Accession: 348.47.006
Editorial Title: James Whitehead to Mary Baker Eddy, August 21, 1886
Author: James Whitehead 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: August 21, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by James M. Whitehead on lined paper from Austin, Illinois.
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P. O. Box 35, Austin, Cook Co- IllinoisAs Written:Ill
August 21st 1886
Rev Mary B. G. Eddy
Dear Madam

I shall be unable to avail myself of your kind offer to teach me gratuitously the Collegiate & Normal Courses–

First, because as a bargain, I cannot consent to assume the role of semi-detective: for this is in law, conspiracy:- punishable with heavy fine & detention. If I had gone through those Courses & you were then to ask me as a friend: I could then prove a basis for friendly action, which would render nugatory all charges of "particeps criminis"––

Second– My refusal to sell or communicate any knowledge to your rivals, lest it might be applied injuriously to you, places me financially under such a strain, it would be very detrimental to close or lose As Written: loose my practice during that time―

May I ask why the lecture delivered in Agricultural Hall BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts on May 2/1886As Written:86 & published May 29th in the Religio-Philosophical JournalEditorial Note: The Religio-Philosophical Journal was a spiritualist publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905., is not answered Cannot some of your adherents be found who can reply in the same caustic terms–

With best wishes for your happiness
Believe me
Respectfully
James Whitehead
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P. O. Box 35, Austin, Cook Co- IllExpanded:Illinois
August 21st 1886
Rev Mary B. G. Eddy
Dear Madam

I shall be unable to avail myself of your kind offer to teach me gratuitously the Collegiate & Normal Courses–

First, because as a bargain, I cannot consent to assume the role of semi-detective: for this is in law, conspiracy:- punishable with heavy fine & detention. If I had gone through those Courses & you were then to ask me as a friend: I could then prove a basis for friendly action, which would render nugtatory all charges of "particeps criminis"––

Second– My refusal to sell or communicate any further knowledge to your rivals, lest it might be applied injuriously to you, places me financially under such a strain, it would be very detrimental to close or loose Corrected: lose my practice during that time―

May I ask why the lecture delivered in Agricultural Hall BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts on May 2/86Expanded:1886 & published May 29th in the Religio-Philosophical JournalEditorial Note: The Religio-Philosophical Journal was a spiritualist publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905., is not answered Cannot some of your adherents be found who can reply in the same caustic terms–

With best wishes for your happiness
Believe me
Respectfully
James Whitehead
 
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Boston, Massachusetts The Religio-Philosophical Journal was a spiritualist publication founded in 1865 in Chicago, Illinois. It ceased publication on April 22, 1905.