George H. Moses to Mary Baker Eddy, February 8, 1899

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085A.18.033

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George H. Moses

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Mary Baker Eddy

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February 8, 1899

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Concord, N. H., Feb. 8, 1899.

The Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,
Pleasant View, Concord.
My dear Mrs. Eddy:

In response to your inquiry concerning my relations to Mrs. Woodbury I ought, I think, to enter a general denial; because I have had no relations with her.

She has, however, frequently communicated with me. Some few years ago she sent to me a copy of her pamphlet, "War in Heaven," for review in the columns of my paper. I did not deem the book sufficiently important to be reviewed and it went unnoticed. Later she sent me a copy of her "Christian Science Voices" and I reviewed it. The review did not please her and she wrote to express her indignation. To this letter I paid no attention. She frequently sent me newspaper clippings concerning her movements, some of which were of sufficient news value to be reprinted in the MonitorEditorial Note: Concord Evening Monitor; but the larger number of them were not so regarded by me. She also wrote to me at intervals concerning what she was trying to do. She has also sent me several articles from her pen, sermons and the like, with a request that I publish them; but I never complied. At one time she sent me a sermon of hers and desired it to be published in the Monitor. It was on the war with SpainEditorial Note: The Spanish American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States gaining sovereignty over the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines and asserting itself as a major world power for the first time. and I regarded its utterances as very unpatriotic, to say the least, and declined to print it. It was then offered for publication for pay, tentatively at least; but was not so published. I have also had several anonymous letters which I attributed to her, mainly on the ground that the internal evidence pointed to her authorship. I have preserved none of her communications. I never saw her and never wrote to her. She at one time sent a copy of a volume of her poems to the Monitor for review and the proprietor of the paper wished me to write the review. I did so. At that time I knew nothing of Mrs. Woodbury. The book was an elaborate one and had some merit--which I frankly commended in the review.

This is the extent of my encounters with her as I now recall them. I have not had particular occasion to fix her in my mind and there may be some omissions in this resume; but I think not.

Faithfully yours,

G. H. Moses.

P.S. All this, of course, is confidential.

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Concord, N. H., Feb. 8, 1899.

The Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,
Pleasant View, Concord.
My dear Mrs. Eddy:

In response to your inqyuiry concerning my relations to Mrs. Woodbury I ought, I think, to enter a general denial; because I have had no relations with her.

She has, however, frequently communicated with me. Some few years ago she sent to me a copy of her pamphlet, "War in Heaven," for review in the columns of my paper. I did not deem the book sufficiently important to be reviewed and it went unnoticed. Later she sent me a copy of her "Christian Science Voices" and I reviewed it. The review did not please her and she wrote to express her indignation. To this letter I paid no attention. She frequently sent me newspaper clippings concerning her movements, some of which were of sufficient news value to be reprinted in the MonitorEditorial Note: Concord Evening Monitor; but the larger number of them were not so regarded by me. She also wrote to me at intervals concerning what she was trying to do. She has also sent me several articles from her pen, sermons and the like, with a request that I publish them; but I never complied. At one time she sent me a sermon of hers and desired it to be published in the Monitor. It was on the war with SpainEditorial Note: The Spanish American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States gaining sovereignty over the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines and asserting itself as a major world power for the first time. and I regarded its utterances as very unpatriotic, to say the least, and decli [?] Unclear or illegible ned to print bit. It was then offered for publication for pay, tentatively at least; but was not so published. I have also had several anonymous letters which I attributed to her, mainly on the ground that the internal evidence pointed to her authorship. I have preserved none of her communications. I never saw her and never wrote to her. She at one time sent a copy of a volume of her poems to the Monitor for review and the proprietor of the paprer wished me to write the review. I did so. At that time I knew nothing of Mrs. Woodbury. The book was an elaborate one and had some merit--which I frankly commended in the review.

This is the extent of my encounters with her as I now recall them. I have not had particular occasion to fix her in my mind and there may be some omissions in this resume; but I think not.

Faithfully yours,

G. H. Moses.

P.S. All this, of course, is confidential.

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Concord Evening Monitor The Spanish American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States gaining sovereignty over the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines and asserting itself as a major world power for the first time.