Accession: 478.54.004
Editorial Title: Margaret C. Burgess to Mary Baker Eddy, May 13, 1886
Author: Margaret C. Burgess 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye  Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: May 13, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Margaret C. Burgess on lined paper from Chicago, Illinois.
Archival Note: This letter includes notations in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye and Mary Baker Eddy.
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here. 25
⇉ Handshift:Margaret C. Burgess3805 Langley Ave
ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois May 13. 1886
Dear Mrs Eddy-

Your letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. has just been received. I am very anxious to commence my studies with you as early as possible. But I may not be quite ready financially to begin with your next class-

Just at present my husband finds it rather difficult As Written: dificult to spare As Written: spair me as much money as I shall require for tuition and traveling expenses… The fare from here to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is higher this year than it has been for some time –

Would it be possible for you to make any reduction in your price for tuition? If you can do so – I can go to Boston at once – if not, I suppose I shall have to be patient, and wait, or become a pupil to one of the teachers here. But I do want to go to you the fountainheadAs Written:fountain head, for my instruction –

Will you let me know at you earliest convenience, what you can do for me? and how soon the class will commence study, that I may know what arrangements to make.

I have your book "Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- have read "Metaphysical Healing"– "Christian Science and the Bible"Editorial Note: This was a pamphlet of seventy pages by Phare Pleigh (James Henry Wiggin), titled Christian Science and the Bible, with reference to Mary Baker G. Eddy’s Science and Health; or Christian Science Its Platform and its Critics. It was announced in the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal, along with a detailed description of its contents.– and have subscribed for the Journal – And yet "How can one be taught without a teacher"Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! –

Hoping to hear from you very soon-

Very truly
Mrs W. T. Burgess-
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyNo reduction Sept probably
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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. Frye[*]Archival Note: There is what appears to be shorthand written here. 25
⇉ Handshift:Margaret C. Burgess3805 Langley Ave
ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois May 13. 1886
Dear Mrs Eddy-

Your letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. has just been received. I am very anxious to commence my studies with you as early as possible. But I may not be quite ready financially to begin with your next class-

Just at present my husband finds it rather dificult Corrected: difficult to spair Corrected: spare me as much money as I shall require for tuition and traveling expenses… The fare from here to BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is higher this year than it has been for some time –

Would it be possible for you to make any reduction in your price f for tuition? If you can do so – I can go to Boston at once – if not, I suppose I shall have to be patient, and wait, or become a pupil to one of the teachers here. But I do want to go to you the fountain headCorrected:fountainhead, for my instruction –

Will you let me know at you earliest convenience, what you can do for me? and how soon the class will commence study, that I may know what arrangements to make.

I have your book "Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy- have read "Metaphysical Healing"– "Christian Science and the Bible"Editorial Note: This was a pamphlet of seventy pages by Phare Pleigh (James Henry Wiggin), titled Christian Science and the Bible, with reference to Mary Baker G. Eddy’s Science and Health; or Christian Science Its Platform and its Critics. It was announced in the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal, along with a detailed description of its contents.– and have subscribed for the Journal – And yet "hHow can one be taught without a teacher"Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! –

Hoping to hear from you very soon-

Very truly
Mrs W. T. Burgess-
⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyNo reduction Sept probably
 
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There is what appears to be shorthand written here. Chicago, Illinois This letter is not extant. Boston, Massachusetts Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy This was a pamphlet of seventy pages by Phare Pleigh (James Henry Wiggin), titled Christian Science and the Bible, with reference to Mary Baker G. Eddy’s Science and Health; or Christian Science Its Platform and its Critics. It was announced in the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal, along with a detailed description of its contents.