Accession: 668A.73.011
Editorial Title: M. Abbie Fletcher to Mary Baker Eddy, August 14, 1886
Author: M. Abbie Fletcher 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: August 14, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by M. Abbie Fletcher on embossed lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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Handshift:Calvin A. FryeCome on these terms a note for $200Editorial Note: $200.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $6,533 in 2023. for 6 monthsAs Written:mo. She will not be hard on you for note.
Dear Mrs. Eddy;

I am again moved to make another attempt to take instructions of you. please tell me what is the very best you can do for me? Have been studying your "Science & Health"Editorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. & I find nothing confusing, in fact it is the only strictly scientific work on Metaphysics I can recommend, One of your students had a large order, I took one dozenAs Written:doz. a few weeks since, have but two or three left, I use it altogether, am quite sure you will find me more in the understanding than you think, as I get the spirit of your work, & able to impart it in a measure, & many are healed & heal by it successfully & yet I find few who are not more or less magnetic, it seems it requires so much "Science"Editorial Note: Christian Science to get out of the error. I have never taken lessons of your pupils who have gone through your Normal course, do not see them quite consistent with your work as I understand I feel such a desire to get at the fountainheadAs Written:fountain head. Miss Pine of RochesterEditorial Note: Rochester, New York knows pretty well where I stand concerning these things. I understand one can get cheap rates to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts & return during the month of Sept. I own comparatively nothing, besides my wardrobeAs Written:ward-robe. & that is called limited, thought perhaps I could make some arrangements with you, any terms you may make can be strictly confidential should you so desire: I have clergyman's rates on all railroadsAs Written:R. R. I travel, through the west.

Trusting I shall be permitted to hear from you soon

Am Yours Gratefully
M. Abbie Fletcher
No 6 Campbell Park
Chicago IllinoisAs Written:Ills.
668A.73.011
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Handshift:Calvin A. FryeCome on these terms a note for $200Editorial Note: $200.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $6,533 in 2023. for 6 moExpanded:months. She will not be hard on you for note.
Dear Mrs. Eddy;

I am again moved to make another attempt to take instructions of you. please tell me what is the very best you can do for me? Have been studying your "Science & Health"Editorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. & I find nothing confus [?] Unclear or illegible ing, in fact it is the only strictly scienftific work on Metaphysic [?] Unclear or illegible s I can recommend, One of your students had a large order, I took one doz.Expanded:dozen a few weeks since, have but two or three left, I use it altogether, am quite sure you will find me more in the understanding than you think, as I get the spirit of your work, & able to impart it in a measure, & many are healed & heal by it successfully & yet I find few who are not more or less magnetic, it seems it requires so much "Science"Editorial Note: Christian Science to get out of the error. I have never taken lessons of your pupils who have gone through your Normal course, do not see them quite consistent with your work as I understand it I feel such a desire to get at the fountain headCorrected:fountainhead. Miss Pine of RochesterEditorial Note: Rochester, New York knows [?] Unclear or illegible  pretty well where I stand concerning these things. I understand one can get cheeap rates to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts & return during the month of Sept. I own comparatively nothing, besides my ward-robeCorrected:wardrobe. & that is called limited, thought perhaps I could make some arrangements with you, any terms you may make can be strictly confident [?] Unclear or illegible ial should you so desire: I have clergyman's rates on all R. R.Expanded:railroads I travel, through the west.

Trusting I shall be permitted to hear from you soon

Am Yours Gratefully
M. Abbie Fletcher
No 6 Campbell Park
Chicago Ills.Expanded:Illinois
 
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$200.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $6,533 in 2023. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Christian Science Rochester, New York Boston, Massachusetts