Accession: 020A.09.004
Editorial Title: M. Bettie Bell to Mary Baker Eddy, September 9, 1885
Author: M. Bettie Bell 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye  Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: September 9, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Bettie Bell on unlined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
Archival Note: This letter includes notations in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye and Mary Baker Eddy.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeSent Sept. 18
⇉ Handshift:M. Bettie Bell4037 Drexel BoulevardAs Written:B.d ⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois
⇉ Handshift:M. Bettie BellSept. 9th 1885
Dear Mrs. Eddy -

I enclose $1.00Editorial Note: $1.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $26.36 in 2019. & request you to send Christian Science for one year to my BrotherAs Written:Bro.

Kinzea Stone

GeorgetownAs Written:George town

Kentucky.

My Bro.s family been on a visit were very unbelieving - all went home provided with your lovely booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy - converted to Christian Science and cured of their sicknesses - they want a StudentEditorial Note: Christian Scientist in Georgetown badly - Is it right for an old belief to return - if cured? Is it right for Students to charge each other for treatment? Answer in Journal - I am coming to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts this winter if possible Am trying to cure my mother so she can remain with my childrenEditorial Note: Elsie N. Bell and Daisy N. Bell - She says if I will cure her she will give me three-hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,906.93 in 2019. to go to Mrs. Eddy. All my family urge me to go - My Husband is the only non-yieldingAs Written:non yeilding one - & at first he was the most anxious -

Forgive this intrusion and very truly -
Yours.
Mrs. J. H. Bell
4037 Drexel BoulevardAs Written:B.d –
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyTake address & send Mrs A
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeSent Sept. 18
⇉ Handshift:M. Bettie Bell4037 Drexel B.dExpanded:Boulevard ⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois
⇉ Handshift:M. Bettie BellSept. 9th 1885
Dear Mrs. Eddy -

I enclose $1.00Editorial Note: $1.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $26.36 in 2019. & request you to send Christian Science for one year to my Bro.Expanded:Brother

Kinzea Stone

George townCorrected:Georgetown

Kentucky.

My Bro.s family been on a visit were very unbelieving - all went home provided with your lovely booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy - converted to Christian Science and cured of their sicknesses - they want a StudentEditorial Note: Christian Scientist in Georgetown badly - Is it right for an old belief to return - if cured? Is it right for Students to charge each other for treatment? Answer in Journal - I am coming to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts this winter if possible Am trying to cure my mother so she can remain with my childrenEditorial Note: Elsie N. Bell and Daisy N. Bell - She says if I will cure her she will give me three-hundred dollarsEditorial Note: $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,906.93 in 2019. to go to Mrs. Eddy. All my family urge me to go - My Husband is the only non yeildingCorrected:non-yielding one - & at first he was the most anxious -

Forgive this intrusion and very truly -
Yours.
Mrs. J. H. Bell
4037 Drexel B.dExpanded:Boulevard –
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyTake address & send Mrs A
 
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Chicago, Illinois $1.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $26.36 in 2019. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Christian Scientist Boston, Massachusetts Elsie N. Bell and Daisy N. Bell $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,906.93 in 2019.