Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Return of school staff. 2) Two missionary tragedies: Mr Orr Ewing returning to England with his three children, after losing his wife, and Mr McCartney’s efforts to keep his children with him, after his wife died. 3) Wooden legs for soldier amputees.


Date(s) of creation: March 24, 1895
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Return of school staff. 2) Two missionary tragedies: Mr Orr Ewing returning to England with his three children, after losing his wife, and Mr McCartney’s efforts to keep his children with him, after his wife died. 3) Wooden legs for soldier amputees.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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