Emma Gray to Mary Baker Eddy, March 3, 1886

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944.92.026

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Emma Gray

Recipient:

Mary Baker Eddy

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Calvin A. Frye Mary Baker Eddy

Date:

March 3, 1886

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Emma Gray on lined paper from Washington, D.C.

Archival Note: This letter includes notations in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye and Mary Baker Eddy.

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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here.
⇉ Handshift:Emma Gray109 1st St. N. E.
Washington D. C.
Mch. 3rd 1886As Written:'86

My dear Mrs. Eddy:

Will you send me some of the Revised Edition of 'Science & Health' when they are out, so that I can keep them for sale. I haven't As Written: havent the money to buy them, but it wouldAs Written:wd be more convenient to have them, than to send now & then for a single copy, & I have already lost some chances to sell by not having them, they said they wouldAs Written:wd like them, & when I said I wouldAs Written:wd have to send to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts for them, some said, "O, if you haven't them, don’t send," & others that they [*]Archival Note: The following text was later added to the document by the author or another annotator, disrupting the surrounding thought. ⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker Eddy Tell her your terms [*]Archival Note: End floating text. ⇉ Handshift:Emma Graybelonged to a "Book List" and if I had to send away for them, they couldAs Written:cd send throughAs Written:thro' their bookseller & get the books at 10 percentAs Written:per ct above the publisher's As Written: publishers price; so I might sell some if I had them on hand. Please let me know if you will do this, if not, I will give them As Written: then your address, & let them send for one, whenever it is wanted, but few people want it enough to take that trouble. Please let me know at once, when the books will be in the market.

Sincerely yours

S. Emma Gray.

⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye(send circular & say books are now ready say Mrs E thinks As Written: think you couldAs Written:c'd make some money sellingAs Written:sel'g books)

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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here.
⇉ Handshift:Emma Gray109 1st St. N. E.
Washington D. C.
FMch. 3rd '86Expanded:1886

My dear Mrs. Eddy:

Will you send me some of the Revised Edition of 'Science & Health' when they are out, so that I can keep them for sale. I havent Corrected: haven't the money to buy them, but it wdExpanded:would be more convenient to have them, than to send now & then for a single copy, & I have already lost some chances to sell by not having them, they said they wdExpanded:would like them, & when I said I wdExpanded:would have to send to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts for them, some said, "O, if you haven't them, don’t send," & others that they [*]Archival Note: The following text was later added to the document by the author or another annotator, disrupting the surrounding thought. ⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker Eddy [?] Unclear or illegible Tell her your terms [*]Archival Note: End floating text. ⇉ Handshift:Emma Graybelonged to a "Book List" and if I had to send away for them, they cdExpanded:could send thro'Expanded:through their bookseller & get the books at 10 per ctExpanded:percent above the publishers Corrected: publisher's price; so I might sell some if I had them on hand. Please let me know if you will do this, if not, I will give then Corrected: them your address, & let them send for one, whenever it is wanted, but few people want it enough to take that trouble. Please let me know at once, when the books will be in the market.

Sincerely yours

S. Emma Gray.

⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye(send circular & say books are now ready say Mrs E think Corrected: thinks you c'dExpanded:could get make some money sel'gExpanded:selling books)

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There is what appears to be shorthand written here. Boston, Massachusetts The following text was later added to the document by the author or another annotator, disrupting the surrounding thought. End floating text.