.
We have had rainy weather
almost Ever since arrival.
Had a letter from William this
morning[--for-] which tells us of
quite a strong gale they had
in Canton at the time of the
typhoon which I presume [--I've--] wrote
in my letter to Clara. We expect
to leave here on Saturday + reach
Canton the Tuesday following I suppose
it will not be very long mow
until we see Martha back again
A great deal of love to you all
from your Bro Henry
上海 1909 年 10 月 28 日
亲爱的玛丽-
我有大约半个
十一点开会前一小时
我会改进的时钟
写回家。我不记得
就在我停止写信的时候
克拉拉，但会说
我们到达上海的时间
10 月 24 日星期日下午三点。
我们发现第一次见面
会议将举行
28 号星期四，所以我们有
有几天的时间环顾四周
花了一部分时间如何-
曾经在讨论使命
很重要。
之后的第一天
处理一些事情
目前我们的业务
下午去拜访
法纳姆医师（我们指的是马赫勒医师
和我自己） - 我们很抱歉
发现法纳姆夫人有
初患重病
与痢疾。我们度过了愉快的时光
时间，然而与法纳姆医生。
他告诉我们，本月 29 日
月将是 50
离开纽约多年
为中国。他看起来很老
我不应该认为他和
法纳姆夫人会在这里
很长。什么时候我们
左，法纳姆医生的马和
马车，或者更确切地说是一辆
他的女儿给了他
的使用，是站在
门。他说马
什么也没做，问
我们带着它去任何地方
我们希望。我们说我们
没有这一切就可以回来
正确的。但他说他会
我们宁愿接受它而不是
不要给它一些锻炼。
所以我们有相当的驱动力。是
看印刷品
“商业报社”设立
这完全是中国人。这是
很好，他们是如何前进的。
他们有一个非常大的建筑，
几百英尺长我应该
思考。我数了大约40
印刷机，其中大多数是
跑步。他们有石版画
石头，做石版画
印刷制作木材切割和
他们的书的半色调图片
并绑定他们，其实有
书籍制作的全过程
继续。他们也卖
大数，不仅如此
但他们正在准备书籍，
尤其是教科书、读者
地理和其他种类。
布朗医生赶到
26 日晚。他需要
第二天的信件。
然而，他给了我和医生 Machle
谈论广州的荣幸
很重要。他很好，而且
很公平。他自己建议
托德医生和医生
塞尔登可能是名誉会员。他说他不能
代表董事会发言，我们
最好不要
直到他有
到家并提到
它给其他秘书。
嗯，时间差不多了
开会，我必须关闭。
我们遇到了阴雨天气
几乎自从到达。
收到了威廉的一封信
早上告诉我们
他们有相当强的大风
当时在广州
我想写的台风
在我给克拉拉的信中。我们期待
周六离开这里到达
我想接下来的星期二广州
不会很长的割草
直到我们再次看到玛莎回来
对你们所有人的爱
来自你的亨利兄弟
Dear Mary-
I have about half an
hour before a meeting at Eleven o
clock which I will improve in
writing home. I do not remember
just when I left off in writing to
Clara but will being by saying
that we arrived in Shanghai at
three-o-clock on Sunday Oct 24th.
We found that the first meeting
of the Conference would take place
on Thursday the 28th so we have
had several days to look around
have spent part of the time how-
ever in discussing Mission
matters.
The first day Monday after
attending to some matters of
business in the [?forenow?] we
went in the afternoon to call on
Dr. Farnham ([u] we [/u] means Dr Machle
and myself) - We were sorry to
find that Mrs. Farnham had
first been taken seriously ill
with dysentery. We had a pleasant
[?time?] however with Dr. Farnham.
He told us that the 29th of this
month [--he--] it will have been 50
years since he left New York
for China. He looks old +
I should think neither he [--and--] nor
Mrs. Farnham would be here
very much longer. When we
left, Dr. Farnham's horse and
carriage, or rather one which
his daughter had given him
the use of, was standing at
the door. He said the horse
was doing nothing and asked
us to take it and go wherever
we wished. We said that we
could get back without it all
right. But he said he would
rather we would take it than
not [--as--] to give it some exercise.
