Note by Edward Groves

Subjects: 1) Constance’s emotional turmoil over her unfortunate engagement to Horace Wilson before her departure in 1887, reached a crisis which affected her health and led to her return to England in the autumn of 1889, followed by her engagement to Dr Douthwaite and her return to China with full...

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Summary: Subjects: 1) Constance’s emotional turmoil over her unfortunate engagement to Horace Wilson before her departure in 1887, reached a crisis which affected her health and led to her return to England in the autumn of 1889, followed by her engagement to Dr Douthwaite and her return to China with full missionary status.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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