Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Mrs Judd takes the boys from the school on a picnic. 2) Replacing the ceiling reveals a crack in a roof timber, part of the material from a wrecked ship used in building the house. 3) Constance asks whether Christ can save the world alone. 4) Pearl obstinate but learning to obey her mot...

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Date(s) of creation: May 8, 1893
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Mrs Judd takes the boys from the school on a picnic. 2) Replacing the ceiling reveals a crack in a roof timber, part of the material from a wrecked ship used in building the house. 3) Constance asks whether Christ can save the world alone. 4) Pearl obstinate but learning to obey her mother: fascinated by Arthur’s hat.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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