So we had quite a drive. [?We're?]
to see the printing works of the
"Commercial Press" [?au?] Establishment
which is entirely Chinese. It is
wonderful how they are going ahead.
They have a very large building,
several hundred feet long I should
think. I counted about 40
presses and most of them were
running. They have lithograph
stones and do the lithograph
printing make wood cuts and
halftone pictures for their books
and bind them, in fact have
the whole process of book making
going on. They sell them too in
large numbers, not only that
but they are preparing books,
especially school books, readers
Geographies, and other kinds.
Dr. Brown arrived on the
Evening of the 26th. He needed the
next day for correspondence.
He however gave Dr, Machle and me
an honor for talking about Canton
matters. He was very nice and
very fair. He himself suggested
that both Dr. Todd and Dr.
Selden might be honorary mem-
bers. He said he could not
speak for the Board and we
had probably [--not--] better not
speak of it until after he had
arrived at home and mentioned
it to the other secretaries.
Well it is nearly time
for meeting and I must close.
We have had rainy weather
almost Ever since arrival.
Had a letter from William this
morning[--for-] which tells us of
quite a strong gale they had
in Canton at the time of the
typhoon which I presume [--I've--] wrote
in my letter to Clara. We expect
to leave here on Saturday + reach
Canton the Tuesday following I suppose
it will not be very long mow
until we see Martha back again
A great deal of love to you all
from your Bro Henry
上海 1909 年 10 月 28 日
亲爱的玛丽-
我有大约半个
十一点开会前一小时
我会改进的时钟
写回家。我不记得
就在我停止写信的时候
克拉拉，但会说
我们到达上海的时间
10 月 24 日星期日下午三点。
我们发现第一次见面
会议将举行
28 号星期四，所以我们有
有几天的时间环顾四周
花了一部分时间如何-
曾经在讨论使命
很重要。
之后的第一天
处理一些事情
目前我们的业务
下午去拜访
法纳姆医师（我们指的是马赫勒医师
和我自己） - 我们很抱歉
发现法纳姆夫人有
初患重病
与痢疾。我们度过了愉快的时光
时间，然而与法纳姆医生。
他告诉我们，本月 29 日
月将是 50
离开纽约多年
为中国。他看起来很老
我不应该认为他和
法纳姆夫人会在这里
很长。什么时候我们
左，法纳姆医生的马和
马车，或者更确切地说是一辆
他的女儿给了他
的使用，是站在
门。他说马
什么也没做，问
我们带着它去任何地方
我们希望。我们说我们
没有这一切就可以回来
正确的。但他说他会
我们宁愿接受它而不是
不要给它一些锻炼。
所以我们有相当的驱动力。是
看印刷品
“商业报社”设立
这完全是中国人。这是
很好，他们是如何前进的。
他们有一个非常大的建筑，
几百英尺长我应该
思考。我数了大约40
印刷机，其中大多数是
跑步。他们有石版画
石头，做石版画
印刷制作木材切割和
他们的书的半色调图片
并绑定他们，其实有
书籍制作的全过程
继续。他们也卖
大数，不仅如此
但他们正在准备书籍，
尤其是教科书、读者
地理和其他种类。
布朗医生赶到
26 日晚。他需要
第二天的信件。
然而，他给了我和医生 Machle
谈论广州的荣幸
很重要。他很好，而且
很公平。他自己建议
托德医生和医生
塞尔登可能是名誉会员。他说他不能
代表董事会发言，我们
最好不要
直到他有
到家并提到
它给其他秘书。
嗯，时间差不多了
开会，我必须关闭。
我们遇到了阴雨天气
几乎自从到达。
收到了威廉的一封信
早上告诉我们
他们有相当强的大风
当时在广州
我想写的台风
在我给克拉拉的信中。我们期待
周六离开这里到达
我想接下来的星期二广州
不会很长的割草
直到我们再次看到玛莎回来
对你们所有人的爱
来自你的亨利兄弟
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Mary, October 28, 1909,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 25, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/918.