Accession: 338AP2.46.029
Editorial Title: Josephine Curtis Woodbury to Mary Baker Eddy, September 14, 1896
Author: Josephine Curtis Woodbury 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: September 14, 1896
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Josephine Curtis Woodbury on unlined printed stationery of The Royal Hotel, from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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EDINBURGH Sept 14th 1896

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Clan McNeilEditorial Note: Woodbury's mention of the "Clan McNeil" in this letter may relate to the fact that Mary Baker Eddy had a McNeil connection through her grandmother, Mary Ann M. Baker. Baker's grandparents, John McNeil (1695-1768) and Christian McNeil (b. Kenney), immigrated to America from Ireland around 1719, but the family originally emigrated from Scotland to Ireland in the mid-1600s. Eddy had initially been given the impression that she was of closer relation to the current McNeils of Edinburgh, and her cousin Fanny McNeil Potter had even visited with Sir John McNeill of Edinburgh and returned with a copy of the McNeil coat of arms, which she claimed that they were both entitled to use as members of the McNeil family..

A Miss McNeilEditorial Note: Christina "Ina" Erskine Campbell (b. McNeill) (1847-1925), Duchess of Argyll who was one of Queen Victoria'sEditorial Note: Alexandrina Victoria (1819-1901), commonly known as Queen Victoria, was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death. Her reign constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. favorite ladies in court, recently married the Duke of ArgyleEditorial Note: George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), also known as the 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland and as the 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He helped to popularize ornithology and wrote on various subjects, including science, theology, economy, and politics.–

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EDINBURGH Sept 14th 1896

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Clan McNeilEditorial Note: Woodbury's mention of the "Clan McNeil" in this letter may relate to the fact that Mary Baker Eddy had a McNeil connection through her grandmother, Mary Ann M. Baker. Baker's grandparents, John McNeil (1695-1768) and Christian McNeil (b. Kenney), immigrated to America from Ireland around 1719, but the family originally emigrated from Scotland to Ireland in the mid-1600s. Eddy had initially been given the impression that she was of closer relation to the current McNeils of Edinburgh, and her cousin Fanny McNeil Potter had even visited with Sir John McNeill of Edinburgh and returned with a copy of the McNeil coat of arms, which she claimed that they were both entitled to use as members of the McNeil family..

A Miss McNeilEditorial Note: Christina "Ina" Erskine Campbell (b. McNeill) (1847-1925), Duchess of Argyll who was one of Queen Victoria'sEditorial Note: Alexandrina Victoria (1819-1901), commonly known as Queen Victoria, was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death. Her reign constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. favorite ladies in court, recently married the Duke of ArgyleEditorial Note: George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), also known as the 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland and as the 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He helped to popularize ornithology and wrote on various subjects, including science, theology, economy, and politics.–

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Woodbury's mention of the "Clan McNeil" in this letter may relate to the fact that Mary Baker Eddy had a McNeil connection through her grandmother, Mary Ann M. Baker. Baker's grandparents, John McNeil (1695-1768) and Christian McNeil (b. Kenney), immigrated to America from Ireland around 1719, but the family originally emigrated from Scotland to Ireland in the mid-1600s. Eddy had initially been given the impression that she was of closer relation to the current McNeils of Edinburgh, and her cousin Fanny McNeil Potter had even visited with Sir John McNeill of Edinburgh and returned with a copy of the McNeil coat of arms, which she claimed that they were both entitled to use as members of the McNeil family. Christina "Ina" Erskine Campbell (b. McNeill) (1847-1925), Duchess of Argyll Alexandrina Victoria (1819-1901), commonly known as Queen Victoria, was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death. Her reign constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900), also known as the 8th Duke of Argyll in the peerage of Scotland and as the 1st Duke of Argyll in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He helped to popularize ornithology and wrote on various subjects, including science, theology, economy, and politics.