Maria A. Ober to Mary Baker Eddy, September 23, 1886

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699A.82.005

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Maria A. Ober

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Mary Baker Eddy

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Mary Baker Eddy

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September 23, 1886

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Maria A. Ober on lined paper from Chazy, New York.

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⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddySend her my bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy in exchange
⇉ Handshift:Maria A. OberSciotaEditorial Note: Sciota is a hamlet in the town of Chazy, New York., Clinton CountyAs Written:Co, N-Y
Sept 23 /86

Mrs Eddy,,

Please excuse, & do not think me cheeky, I have bought your late edition, Science & health, with Key to the scripturesEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Also Christian Healing, The Peoples God; & Historical Sketches of Metaphysical Healing– & am very much interested in them all; Also the Christian Science Journal,,

A Lady, the wife of a Physician in New York city was visiting friends in the north Saw my book Science & health & asked me to lend it to her, I thought her cheeky, but could not deny her, for I thought good had put it intoAs Written:in to her heart to ask it,, But I miss it, for next to my Bible it was my reading companion, I Probably shall not see it again before another year when she may bring it with her on her annual As Written: anuel visit to her friends, But I don't As Written: dont feel as though I could do without it so long – neither am I able to buy another now — But I wanted to ask you if you would accept anotherAs Written:an other book in exchange for another Science & health,, It is a history of the Persecution of the FriendsEditorial Note: Quakers during the time of Governor Endicott'sEditorial Note: John Endecott (c. 1588-1665) was born in England and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a surgeon, soldier, and Puritan. In 1629, he became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a position he served in for a total of 16 non-consecutive years, thus becoming the longest-serving governor of Massachusetts. rule, Including the Southwick familyEditorial Note: The Southwick Family was composed of Lawrence Southwick (?-1660), his wife Cassandra Southwick (b. Burnell) (c. 1598-1660) and their six children. They immigrated from England to Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1630s. The Southwick Family were persecuted, imprisoned, deprived of their property, and ultimately banished from Massachusetts by the Puritan authorities, including John Endecott, the Governor of Massachusetts, for being Quakers. In 1659 the youngest son and daughter, Daniel and Provided Southwick, were sentenced to be sold as slaves and shipped to Barbados as penalty for unpaid fines levied for being Quakers, but the sentence ultimately was not carried out due to the apparent mercy of the ship’s captains. This incident was memorialized in an 1843 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker and abolitionist, entitled “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick”, in which, taking poetic license, he substituted Cassandra's name for Provided's. in particular, & contains the PoemEditorial Note: “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick” by John Greenleaf Whittier of Whittier in regard to Cassandria Southwick, with a graphic Illustration (Picture) of her being led with her brother to the auction scene to be sold as slaves, to a sea Captain & to be carried to the Island of BarbadosAs Written:Barbadoes, If you have ever read the Poem you must have been struck with her wonderful deliveranceAs Written:deliverence — In addition to the History, is a Genealogy of the Southwick family with over 30 portraits & Biographical sketches – If you have a Library it would be an acquisition to it. Why I offer this book in particular I have some of them for sale

The price is $4.00Editorial Note: $4.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $129.66 in 2023. I will be to the expense of the Postage each way if you will make the exchange,

Then If I own two books, I can afford to keep one traveling, & during mission work —

Yours most respectfully As Written: respectfuly

M. A. Ober
Sciota
N Y.
Clinton Co,

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Mrs Eddy,,

Please excuse, & do not think me cheeky, I have bought your late edition, Science & [?] Unclear or illegible health, with Key to the scripturesEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Also Christian Healing, The Peoples God; & Historical Sketches of Metaphysical Healing– & am very much interested in them all; Also the Christian Science Journal,,

A Lady, the wife of a Physician in New York city was visiting friends in the north Saw my book Science & health & asked me to lend it to her, I thought her cheeky, but could not deny her, for I thought good had put it in toCorrected:into her heart to ask it,, But I miss it, for next to my Bible it was my reading companion, I Probably shall not see it again before another year when she may bring it with her on her anuel Corrected: annual visit to her friends, But I dont Corrected: don't feel as though I could do without it so long – neither am I able to buy another now — But I wanted to ask you if you would accept an otherCorrected:another book in exchange for another Science & health,, It is a history of the Persecution of the FriendsEditorial Note: Quakers during the time of Governor Endicott'sEditorial Note: John Endecott (c. 1588-1665) was born in England and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a surgeon, soldier, and Puritan. In 1629, he became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a position he served in for a total of 16 non-consecutive years, thus becoming the longest-serving governor of Massachusetts. rule, Including the Southwick familyEditorial Note: The Southwick Family was composed of Lawrence Southwick (?-1660), his wife Cassandra Southwick (b. Burnell) (c. 1598-1660) and their six children. They immigrated from England to Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1630s. The Southwick Family were persecuted, imprisoned, deprived of their property, and ultimately banished from Massachusetts by the Puritan authorities, including John Endecott, the Governor of Massachusetts, for being Quakers. In 1659 the youngest son and daughter, Daniel and Provided Southwick, were sentenced to be sold as slaves and shipped to Barbados as penalty for unpaid fines levied for being Quakers, but the sentence ultimately was not carried out due to the apparent mercy of the ship’s captains. This incident was memorialized in an 1843 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker and abolitionist, entitled “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick”, in which, taking poetic license, he substituted Cassandra's name for Provided's. in particular, & contains the PoemEditorial Note: “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick” by John Greenleaf Whittier of Whittier in regard to Cassandria Southwick, with a graphic Illustration (Picture) of her being led with her brother to the auction scemne to be sold as slaves, & to a sea Captain & to be carried to the Island of BarbadoesCorrected:Barbados, If you have ever read the Poem you must have been struck with her wonderful deliverenceCorrected:deliverance — In addition to the History, is a Genealogy of the Southwick family with over 30 portraits & Biographical sketches – If you have a Library it would be an acquisition to it. Why I offer this book in particular I have some of them for sale

The price is $4.00Editorial Note: $4.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $129.66 in 2023. I will be to the expense of the Postage each way if you will make the exchange,

Then If I own two books, I can afford to keep one traveling, & during mission work —

Yours most respectfuly Corrected: respectfully

M. A. Ober
Sciota
N Y.
Clinton Co,

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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Quakers John Endecott (c. 1588-1665) was born in England and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a surgeon, soldier, and Puritan. In 1629, he became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a position he served in for a total of 16 non-consecutive years, thus becoming the longest-serving governor of Massachusetts. The Southwick Family was composed of Lawrence Southwick (?-1660), his wife Cassandra Southwick (b. Burnell) (c. 1598-1660) and their six children. They immigrated from England to Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1630s. The Southwick Family were persecuted, imprisoned, deprived of their property, and ultimately banished from Massachusetts by the Puritan authorities, including John Endecott, the Governor of Massachusetts, for being Quakers. In 1659 the youngest son and daughter, Daniel and Provided Southwick, were sentenced to be sold as slaves and shipped to Barbados as penalty for unpaid fines levied for being Quakers, but the sentence ultimately was not carried out due to the apparent mercy of the ship’s captains. This incident was memorialized in an 1843 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker and abolitionist, entitled “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick”, in which, taking poetic license, he substituted Cassandra's name for Provided's. “The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick” by John Greenleaf Whittier $4.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $129.66 in 2023. Sciota is a hamlet in the town of Chazy, New York.