Accession: 075.18.001
Editorial Title: Edward H. Hammond to Mary Baker Eddy or Calvin A. Frye, September 4, 1885
Author: Edward H. Hammond 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy  Calvin A. Frye 
Date: September 4, 1885
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Edward H. Hammond on printed stationery of Perry & Creech, Counsellors at Law, from Boston, Massachusetts. The envelope for this letter is included.
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BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, Sept 4 1885
Dear Mrs. Eddy

I have seen a party who is well acquainted with English ways & customs, who told me that if I send a cablegram to Stationers Hall London where copyrights are granted the officials there will give the desired information as it is a part of their business. Their fee he tells me is a guinea that is 1£. 1sh. If they have to do an extra amount of work it might be more but he thinks that would cover it. You know that that would be about $5.25Editorial Note: $5.25 in 1885 is the equivalent of $138.37 in 2019..

That sum with price of cablegram over & back would be it seems to me all required. Stationers Hall you know answer to one Patent office. Mr. ClarkEditorial Note: Possibly Henry H. Clark is a good man to go to & he furnished me this information thro' a friend of mine gratis so I know it is reliable. If Mr. Frye will come down in the morning by 8 o' clock with your wish we will just it through. I send this by messenger tonightAs Written:to night to avoid delay.

Yours trulyAs Written:try
E. H. Hammond
Mrs. M. B. G. Eddy
or Mr. Frye
Boston
571 Col Av.
Pay Messenger 35ctsEditorial Note: $0.35 in 1885 is the equivalent of $9.22 in 2019.
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BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, Sept 4 1885
Dear Mrs. Eddy

I have seen a party who is well acquainted with English ways & customs, who told me that if I send a cablegram to Stationers Hall London where copyrights are granted the officials there will give the desired information as it is a part of their business. Their fee he tells me is a guinea that is 1£. 1sh. If they have to do an extra amount of work it might be more but he thinks that would cover it. You know that that thatAs Written:thatwould be about $5.25Editorial Note: $5.25 in 1885 is the equivalent of $138.37 in 2019..

That sum with price of cablegram over & back would be it seems to me to all required. Stationers Hall you know answer to one Patent office. Mr. ClarkEditorial Note: Possibly Henry H. Clark is a good man to go to & he furnished me this of information thro' a friend of mine gratis so I know it is reliable. If Mr. Frye will come down in the morning by 8 o' clock with your wish we will just it through. I send this by messenger to nightCorrected:tonight to avoid delay.

Yours tryExpanded:truly
E. H. Hammond
Mrs. M. B. G. Eddy
or Mr. Frye
Boston
571 Col Av.
Pay Messenger 35ctsEditorial Note: $0.35 in 1885 is the equivalent of $9.22 in 2019.
 
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$0.35 in 1885 is the equivalent of $9.22 in 2019. Boston, Massachusetts $5.25 in 1885 is the equivalent of $138.37 in 2019. Possibly Henry H. Clark