Letter, Ninghai

Subjects: 1) A long and uncomfortable return journey to Ninghai in very cold weather astride a restive donkey. 2) Description of the furniture in the house at Ninghai and the room to which Constance has moved. 3) The busy daily routine from 7.30am breakfast to bed at 10am) Constance finds Dr Douthwa...

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Date(s) of creation: February 24, 1888
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Summary: Subjects: 1) A long and uncomfortable return journey to Ninghai in very cold weather astride a restive donkey. 2) Description of the furniture in the house at Ninghai and the room to which Constance has moved. 3) The busy daily routine from 7.30am breakfast to bed at 10am) Constance finds Dr Douthwaite’s spiritual counselling helpful.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
Format: Archive