Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Illness of a missionary’s wife due to unwise faith healing. 2) Christmas presents given and received. 3) Constance and Arthur take Pearl through a blizzard to a party: at another party she sits in a high chair to have her tea. 4) A steamer captain and two Chinese boatmen drowned when th...

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Date(s) of creation: January 7, 1894
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Illness of a missionary’s wife due to unwise faith healing. 2) Christmas presents given and received. 3) Constance and Arthur take Pearl through a blizzard to a party: at another party she sits in a high chair to have her tea. 4) A steamer captain and two Chinese boatmen drowned when their boat capsizes in a squall. 5) More about Pearl who is becoming rather mischievous.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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