Accession: 940.91.064
Editorial Title: Burrows Brothers Company to Mary Baker Eddy, April 26, 1886
Author: Burrows Brothers Company 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: April 26, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by an employee of Burrows Brothers Company on their printed stationery from Cleveland, Ohio.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in shorthand in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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940.91.064
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Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here. 28

YoursEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. receivedAs Written:recd– It is so unusual a thing for a publisher to charge 15% more for their own books, than a Jobber charges, that You certainly should not have filled our order, without first writing us, to see if we were willing to pay you that difference – We certainly are not, and if to supply us at 25% in lots of 2 or 3 at a time (We have used in all 10 or 12 already in past 3 or 4 monthsAs Written:mos.) is not satisfactory to us, please so inform us – If to settle our accountAs Written:a/c in full as already done is not satisfactory, return our money & we will return booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- We will not pay you .90 for nothing – Don't like that Way of being treated – & it certainly does not seem fair- inasmuch as on a few more copies you yourself give 1/3. Too much difference, altogether – should not be over 10% - Pardon us for laying down business rules to you, but the case seems to warrant it.

RespectfullyAs Written:Resp.
Burrows Bros & Co–

P.S. We are large Jobbers. Refer you to Houghton Mifflin & Co. Lee & Shepard, Ticknor & Co - & Roberts Bros – with whom we have a large accountAs Written:a/c. Your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy sells only at retail - If you care to send care ofAs Written:c/o Houghton Mifflin and CompanyAs Written:H. M, & Co - 4 more & make All at 1/3, all right. If not, all right

940.91.064
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here. 28

YoursEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. recdExpanded:received– It is so unusual a thing for a publisher to charge 15% more for their own books, than a Jobber charges, that You certainly should not have filled our order, without first writing us, to see if we were willing to pay you that difference – We certainly are not, and if to supply us at 25% in lots of 2 or 3 at a time (We have used in all 10 or 12 already in past 3 or 4 mos.Expanded:months) is not satisfactory to us, please so inform us – If to settle our a/cExpanded:account in full as already done is not satisfactory, return our money & we will return booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- We will not pay you .90 for nothing – Don't like that Way of being treated – & it certainly does not seem fair- inasmuch as on a few more copies you yourself give 1/3. Too much difference, altogether – should not be over 10% - Pardon us for laying down business rules to you, but the case seems to warrant it.

Resp.Expanded:Respectfully
Burrows Bros & Co–

P.S. We are large Jobbers. Refer you to Houghton Mifflin & Co. Lee & Shepard, Ticknor & Co - & Roberts Bros – with whom we have a large a/cExpanded:account. Your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy sells only at retail - If you care to send c/oExpanded:care of H. M, & CoExpanded:Houghton Mifflin and Company - 4 more & make All at 1/3, all right. If not, all right

 
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There is what appears to be shorthand written here. This letter is not extant. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy