Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Constance doubts whether the Japanese crêpe curtains she has sent Irene will last and mentions a shawl of this material given to her by Arthur. 2) Mrs Eyre, who is expecting a baby, is standing up well to her widowhood. 3) The schoolteacher, Miss Hunt, gets on well with both children.


Date(s) of creation: September 16, 1894
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Constance doubts whether the Japanese crêpe curtains she has sent Irene will last and mentions a shawl of this material given to her by Arthur. 2) Mrs Eyre, who is expecting a baby, is standing up well to her widowhood. 3) The schoolteacher, Miss Hunt, gets on well with both children.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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