Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) The phrase ‘’though it was my first from home’ is incorrect and is omitted at p.79 of Douthwaite of the Double Dragon, where this passage is reprinted. 2) Constance describes how Dr Douthwaite has dispelled unpleasant gossip that she has made complaints in writing home. 3) Constance has...

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Date(s) of creation: February 11, 1888
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Summary: Subjects: 1) The phrase ‘’though it was my first from home’ is incorrect and is omitted at p.79 of Douthwaite of the Double Dragon, where this passage is reprinted. 2) Constance describes how Dr Douthwaite has dispelled unpleasant gossip that she has made complaints in writing home. 3) Constance has been praised both as a nurse and as a teacher.
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Language: English
Copies: Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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