Letter from Henry to Edward, September 29 - October 1, 1888
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Letter from Henry to Edward, September 29 - October 1, 1888
Subject
Birthdays; Gifts; Death and burial; Christian communities; Sons
Description
Henry writes to Edward on his brother's 54th birthday, mentioning gifts. Henry was glad to get the news on Uncle Augustus' last days and funeral. He was very glad that Harriet was able to attend the memorial service and he remembers the memorial for both of their parents. He would like Edward to save him a couple of programs from the funeral. Richard has gotten over his sickness and both the boys are going to school. William, who is 18, has been taking advanced classes. Henry concludes the letter by saying that he and Bella plan to attend a semi-annual meeting of the Ladies Board of Northern New York.
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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Unpublished
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1888-09-30 to 1888-10-01
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Waterford Sept 29th (30th) 1888
Dear Bro Edward
Mary wrote in her letter
something about "Saturday being
Edward's birth-day" - so I suppose
as your real birth-day comes
on Sunday they are going to pretend
at home that it is partly on Sat-
urday. Therefore I will write a
few lines to-day sending the
best wishes of this whole family
You will receive, if you have not
already a book from Messrs
Carter + Bro's which please
accept from Bella + me in
rememberance of your 54th
birth day - with the hope that
you may be spared to Enjoy
many more- I was glad
to get all the news sent in
regard to Uncle Augustus' last
sickness and the particulars
in regard to the funeral- I
thought some of going and it
would have been a great satis-
faction to me to have been
there, but it rained hard here
all Monday night, and was
stormy Tuesday morning -
This coupled with the fact
that I had Enough fever to
make me feel more like
being in bed that anywhere
else led me to give up the
idea of going.
Sept 30th I wrote the above
yesterday and something in-
terrupted so I did not finish
and I am going to write a
line to say you are not
forgotten on your [u]real[/u] birth-day.
I have just come back from
morning service where Dr Riggs
gave us an account of
the origin and objects of the
Christian Endeavor Society- He
thinks it one of the most re-
markable movements that
has ever taken place in the
history of the church- From
what he said I should
think it was very wisely
organized -
Oct 1st On Saturday I was writing
about Uncle Augustus- I am glad
Hattie could be at the funeral. I
am sure all the good that was
said about him was true-
The Memorial of Father and Mother
I was glad to get- If you have
enough, I would be glad if you
would save two or three extra
copies for me- I do ^not need them
just now but I might some-
time like to have them.
We are all well. Richard has
entirely recovered from his trouble +
the boys are going to school. They
are having a good deal of exercise
and enjoyment gathering hickory
nuts on their grandma's farm
where they have leisure after school
and on Saturday's. I may
have written that Willie was one
of eighteen who, out of a class of
fifty three, were advance one
class at the beginning of the
year. We had been trying to
persuade him to try for another
grade by the middle of the year
but he did not seem to think he
could do it- He was therefore quite
please when his teacher told him about
a week ago that if he would study well
and his father would help him she thought
he ^could go into the next grade by the End of Nov- Two
or three days after he came home learning
saying that the Superintendent had taken
with two others into the next
class- He is in fractions now. He +
Richard both understand well what
they have gone over- Richard oc-
casionally gives us some valuable
information in ^in his own original way in physiology which he
has learned at school-
We have had two frosts and
to day it is raining- not very
cold yet but I suppose we shall
have cold weather before very long-
We have a good stack of coal laid
in so that we shall keep warm.
Bella is expecting to go to po'keepsie
(near there) to a missionary
meeting next Thursday + possible
I may go along- We expect also
to attend the semi-Annual meeting
of the Ladies Board of Northern New
York which meets at Hoosac Falls.
Oct 11th Dr Dennis of Syria is
also to be there- I was down
to New York about 3 weeks ago and
spent a pleasant Evening at Dr
Ellinwoods + had a talk on various
matters. They understand at the rooms now,
if not before, that there is some difference of
opinion about just what Dr Happers grand
college scheme may be expected to accomplish-
I find Dr Gillespie my old classmate, and I
agree [u]very well[/u] about the general principles
on which missions are to be conducted.
The Board allows the Fultons to come home if
they pay their own expenses home - the Board will send
them back. Well my paper is full and so I will stop.
