Letter from Fred to Alma: 6/26/1927
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A letter from Fred in Chissamba, Angola, to his older sister Alma in Massachusetts in the US, about his engagement to Sibyl. With a picture!
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The picture of Sibyl was with the letter, which is more surprising to me than the fact that the other picture Fred sent was not in the letter.
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Chissamba June 26, 1927
Dear Alma,
I have a guilty feeling that you were slighted on the last mail from Angola. It was not because I have ceased or become slack at writing but ‘au contraire’. My heavy corresponding has been addressed to Chissamba to a certain nurse by the name of Sibyl Hosking. I hope to introduce her to you on my return on furlough but not as Miss Hosking. She is a Canadian, white, 30, of sound mind, except perhaps in her present company (I am writing at the fireside of the ladies’ house in Chissamba). I will enclose a picture I took at the time of the Annual Meeting showing some of the Mission babies. The two she is holding are the McAllester baby born at Sachikela on June 12 and the Coles (colored) baby born at Galangue March 4. It is considered a good picture of the whole group.
I will also enclose a picture of the whole mission taken the same day.
-1. Miss Hosking
-2. Mrs. McAllester
-3. Mr. “”
-4. J.A. Steed
-5. Mrs. “”
-6. Mrs. Coles
-7. Mr. Coles
-8. Mrs. Childs
-9. Mrs. Dart
-10. Sid Dart
-11. Francis “”
-12. Miss Hurlbut
-13. Dr. Hollenbeck
-14. Mrs. Webster
The identification of the rest may come later but the time is getting late and Sibyl has some letters from home to answer yet. I will try not to miss the next steamer.
With love
Fred.
Dear Alma,
I have a guilty feeling that you were slighted on the last mail from Angola. It was not because I have ceased or become slack at writing but ‘au contraire’. My heavy corresponding has been addressed to Chissamba to a certain nurse by the name of Sibyl Hosking. I hope to introduce her to you on my return on furlough but not as Miss Hosking. She is a Canadian, white, 30, of sound mind, except perhaps in her present company (I am writing at the fireside of the ladies’ house in Chissamba). I will enclose a picture I took at the time of the Annual Meeting showing some of the Mission babies. The two she is holding are the McAllester baby born at Sachikela on June 12 and the Coles (colored) baby born at Galangue March 4. It is considered a good picture of the whole group.
I will also enclose a picture of the whole mission taken the same day.
-1. Miss Hosking
-2. Mrs. McAllester
-3. Mr. “”
-4. J.A. Steed
-5. Mrs. “”
-6. Mrs. Coles
-7. Mr. Coles
-8. Mrs. Childs
-9. Mrs. Dart
-10. Sid Dart
-11. Francis “”
-12. Miss Hurlbut
-13. Dr. Hollenbeck
-14. Mrs. Webster
The identification of the rest may come later but the time is getting late and Sibyl has some letters from home to answer yet. I will try not to miss the next steamer.
With love
Fred.
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We have the picture of Sibyl with the babies, but not the one of the whole Mission.
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- FRED: DOCUMENTS ----- Outgoing
- SIBYL: DOCUMENTS ----- Related
- NON-FAMILY: MISSION FOLKS ----- Related
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