Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Plea to Irene to spare some time for her family from her village preaching. 2) Isabel traps a finger in the door, and Connie shows yet again what a wonderful mother she was. 3) Eleven missionary children on the beach; tact sometimes required to keep the peace!


Date(s) of creation: October 20, 1895
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Plea to Irene to spare some time for her family from her village preaching. 2) Isabel traps a finger in the door, and Connie shows yet again what a wonderful mother she was. 3) Eleven missionary children on the beach; tact sometimes required to keep the peace!
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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