Accession: 726B.90.006
Editorial Title: Mrs. R. T. Woodruff to Mary Baker Eddy, October 21, 1885
Author: Mrs. R. T. Woodruff 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: October 21, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mrs. R. T. Woodruff on lined paper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 27

Having just seen Miss S.E. Bradshaw of San Jose, CaliforniaAs Written:Cal on her return from "BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts from the Met College" I have been induced to use my influence with a niece who is suffering from Tumor on her neck (& who was on the point of submitting herself to the surgeon's knife) to try the Metaphysical cure first, and today she has been in to say she will go to Boston, as soon as we can have information, as to where she will find boarding accommodations, et ceteraAs Written:&c

Miss Bradshaw assured me she could get board & washing for $5.50Editorial Note: $5.50 in 1885 is the equivalent of $144.96 in 2019. per week, & this is an important item with her, as she had to borrow the means to make the trials, She is a glorious woman, worth saving, & I hope to see her do much good in the world, through your instrumentality,

Will you kindly (through your assistant) send her this information at your earliest Convenience? as she is anxious to go as soon as possible & having no knowledge of your CityEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, she is loath As Written: loth to start; without certain knowledge on this point,

I hope & believe, she will become an intelligent As Written: inteligent convert & be able to practice it herself.

Very respectfully
Mrs R.T. Woodruff

P.S. Please address your answer, to

Mrs Sarah A. Trego

708 Franklin St

Philadelphia PennsylvaniaAs Written:Pa

With proper directions in case this is not the proper one for her to use.

726B.90.006
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. FryeOct 27

Having just seen Miss S.E. Bradshaw of San Jose, CalExpanded:California on her return from "BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts from the Met College" I have been induced to use my influence with a niece who is suffering from Tumor on her neck (& who was on the point of submitting herself to the surgeon's knife) to try the Metaphysical cure first, and today she has been in to say she will go to Boston, as soon as we can have information, as to where she will find boarding accommodations, &cExpanded:et cetera

Miss Bradshaw assured me she could get board & washing for $5.50Editorial Note: $5.50 in 1885 is the equivalent of $144.96 in 2019. per week, & this is an important item with her, as she had to borrow the means to make the trials, She is a glorious woman, worth saving, & I hope to see her do much good in the world, through your instrumentality,

Will you kindly (through your assistant) send her this information at your earliest Convenience? as she is anxious to go as soon as possible & having no knowledge of your CityEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, she is loth Corrected: loath to start; without certain knowledge on this point,

I hope & believe, she will become an inteligent Corrected: intelligent convert & be able to practice it herself.

Very respectfully
Mrs R.T. Woodruff

P.S. Please address your answer, to

Mrs Sarah A. Trego

708 Franklin St

Philadelphia PaExpanded:Pennsylvania

With proper directions in case this is not the proper one for her to use.

 
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Boston, Massachusetts $5.50 in 1885 is the equivalent of $144.96 in 2019. Boston, Massachusetts