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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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights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 Near Canton Sept 15th 1887 Dear Clara - I have only this sheet of [--pf--] paper left and am going to use it to write home this morning. We are between Fatshan and Canton about ten miles from the latter city. We means Mrs Fulton, Dr Fulton Mattie + I. We left Dr Kerr and Mr Fulton about 3 miles below Kwai Ping in the other boat- We went up the river in two boats Dr Kerr Mattie + I had one and the Fultons the other- We had a very pleasant journey up the river for fourteen days besides the two Sabbaths. We did not do very much mission work on the way excepting on the Sabbaths when we were auctioned. The first Sabbath was at a small village and Mr Fulton + I went into it and distributed some tracts and taked with the people. The second Sabbath we spent at Ping-Nam the first district city below Kwai Ping. Dr Kerr and I went into the city on the forenoon and spent about two hours there - have a very good time. The people were fairly civil though some [?runners?] from the [?Yamun?] came and wanted us to leave which however we did not do till we got ready. In the afternoon Dr Kerr prescribed some from the boat + I dist- ributed tracts on the shore to people who were returning from [Note: page torn] [?the market?]- Monday and Tuesday we [?were?] going up the river [--where we--] arrived at Kwai Ping Tuesday evening Wednesday morning Dr Kerr and I took tracts and went through one of the principal streets distributing The people were fairly civil and we met with no particular trouble. Thursday morning about 10-o-clock' a number of roughs came out from the city and made a demand that we should [--make a demand--] pay 3 or 4 dollars for a festival that was in progress- It is called by Europeans the Chinese "All souls festival" The object is to worship on behalf of wandering souls who have no one in particular on earth to care for them - of course the demand was refused- They talked of course abusively and now + then one and another came down to get on our boat which we would not allow -- Gradually the crow was increased by additional squads till there was about fifty- Miss Fulton + Miss Dr Fulton began to get quite nervous so it seemed so much like their former experience that [--the--] it was thought best for their boat to leave and anchor elsewhere. Mr Fulton left with them and Dr Kerr + I remained with our boat and two [--men--] boatmen in it. They were not enough to have taken the boat away even if we had [illegible] at which we did not. The rabble threw some clods at us but we remained on the bow of the boat facing them and after about a half an hour more they left. They made all sorts of threats that they would come at night, or tomorrow with a larger crowd, that they would push us into the water +c +c- but we remained there until Saturday night and were not again molested. Then we went and anchored at the other End of the city near the Fultons boats. Sunday morning a force of [?rowdies?] came out and shouted for a while and pelted our boat with a few clods + stones but we paid no attention to them and they soon left. A few minutes after we heard a shout and looking and saw they were at Fultons boat. They gave it quite a bombardment with some fire wood that the boatmen had unfortunately left on the bank. By the time this was over the Fulton's were ready to leave and no account of persuasion could indure [?them?] to remain, so Dr Kerr very reluctantly went with [?them?] the ladies and I started for home in the Fulton's boat