Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Constance’s thrifty catering. 2) Progress of the fighting at Wei-hai. 3) Refugees fleeing West. 4) Conditions on the British warships. 5) Death of another missionary lady. 6) Constance feels old and tired.


Date(s) of creation: February 10, 1895,
Level: Item
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Constance’s thrifty catering. 2) Progress of the fighting at Wei-hai. 3) Refugees fleeing West. 4) Conditions on the British warships. 5) Death of another missionary lady. 6) Constance feels old and tired.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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