Love from us all Your Aff Bro -Henry-
广州 1888 年 1 月 30 日
我亲爱的父亲
我很高兴收到你的好信
今天早上和家里的其他人一起。
我不能告诉你我有多高兴
和你寄给我的漂亮的牛津圣经。
我相信我永远不会得到任何东西
我会奖励更多。我打算保留它并且
只要我活着就用它。我刚去过
读到晚上作为我第一次使用它 23d
诗篇是你在我的
另一部圣经，然后是第 91 篇诗篇
每次我来的时候在我家最后一次阅读
离开。我很高兴想到这本圣经即将到来
来自你和母亲。我忍不住担心
她是否不可能知道我拥有它
我很高兴你能适应寒冷的天气
很舒服，希望我能在很早之前见到你
许多周。我正在努力相处
我想完成但相处不来的工作
尽可能快。我非常想要
3 月 24 日和你在一起，但为了做
必须在 2 月 11 日乘轮船离开这里
如果我尝试过，就无法准备好。我怕它会
大约在我离开之前的 4 月 1 日。有
在过去的两周里被打断了很多
在为新场所购买很多东西。你会
很高兴知道购买已完成
今天。该地段占地 2 到 3 英亩，
与位于 Kuk Fan 的教会和医院一样大
我应该想。海蒂可以告诉你有多大
那是。该地段有两个人工池塘
它，我认为至少其中一个必须被填满。
我想威斯纳先生和我会在哪里安顿下来
在我回家之前我们每个人都有自己的房子
他可能会在我们回来之前建造。我
假设我回来后的第一份工作会
再建一些 - 我们管理
尝试使我不认为有问题
会有什么麻烦。我们的一位传道人买了
他名下的地段没有供款。
车主明白是要通入
外国人之手。这位传教士得到了一份契约
对于这个地方和所有以前的事迹和有
把它们放在我们的手中并写给我们
[注：页面被撕成两半] 九十九年的租约付给我们
我们借给他买的钱的利息相同
我们付给他租金这两者正好平衡——
因此，这片土地并没有与中国异化
我认为这是官方主要反对的，并且
实际上我们拥有我们想要的和不需要的一切
把租约盖章，所以不要来
在所有官员面前-我们潮湿寒冷的天气
刚进来。我们有一个不寻常的
温暖的冬天长达几天，但这
早上我正在和我的大阿尔斯特一起写作——
我现在和 Wisners 一起登机，因为我没有
有阿燕从澳门来找我的。他们拿
很好的照顾我。这次我要关门了
非常爱你和所有其他人
你的儿子-亨利-
Waterford Sept 29th (30th) 1888
Dear Bro Edward
Mary wrote in her letter
something about "Saturday being
Edward's birth-day" - so I suppose
as your real birth-day comes
on Sunday they are going to pretend
at home that it is partly on Sat-
urday. Therefore I will write a
few lines to-day sending the
best wishes of this whole family
You will receive, if you have not
already a book from Messrs
Carter + Bro's which please
accept from Bella + me in
rememberance of your 54th
birth day - with the hope that
you may be spared to Enjoy
many more- I was glad
to get all the news sent in
regard to Uncle Augustus' last
sickness and the particulars
in regard to the funeral- I
thought some of going and it
would have been a great satis-
faction to me to have been
there, but it rained hard here
all Monday night, and was
stormy Tuesday morning -
This coupled with the fact
that I had Enough fever to
make me feel more like
being in bed that anywhere
else led me to give up the
idea of going.
Sept 30th I wrote the above
yesterday and something in-
terrupted so I did not finish
and I am going to write a
line to say you are not
forgotten on your [u]real[/u] birth-day.
I have just come back from
morning service where Dr Riggs
gave us an account of
the origin and objects of the
Christian Endeavor Society- He
thinks it one of the most re-
markable movements that
has ever taken place in the
history of the church- From
what he said I should
think it was very wisely
organized -
Oct 1st On Saturday I was writing
about Uncle Augustus- I am glad
Hattie could be at the funeral. I
am sure all the good that was
said about him was true-
The Memorial of Father and Mother
I was glad to get- If you have
enough, I would be glad if you
would save two or three extra
copies for me- I do ^not need them
just now but I might some-
time like to have them.
