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| Accession: | 593A.61.019 |
| Editorial Title: | Russell H. Conwell to Mary Baker Eddy, February 20, 1879 |
| Author: | Russell H. Conwell |
| Recipient: | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Date: | February 20, 1879 |
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Russell H. Conwell on stationery of the Law Office of Russell H. Conwell
from Boston, Massachusetts.
Editorial Note: Conwell has received a letter (not extant) from Mary Baker Eddy, handed to him by
Asa Gilbert Eddy. He says that he did not read the letter until it was too late to send an answer
back by Asa Gilbert Eddy. He writes that Mary Baker Eddy's letter contains insinuations
that he had been hired to prosecute James L. Sargent and Daniel H. Spofford, and that this is not correct. The fact is that he was paid to defend Asa Gilbert
Eddy and Edward J. Arens. He has expended a great deal of effort in defending them, has carried the case to a successful conclusion, and is finished with it. In trying to please the Eddys,
he has spent enough time on this one case that he could have spent trying a dozen
cases. If he decides to do anything else, it will be just as he pleases and when he
pleases. From now on he will not follow other peoples' advice, but if they work with
him, they must follow his. In a postscript, Conwell says he has heard that Mary Baker
Eddy asked the Boston Herald how much they paid him. He adds that he would never take
money in that way, and that if Eddy actually did this (which he doubts), he regards
it as a gross insult.
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