Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Amusing Pearl makes demands on Constance and she wishes she had someone of her age to share them with her. 2) Ahma has made a dressing gown for Pearl from Constance’s old petticoat. 3) Arthur has given Constance an expensive and attractive dressing gown that she feels is a luxury they c...

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Date(s) of creation: December 17, 1893
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Amusing Pearl makes demands on Constance and she wishes she had someone of her age to share them with her. 2) Ahma has made a dressing gown for Pearl from Constance’s old petticoat. 3) Arthur has given Constance an expensive and attractive dressing gown that she feels is a luxury they cannot afford. 4) A sermon on the distractions from religion of a busy life.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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