Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Isabel’s teething is giving Constance some bad nights. 2) Constance expresses disapproval of some (Plymouth) Brethren attitudes. 3) Norris sets out for his journey to England. 4) Constance asks her mother to find some thin wool so that she can knit socks for Arthur. 5) A picnic at the B...

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Date(s) of creation: May 26, 1895
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Isabel’s teething is giving Constance some bad nights. 2) Constance expresses disapproval of some (Plymouth) Brethren attitudes. 3) Norris sets out for his journey to England. 4) Constance asks her mother to find some thin wool so that she can knit socks for Arthur. 5) A picnic at the Bamboo Temple. 6) Constance dreads the arrival of summer visitors.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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