YoursEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. receivedAs Written:rec'd and in reply will say that I've no desire to dictate Mrs Eddy's price even if it were a much larger sum if I had it, but at present I cannot raise $300.00Editorial Note: $300.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $9,724.54 in 2023. so will defer entering class hoping that the results of my labors will admit of my so doing at an early future. Thanks to Mrs Eddy for considering my application.
N. B. I very much regret that circumstances compel me to defer and hope that it may yet terminate in good – M. E. H.