Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Pearl is delighted with the letter her grandfather has sent her. 2) As the hot weather comes on various missionaries and their families arrive: the children play with Pearl and are told not to sit on the wet sand. 3) Sad news of the death of Dr Roberts of Tientsin from fever. 4) Arthur...

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Date(s) of creation: June 17, 1894
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Pearl is delighted with the letter her grandfather has sent her. 2) As the hot weather comes on various missionaries and their families arrive: the children play with Pearl and are told not to sit on the wet sand. 3) Sad news of the death of Dr Roberts of Tientsin from fever. 4) Arthur extremely busy and Constance fears he may break down.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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