Accession: 224.37.001
Editorial Title: John Patterson to Mary Baker Eddy, December 28, 1899
Author: John Patterson 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: December 28, 1899
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by John Patterson on lined paper from Saco, Maine.
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I suppose you remember that in 1861 your Husband was confined in Libby prison. You was anxious to go to WashingtonEditorial Note: Washington, D.C. to try to secure his release. For lack of means to do so you applied to me for assistance; and I loaned you money for that purpose. I have learned by what I read in the papers. that you are in easy circumstances financially. If so, I thought perhaps you would think it right to refund that money with interest. The money loaned with interest amounts As Written: amouts to the present time, to $96.00Editorial Note: $96.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $3,134.11 in 2021.. which sum I think really belongs to me. If you will send me that money, it will help me greatly in my old age as I am now in my As Written: ry 80th year

My address As Written: addess is
John Patterson
Saco Maine
P. O. Box 564

The amount loaned was $30.00 thirty dollarsEditorial Note: $30.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $979.41 in 2021.

224.37.001
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

I suppose you remember that in 1861 your Husband was confined in Libby prison. You was anxious to go to WashingtonEditorial Note: Washington, D.C. to try to secure his release. For lack of means to do so you applied to me for assistance; and I loaned you money for that purpose. I have learned by what I read in the papers. that you are in easy circumstances financially. If so, I thought perhaps you would think it right to refund that money with interest. The money loaned with interest amouts Corrected: amounts to the present time, to $96.00Editorial Note: $96.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $3,134.11 in 2021.. which sum I think really belongs to me. If you will send me that money, it will help me greatly in my old age as I am now in ry Corrected: my 80th year

My addess Corrected: address is
John Patterson
Saco Maine
P. O. Box 564

The amount loaned was $30.00 thirty dollarsEditorial Note: $30.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $979.41 in 2021.

 
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Saco, Maine Washington, D.C. $96.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $3,134.11 in 2021. $30.00 in 1899 is the equivalent of $979.41 in 2021.