| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
MS_381056.01.28
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| callnumber |
MS 381056/01/28
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| callnumber_txt |
MS 381056/01/28
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| callnumber-sort |
MS 381056/01/28
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| prefix_number |
28
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| title |
Letter written from Ningha
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| scb_date_creation |
April 15, 1889
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| scb_level |
Item
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| level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
Subjects: 1) Constance tells how she became engaged to Horace Wilson when preoccupied and distracted by her impending departure for China. 2) Within days she doubted whether she had made the right decision but went off hoping that absence would make the heart grow fonder. 3) She has become miserable but her efforts to persuade Horace to end the engagement have failed and he has referred her to her parents for guidance 4) She finds consolation in her faith in God.
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| scb_access_status |
Restrictions apply
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| scb_conditions_gov_access |
Users should consult transcript of item in first instance. Original item can only be consulted with written agreement of the Archivist. Please apply to special.collections@soas.ac.uk
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| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| scb_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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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MS 381056
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| hierarchy_sequence |
MS_381056.0001.0028
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