Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Isabel seems fully restored to health. 2) More talk of coming home. 3) The Wilsons still haven’t gone home, but the broken hearted Murrays are going this month. 4) A visit with Pearl to see Mrs. McCarthy’s new baby, and Pearl asks awkward questions about where do babies come from. 5) Tw...

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Date(s) of creation: September 1, 1895
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Isabel seems fully restored to health. 2) More talk of coming home. 3) The Wilsons still haven’t gone home, but the broken hearted Murrays are going this month. 4) A visit with Pearl to see Mrs. McCarthy’s new baby, and Pearl asks awkward questions about where do babies come from. 5) Two happy excursions.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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