Accession: V03472
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Benjamin F. Butler, August 12, 1861
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Benjamin F. Butler 
Date: August 12, 1861
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy.
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V03472
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mary M. Patterson
personal
Gen. Butler
My dear Sir

[?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  individually, and [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  representative of [?] Unclear or illegible  of my [?] Unclear or illegible  in Your [?] Unclear or illegible  State— to tender the [?] Unclear or illegible  and gratitude due to one [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  noblest sons [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible ly vindicated the claims [?] Unclear or illegible  humanity in your letter to [?] Unclear or illegible  Cameron.

You dared to [?] Unclear or illegible , in the [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  with [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  our righteous [?] Unclear or illegible , [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  of justice and [?] Unclear or illegible .

The final solution of the [?] Unclear or illegible  national query follows, will it be [?] Unclear or illegible  to black as well as white, men, women and children, whom you have the [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  to defend in this hour [?] Unclear or illegible  our country’s pain and purification? You as we all " [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  to be the normal condition of [?] Unclear or illegible  made in God's As Written: Gods image". In this the man can only be equaled As Written: equalled by the soldier, who lays down his life for his Country, and by fairness of argument elucidates the justice that could save her, and transmit to posterity the success of a republican form of government, in heritage perpetual & undimmed in its lusterAs Written:lustre.

But I would not [?] Unclear or illegible  your time or [?] Unclear or illegible  to [?] Unclear or illegible  any [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  on a [?] Unclear or illegible  which has [?] Unclear or illegible  with electric hope the homes and hearts of [?] Unclear or illegible  section of our country. Hope in God and the Right. The red strife between right and wrong can only be fierce, it cannot be long, and victory on the side of immutable justice will be well worth its [?] Unclear or illegible .

Give us in the field or forum a brave Ben Butler and our Country is safe

Respectfully
Mary M. Patterson

Publish if you please—

I am the sister of the late Albert Baker E [?] Unclear or illegible . [?] Unclear or illegible  Hillsborough New HampshireAs Written:N. H. [?] Unclear or illegible  at Wilmington North CarolinaAs Written:N. C. [?] Unclear or illegible  the death of my [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  Maj. G W Glover

V03472
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mary M. Patterson
personal
Gen. Butler
My dear Sir

[?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  individually, and [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  representative of [?] Unclear or illegible  of my [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  in Your [?] Unclear or illegible  State— to tender the [?] Unclear or illegible  and gratitude due to one [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  noblest sons [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible ly vindicated the claims [?] Unclear or illegible  humanity in your letter to [?] Unclear or illegible  Cameron.

You dared to [?] Unclear or illegible , in the [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  with [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  our righteous [?] Unclear or illegible , [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  of justice and [?] Unclear or illegible .

The final solution of the [?] Unclear or illegible  national query follows, will it be [?] Unclear or illegible  to black as well as white, men, women and children, whom you have the [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  to defend in this hour [?] Unclear or illegible  our country’s pain and purification? You as we all " [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  to be the normal condition of [?] Unclear or illegible  made in Gods Corrected: God's image". In this the soldier man can only be equalled Corrected: equaled by the soldier, who lays down his life for his Country, and by fairness of argument elucidates the justice that could save her, and transmit to posterity the success of a republican form of government, [?] Unclear or illegible  in heritage perpetual & undimmed in its lustreCorrected:luster.

But I would not [?] Unclear or illegible  your time or [?] Unclear or illegible  to [?] Unclear or illegible  any [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  on a [?] Unclear or illegible  which has [?] Unclear or illegible  with electric hope the homes and hearts of [?] Unclear or illegible  section of our country. Hope in God and the Right. The red strife between right and wrong can only be fierce, it cannot be long, and victory on the side of immutable justice will be well worth its [?] Unclear or illegible .

Give us in the field or forum a brave Ben Butler and our Country is safe

Respectfully
Mary M. Patterson

Publish if you please—

I am the sister of the late Albert Baker E [?] Unclear or illegible . [?] Unclear or illegible  Hillsborough N. H.Expanded:New Hampshire [?] Unclear or illegible  at Wilmington N. C.Expanded:North Carolina [?] Unclear or illegible  the death of my [?] Unclear or illegible  [?] Unclear or illegible  Maj. G W Glover

 
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