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
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.03.14
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/03/14
callnumber_txt MS 381056/03/14
callnumber-sort MS 381056/03/14
prefix_number 14
title Letter, Chefoo
scb_date_creation December 17, 1893
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Restrictions
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
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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_sequence MS_381056.0003.0014