Accession: 527.57.008
Editorial Title: Emily J. Bushee to Mary Baker Eddy, March 31, 1885
Author: Emily J. Bushee 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye  Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 31, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Emily J. Bushee on embossed lined paper from Morrisville, Vermont.
Archival Note: This letter includes notations in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye and Mary Baker Eddy.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeAnsweredAs Written:Ans Apr 3
⇉ Handshift:Emily J. BusheeMorrisville Mar. 31 '85
Dear Mrs. Eddy,

Your letter of March 30Editorial Note: This letter is not extant. is just received I do not quite understand it, and I think there is some mistake - you have frequently stated, that ministers were invited to your lectures free of expense and you write me that you will take no both for $300Editorial Note: $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,941.00 in 2019. - As my husband is a settled minister in this place, I did not understand -

RespectfullyAs Written:Res'fully
Mrs (Rev) Wm A. Bushee -
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker Eddyalready a number of free applicants & is therefore compelled to ask you to wait.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeAnsExpanded:Answered Apr 3
⇉ Handshift:Emily J. BusheeMorrisville Mar. 31 '85
Dear Mrs. Eddy,

Your letter of March 30Editorial Note: This letter is not extant. is just received I do not quite understand it, and I think there is some mistake - you have frequently stated, that ministers were invited to your lectures free of expense and you write me that you will take no both for $300Editorial Note: $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,941.00 in 2019. - As my husband is a settled minister in this place, I did not understand -

Res'fullyExpanded:Respectfully
Mrs (Rev) Wm A. Bushee -
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker Eddyalready a number of free applicants & is therefore compelled to ask you to wait.
I Say I did not know her husband was a clergyman or that he wished to study I take clergyman's wives unless their husband is with them unless there others I take clergyman free
 
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This letter is not extant. $300.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $7,941.00 in 2019.