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
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.03.17
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/03/17
callnumber_txt MS 381056/03/17
callnumber-sort MS 381056/03/17
prefix_number 17
title Letter, Chefoo
scb_date_creation January 7, 1894
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 381056
hierarchy_sequence MS_381056.0003.0017