We are all well. Richard has
entirely recovered from his trouble +
the boys are going to school. They
are having a good deal of exercise
and enjoyment gathering hickory
nuts on their grandma's farm
where they have leisure after school
and on Saturday's. I may
have written that Willie was one
of eighteen who, out of a class of
fifty three, were advance one
class at the beginning of the
year. We had been trying to
persuade him to try for another
grade by the middle of the year
but he did not seem to think he
could do it- He was therefore quite
please when his teacher told him about
a week ago that if he would study well
and his father would help him she thought
he ^could go into the next grade by the End of Nov- Two
or three days after he came home learning
saying that the Superintendent had taken
with two others into the next
class- He is in fractions now. He +
Richard both understand well what
they have gone over- Richard oc-
casionally gives us some valuable
information in ^in his own original way in physiology which he
has learned at school-
We have had two frosts and
to day it is raining- not very
cold yet but I suppose we shall
have cold weather before very long-
We have a good stack of coal laid
in so that we shall keep warm.
Bella is expecting to go to po'keepsie
(near there) to a missionary
meeting next Thursday + possible
I may go along- We expect also
to attend the semi-Annual meeting
of the Ladies Board of Northern New
York which meets at Hoosac Falls.
Oct 11th Dr Dennis of Syria is
also to be there- I was down
to New York about 3 weeks ago and
spent a pleasant Evening at Dr
Ellinwoods + had a talk on various
matters. They understand at the rooms now,
if not before, that there is some difference of
opinion about just what Dr Happers grand
college scheme may be expected to accomplish-
I find Dr Gillespie my old classmate, and I
agree [u]very well[/u] about the general principles
on which missions are to be conducted.
The Board allows the Fultons to come home if
they pay their own expenses home - the Board will send
them back. Well my paper is full and so I will stop.
Love from us all Your Aff Bro -Henry-
广州 1888 年 1 月 30 日
我亲爱的父亲
我很高兴收到你的好信
今天早上和家里的其他人一起。
我不能告诉你我有多高兴
和你寄给我的漂亮的牛津圣经。
我相信我永远不会得到任何东西
我会奖励更多。我打算保留它并且
只要我活着就用它。我刚去过
读到晚上作为我第一次使用它 23d
诗篇是你在我的
另一部圣经，然后是第 91 篇诗篇
每次我来的时候在我家最后一次阅读
离开。我很高兴想到这本圣经即将到来
来自你和母亲。我忍不住担心
她是否不可能知道我拥有它
我很高兴你能适应寒冷的天气
很舒服，希望我能在很早之前见到你
许多周。我正在努力相处
我想完成但相处不来的工作
尽可能快。我非常想要
3 月 24 日和你在一起，但为了做
必须在 2 月 11 日乘轮船离开这里
如果我尝试过，就无法准备好。我怕它会
大约在我离开之前的 4 月 1 日。有
在过去的两周里被打断了很多
在为新场所购买很多东西。你会
很高兴知道购买已完成
今天。该地段占地 2 到 3 英亩，
与位于 Kuk Fan 的教会和医院一样大
我应该想。海蒂可以告诉你有多大
那是。该地段有两个人工池塘
它，我认为至少其中一个必须被填满。
我想威斯纳先生和我会在哪里安顿下来
在我回家之前我们每个人都有自己的房子
他可能会在我们回来之前建造。我
假设我回来后的第一份工作会
再建一些 - 我们管理
尝试使我不认为有问题
会有什么麻烦。我们的一位传道人买了
他名下的地段没有供款。
车主明白是要通入
外国人之手。这位传教士得到了一份契约
对于这个地方和所有以前的事迹和有
把它们放在我们的手中并写给我们
[注：页面被撕成两半] 九十九年的租约付给我们
我们借给他买的钱的利息相同
我们付给他租金这两者正好平衡——
因此，这片土地并没有与中国异化
我认为这是官方主要反对的，并且
实际上我们拥有我们想要的和不需要的一切
把租约盖章，所以不要来
在所有官员面前-我们潮湿寒冷的天气
刚进来。我们有一个不寻常的
温暖的冬天长达几天，但这
早上我正在和我的大阿尔斯特一起写作——
我现在和 Wisners 一起登机，因为我没有
有阿燕从澳门来找我的。他们拿
很好的照顾我。这次我要关门了
非常爱你和所有其他人
你的儿子-亨利-
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Edward, September 29 - October 1, 1888,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 23, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/926.