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
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.03.53
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/03/53
callnumber_txt MS 381056/03/53
callnumber-sort MS 381056/03/53
prefix_number 53
title Letter, Chefoo
scb_date_creation August 19, 1894
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description 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.
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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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_381056.0003.0053