the next morning leaving Dr Kerr + Mr Fulton anchored where we spent the night before about three miles from Kwai Ping. To our surprise they got into Canton just one day after we did. They remained 4 days near Kwai Ping then started down expecting to do considerable work in the way down at the large towns. But on the way down they struck a large rock in the middle of the river and their boat sank in a little while. They would have been in a good deal of danger if a boat had not come out from the shore and taken them off. They lost all they had on board amounting to over 100- in the case of each of them.-- Many thanks for your good long letters- the one about mother, and all the details about the children which I read with much interest- they ought to be grateful for all the pains you took for them I am glad you think they are pretty good boys, Your Aff Bro -Henry- [Note: written sideways in the margin] I wrote a part of this on the boat + part after I got home --- I omitted to say that on Friday the day after the first row Dr Kerr + I went through the city from End to End preaching and distributing tracts [illegible] three hours. 1887 年 9 月 15 日在广州附近 亲爱的克拉拉—— 我只剩下这张纸了，我打算用它来 今天早上写回家。我们在肥山和广州之间 离后一个城市十英里。我们指的是富尔顿夫人、富尔顿博士、马蒂和 I. 我们将 Kerr 博士和 Fulton 先生留在了葵平下方约 3 英里处 另一艘船。我们乘坐两艘船顺流而上。 Kerr Mattie 博士和我有 一个和富尔顿另一个。我们有一个非常愉快的旅程 除了两个安息日之外，还要在河上停留十四天。我们没有 除安息日外，在路上做很多宣教工作 当我们被拍卖时。第一个安息日在一个小村庄 我和富尔顿先生进去分发了一些小册子 并与人们交谈。我们度过的第二个安息日 屏南是葵坪以下的第一区市。克尔博士和我 上午进城，花了大约两个小时 那里 - 玩得很开心。人们相当文明 虽然一些亚明的跑者来了，想要 我们要离开，但是直到我们准备好我们才这样做。 下午，克尔医生从船上开了一些药，我在岸上分发了一些小册子给从那里回来的人。 [注：页面撕裂] 市场。周一和周二，我们将上升 星期二晚上我们到达葵坪的河 星期三早上，克尔博士和我拿了一些小册子， 穿过其中一条主要街道分布 人们是公平的，我们没有遇到 特别麻烦。周四上午 10 点左右 许多粗野从城里出来， 提出了我们应该 一个正在进行的音乐节需要 3 或 4 美元。 它被欧洲人称为中国人的万灵节 对象是代表流浪的祭祀 地球上没有人特别关注的灵魂 照顾他们-当然要求被拒绝- 他们当然是辱骂性的，时不时的， 另一个下来上我们的船，我们 不允许。渐渐的人多了起来 由额外的小队组成，直到大约有五十人。太太 Fulton 和 Fulton 博士小姐似乎开始变得非常紧张 非常像他们以前的经历 最好让他们的船离开并停泊在别处。富尔顿先生 和他们一起离开，克尔博士和我留在我们的船上 和两个船夫在里面。他们还不够 把船拿走了，即使我们有 [无法辨认] 它 我们没有。暴民向我们扔了一些土块，但我们 留在船头面对他们，然后 他们离开了大约半个小时。他们把所有 他们会在晚上或明天来的各种威胁 有更多的人群，他们会把我们推到 水 [无法辨认] - 但我们一直待到星期六 晚上并没有再被骚扰。然后我们 去并停泊在城市的另一端 在富尔顿船附近。星期天早上 粗人出来喊了一会儿， 用一些土块和石头向我们的船投掷，但我们 没有理会他们，他们很快就离开了——几个 几分钟后，我们听到一声喊叫，向外张望 说他们在富尔顿船上。他们给了它相当 用一些柴火轰炸 船夫不幸离开了岸边。由 时间结束了，富尔顿一家准备离开 再多 [注意：页面撕裂] 的说服力都无法诱导他们 留下来，所以科尔博士很不情愿地和他们一起去了 我和女士们在富尔顿的船上启程回家 第二天早上，克尔博士和富尔顿先生抛锚 前一晚我们在离这里大约三英里的地方住的地方 葵平。令我们惊讶的是，他们刚刚进入广州 一天之后。他们在附近停留了 4 天 葵平随后开始下跌，期望做可观的事情 在大城镇的路上工作。但在 一路向下，他们撞到了中间的一块大石头 不久，河流和他们的船就沉没了。 如果一个 船还没有从短途中出来并采取 他们关闭。他们失去了船上所有的东西 超过 100- 在他们每个人的情况下 --- 非常感谢你写的长信——那封信 关于母亲，以及关于孩子的所有细节 我读得很感兴趣。他们应该是 感谢您寻找的所有 [无法辨认] [无法辨认] 我 很高兴你认为他们是好孩子 你的兄弟 ——亨利—— [注：写在左边空白处] 我在船上写了一部分，回家后写了一部分—— 我没有说在第一排的第二天，克尔博士和我从 端到端的讲道和分发小册子在那里进行了三个小时。 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 Clara, September 15, 1887 Subject The topic of the resource Travel; Boats and boating; Festivals; Crows; Boating accidents Description An account of the resource Henry writes to Clara about his traveling between Fatshan and Canton. He has been traveling with Mrs. Fulton, Dr. Fulton, and Mattie. Dr. Kerr and Mr. Fulton were left around Kwai Ping. They did not get to much missionary work while on their travels. One of the days their boat was attacked by a flock of crows. 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 1887-09-15 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_908 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/1809858/guangzhou.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1811103/foshan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foshan</a><br /><a href="https://www.geonames.org/1799846/nanping.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nanping</a> boats holidays missionary work proselytizing towns travel