Accession: 210.35.008
Editorial Title: Hanover P. Smith to Mary Baker Eddy, August 16, 1886
Author: Hanover P. Smith 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: August 16, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Hanover P. Smith on lined paper from Boston, Massachusetts, with a notation by Calvin A. Frye.
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My patient Mrs Dickey of QuincyEditorial Note: Quincy, Massachusetts wants to study so I referred As Written: refured her to you. If she pretends she has not got money to pay full tuition it is not so; she has almost three thousand dollarsEditorial Note: $3,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $97,245.37 in 2023.in the bank; and her children are earning her money besides. In some respects she is a very queer woman but would be all right ifshe will keep clear of mortal mind,I have made her think that I thought her an angel As Written: angle she wanted me to write an introduction to you so I pen you this, but don't As Written: dont tell what I write

Your loving student
Hanover

Mrs E sends love & says she don't As Written: dont want angelAs Written:ang in disguiseAs Written:disg her class if full and advises As Written: advess her to go to one of her studentsAs Written:stu that has taken the Normal course

210.35.008
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

My patient Mrs Dickey of QuincyEditorial Note: Quincy, Massachusetts wants to study so I refured Corrected: referred her to you. If she pretends she has not got money to pay full tuition it is not so; she has almost three thousand dollarsEditorial Note: $3,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $97,245.37 in 2023.in the bank; and her children are earning her money besides.i In some respects she is a very queer woman but would be all right itfshe will keep clear of mortal mind,I have made her think that I thought her an [?] Unclear or illegible  angle Corrected: angel she wanted me to write an introduction to you so I pen you this, but dont Corrected: don't tell what I write

Your loving student
Hanover

Mrs E sends love & says she dont Corrected: don't want angExpanded:angel in disgExpanded:disguise send her toher class if full and advess Corrected: advises her to go to one of her stuExpanded:students that has taken the Normal course

 
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Quincy, Massachusetts $3,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $97,245.37 in 2023.