I did not mean it to be so long ere I answeredAs Written:ans your dear letterEditorial Note: The letter referred to is possibly L04089, written by Mary Baker Eddy to Clara E. Choate on July 16, 1882., but this awful hot weather with many Patients & three talks a week and such a long journeyEditorial Note: Choate had possibly been in Albany, New York, as this letter is written on printed stationery of a hotel located there called The Delavan. as we have just taken must excuse the delay. We enjoyed the trip very, very much and hope you will continue to travel if you enjoy it for the cityEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is anything but agreeable just now & through AugustEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of Boston who could afford it, often left the city during the months of July and August due to the often intense summer heat; many churches suspended their services for those months.. We are all well as usual & I consider my talks a success. Am selling the booksEditorial Note: Copies of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. & taking new patients etc., etc., converting many to the causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. and helping to establish this great truth & its Founder is the work of my time & when one takes with their whole heart such a line of labor there is no failure. Please give love to dear Alice & Dr.Editorial Note: Arthur T. Buswell did not have a medical degree, but in the nineteenth century, persons practicing various “healing arts” were often called “doctor.” Buswell. I am glad to know you are speaking in Boston & hope your audience will appreciate the wondrous truth they ever hear from you. Warren is in HamiltonEditorial Note: Probably Hamilton, Massachusetts. & Geo. is in ProvidenceEditorial Note: Providence, Rhode Island.
| Accession: | 025A.10.030 |
| Editorial Title: | Clara E. Choate to Mary Baker Eddy, July 27, 1882 |
| Author: | Clara E. Choate |
| Recipient: | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Date: | July 27, 1882 |
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I did not mean it to be so long ere I ansExpanded:answered your dear letterEditorial Note: The letter referred to is possibly L04089, written by Mary Baker Eddy to Clara E. Choate on July 16, 1882., but this awful hot weather with many Patients & three talks a week and such a long journeyEditorial Note: Choate had possibly been in Albany, New York, as this letter is written on printed stationery of a hotel located there called The Delavan. as we have just taken must excuse the delay. We enjoyed the trip very, very much and hope you will continue to travel if you enjoy it for the cityEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is anything but agreeable just now & through AugustEditorial Note: Before the advent of air conditioning, residents of Boston who could afford it, often left the city during the months of July and August due to the often intense summer heat; many churches suspended their services for those months.. We are all well as usual & I consider my talks a success. Am selling the booksEditorial Note: Copies of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. & taking new patients etc., etc., converting many to the causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. and helping to establish this great truth & its Founder is the work of my time & when one takes with their whole heart such a line of labor there is no failure. Please give love to dear Alice & Dr.Editorial Note: Arthur T. Buswell did not have a medical degree, but in the nineteenth century, persons practicing various “healing arts” were often called “doctor.” Buswell. I am glad to know you are speaking in Boston & hope your audience will appreciate the wondrous truth they ever hear from you. Warren is in HamiltonEditorial Note: Probably Hamilton, Massachusetts. & Geo. is in ProvidenceEditorial Note: Providence, Rhode Island.