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Subjects: 1) Night attack on Chefoo forts produced a lot of noise and panic but no casualties. 2) Many servants ran away. 3) Arthur sent Constance’s cook to work for the Murrays. 4) Isabel suffering teething problems, and Constance has five sleepless nights. 5 ) Fall of Wei-Hai, and Japanese within 7 miles of Chefoo.
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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
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English
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room] |
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