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Letter mailed from China to Wong Kat Yan (Huang Ji Ren), W. J. London Co., 664 King Street, Seattle WA, USA in November 1927. Letter is regarding family issues and is written in Chinese. The letter is from the recipient's family's mother with the grandmother to her daughter-in-law. To my daughter-in-law from Kwan (Guan) family to open this letter elegantly, Now that you, my daughter-in-law has taken Ah Wah (Yahua, a ship's name?) to get to San Francisco. If you have finally calculated the total expense of the trip to San Francisco, I beg you to write to us about the amount. Beg a reply from you about the expenditure. Please know that your gray-haired mother's heart?. For now, each family member is doing well except Shi Dai. All of the stuff that you my daughter-in-law mailed home earlier this year has already been distributed to each and everyone to use. Grandmother has expressed her gratitude. She complains that she thinks that your uncle's wife is not even human. Grandmother hopes that you, my daughter-in-law, would be hardworking and thrifty in the foreign land. She is concerned that her children and grandchildren are still young and have handful of big events. They have not been able to establish a thing yet. She sincerely hopes that because of this, later it is fine for the children to go to the world. This is what grandmother asked me to inform you with special emphasis. A while ago, you have sent back five hundred Yuan for Si Kei's wedding. It is not known yet if you my daughter-in-law or Shi Kei's father should cover the wedding expense. Please kindly give us a response and clarify your wishes. By the way, I would like to let you know that for Si Kei's wedding, a wedding dress has been made, which cost fifty Yuan or so. Adding the ceremony invitations, more than a hundred Yuan was spent already. This is just to inform you about it. The rest is not mentioned here in details. I drafted this letter, and send our greetings to you. Your mother-in-law Deng (Kwok Ching's mother) together with Grandmother Si-tou
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2009.012.004