Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Birth of the Dawson’s child calls Arthur out in the night. 2) Death of a pupil at the girls’ school much distresses the headmistress, Miss Sanderson. 3) Departure of the Weirs. 4) Request for back numbers of the Strand Magazine which guests much enjoy reading. 5) The weather has turned...

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Date(s) of creation: August 19, 1894
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Birth of the Dawson’s child calls Arthur out in the night. 2) Death of a pupil at the girls’ school much distresses the headmistress, Miss Sanderson. 3) Departure of the Weirs. 4) Request for back numbers of the Strand Magazine which guests much enjoy reading. 5) The weather has turned cooler and this should relieve Pearl’s prickly heat. Constance hopes to send a photo of Isabel. 6) Alarm at rumours the Japanese fleet may come to attack the forts at Chefoo.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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