Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Harry is 3 months old and is a good baby; the girls are still missing Constance. 2) Arthur demonstrates once again just how much he loved Constance. 3) Arthur admits to feeling the strain, and feels the needs to get away.


Date(s) of creation: May 17, 1896
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Harry is 3 months old and is a good baby; the girls are still missing Constance. 2) Arthur demonstrates once again just how much he loved Constance. 3) Arthur admits to feeling the strain, and feels the needs to get away.
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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