Accession: 688A.78.047
Editorial Title: Mrs. J. H. Lewis to Mary Baker Eddy, February 9, 1887
Author: Mrs. J. H. Lewis 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: February 9, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mrs. J. H. Lewis on unlined paper from Boston, Massachusetts.
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688A.78.047
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Will you read a little word from me?- Am more sorry than I ever can express, for the events of yesterday & today- occasioned by the nonreceptionAs Written:non reception of the letter you spoke of- in the first place- I came to Boston expecting to stand my examination for the Normal Class– If not deemed ready for it by you- was then expecting to remain east someplace until the time appointed for the next class– I supposed that if you found me ready it would not be necessary for me to take it & that in either case- the cash payment was to be as I expressed it the discount also- I never dreamed of contending for it but as I had not the money with me- had offered to give my note at once with 8% interest until paid as soon as I could in six months or year (or much sooner I hoped) So that I might not be compelled to lose my lesson through the defect of the mail & of general results- This Dr Fry persistently refused & I had not the money- The grief to me was not the money question- I would have paid it instantly if I had had it- but it was my wish to be set right with you & not to be considered either an "impostor or a fraud - I beg your pardon for insisting upon seeing you today noon when you were just through with your class -It was not wise I see- I wanted Dr Frye As Written: Fry to know that I was true & thought that with the great press of your manifold duties- you had perhaps forgotten or that it would be all understood as we recalled the conversations– with the present circumstances as stated in the first of my letter…

All misunderstandings it seems throughout & as such I leave it.

Very respectfully
Mrs J H Lewis–
688A.78.047
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

Will you read a little word from me?- Am more sorry than I ever can express, for the events of yesterday & today- occasioned by the non receptionCorrected:nonreception of the letter you spoke of- in the first place- I came to Boston expecting to stand my examination for the Normal Class– If not deemed ready for it by you- was then expecting to remain east someplace until the time appointed for the next class– I supposed that if you found me ready it w [?] Unclear or illegible ould not be necessary for me to take it & that in either case- the cash payment was to be as I expressed it the discount also- I never dreamed of contending for it but as I had not the money with me- [?] Unclear or illegible  had offered to give my note at once with 8% interest until paid as soon as I could in six months or year (or much sooner I hoped) So that I might not be compelled to lose my lesson through the defect of the mail & of general results- This Dr Fry persistently refused & I had not the money- The grief to me was not the money question- I would have paid it instantly if I had had it- but it was my wish to be set right with you & not to be considered either an "impostor or a fraud - I beg your pardon for insisting upon seeing you today noon when you were just through with your class -It was not wise I see- I wanted Dr Fry Corrected: Frye to know that I was true & thought that with the great press of your manifold duties- you had perhaps forgotten or that it would be all understood as we recalled the conversations– with the present circumstances as stated in the first of my letter…

All misunderstandings it seems throughout & as such I leave it.

Very respectfully
Mrs J H Lewis–
 
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