Accession: 714B.86.054
Editorial Title: Marietta L. B. Stow to Mary Baker Eddy, March 10, 1886
Author: Marietta L. B. Stow 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Annotator: Calvin A. Frye 
Date: March 10, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Marietta L. B. Stow on embossed unlined paper from San Francisco, California.
Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.
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714B.86.054
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Handshift:Calvin A. FryeShe allowed you same as to her studentsAs Written:stu who sometime order 100 at once will cost you nothingAs Written:nothng to sell [?] Unclear or illegible  them

The one bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy came todayAs Written:to-day. Suppose that the two are merged in the one. I regret that you allow so small a percentageAs Written:per centage that I cannot handle it. = I have a School of Industry for girls & have grown so poor carrying it without extraneous aid that I am having vacation for a time & personally working up the Mind Cure in this cityEditorial Note: San Francisco, California. I get a third off on books that I handle & forty & fifty percentAs Written:per cent. on magazines.

I wish you could let me handle it for two dollarsEditorial Note: $2.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $57.65 in 2021.. It should not cost, if you have the plates, more than 75cEditorial Note: $0.75 in 1886 is the equivalent of $21.62 in 2021. a copy, covered with leatherette, which Mr. Rand told me was about the price of best English As Written: Englush cloth; that would leave you a handsome marginAs Written:margine. Of course any arrangementAs Written:ar– made with me would be strictly confidential – & it would help, indirectly, some of the native-bornAs Written:native born daughters of this Golden StateEditorial Note: California to get an honest living. Seventy-five were sent to the Mag– asylum last May. The Chinese have literally As Written: litterly driven them to the wall. It is prostitution or starvation with some of them. = I have been trying to get money to enlarge my house & thus make an income, but failed because I am a Woman Suffragist & an out-&-outAs Written:out & out reformer. The greedy, groping As Written: groiping millionaires of this state have no place in their small souls for human pity for the toiling masses. One of them said to me a day or two ago, "O damn the girls! let them shirk for themselves". When I tell you that I am $4,000Editorial Note: $4,000.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $115,306.45 in 2021. poorer than I was in '80 you will see at what a disadvantage I have labored in San FranciscoAs Written:S. F. "But as much as ye have done it unto them,"Matt 25:31 ¶When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: Matt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: Matt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Matt 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matt 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Matt 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Matt 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Matt 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Matt 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Matt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. etc–

I now expect to soon open a class in Mind Cure, hoping in it to find the help (a $7,000Editorial Note: $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021. loan) which I so much need. I was offered $12,000Editorial Note: $12,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $345,919.36 in 2021. for my home & lot last summer, & yet the savings banks, which have a large dependence upon the earnings As Written: earnigs of women, will only loan $1,500Editorial Note: $1,500 in 1886 is the equivalent of $43,239.92 in 2021. because As Written: becaue I am a radical woman. Were my husband living he could get the $7,000Editorial Note: $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021.. "Men hate to deal with (strong-mindedAs Written:strong minded) women.

If you desire reference I refer you to Mess rs. Rand, Avery & Co, 117 Franklin– st, & Mr. Fleming 47, Franklin– st, BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts. as regards my business ways.

C. A. Frye, of your office, inquires what to do with the "$1,00"Editorial Note: $1.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $28.83 in 2021. of mine still in your hands. AnswerAs Written:Ans. Send me your paper, "Journal of Christ-Science," for one year. = Please accept thanks for the specimen copies of pamphlets & paper sent. = What is the lowest rates. at which you can furnish the paper to club with other papers or with magazines?

By advising you will greatly oblige,
Truly Yours,
Mrs. J. W. Stow.

P. S. Everything I possess of worldly goods, or that I may eventually possess, I make in perpetuity to industry, for the benefit of women; &, add my work to the gift.

Mrs. Stow.

714B.86.054
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Handshift:Calvin A. FryeShe allowed you same as to her stuExpanded:students who sometime order 100 at once will cost you nothngCorrected:nothing to sell [?] Unclear or illegible  them

The one bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy came to-dayCorrected:today. Suppose that the two are merged in the one. I regret that you allow so small a per centageCorrected:percentage that I cannot handle it. = I have a sSchool of Industry for girls & have grown so poor carrying it without extraneous aid that I am having vacation for a time & personally working up the Mind Cure in this cityEditorial Note: San Francisco, California. I get a third off on books that I handle & forty & fifty per centCorrected:percent. on magazines.

I wish you could let me handle it for two dollarsEditorial Note: $2.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $57.65 in 2021.. It should not cost, if you have the plates, more than 75cEditorial Note: $0.75 in 1886 is the equivalent of $21.62 in 2021. a copy, covered with leatherette, which Mr. Rand told me was about the price of best Englush Corrected: English cloth; that would leave you a handsome margineCorrected:margin. Of course any ar–Expanded:arrangement made with me would be strictly confidential – & it would help, indirectly, some of the native bornCorrected:native-born daughters of this Golden StateEditorial Note: California to get an honest living. Seventy-five were sent to the Mag– asylum last May. The Chinese have litterly Corrected: literally driven them to the wall. It is prostitution or starvation with some of them. = I have been trying to get money to enlarge my house & thus make an income, but failed because I am a Woman Suffragist & an out & outCorrected:out-&-out reformer. The greedy, groiping Corrected: groping millionaires of this state have no place in their small souls for human pity for the toiling masses. One of them said to me a day or two ago, "O damn the girls! let them shirk for themselves". When I tell you that I am $4,000Editorial Note: $4,000.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $115,306.45 in 2021. poorer than I was in '80 you will see at what a disadvantage I have labored in S. F.Expanded:San Francisco "But as much as ye have done it unto them,"Matt 25:31 ¶When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: Matt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: Matt 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Matt 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matt 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Matt 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Matt 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? Matt 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Matt 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? Matt 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. etc–

I now expect to soon open a class in Mind Cure, hoping in it to find the help (a $7,000Editorial Note: $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021. loan) which I so much need. I was offered $12,000Editorial Note: $12,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $345,919.36 in 2021. for my home & lot last summer, & yet the savings banks, which have a large dependence upon the earnigs Corrected: earnings of women, will only loan $1,5,00Editorial Note: $1,500 in 1886 is the equivalent of $43,239.92 in 2021. becaue Corrected: because I am a radical woman. Were my husband living he could get the $7,000Editorial Note: $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021.. "Men hate to deal with (strong mindedCorrected:strong-minded) women.

If you desire reference I refer you to Messers rs. Rand, Avery & Co, 117 Franklin– st, & Mr. Fleming 47, Franklin– st, BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts. in as regards my business ways.

C. A. Frye, of your office, inquires what to do with the "$1,00"Editorial Note: $1.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $28.83 in 2021. of mine still in your hands. Ans.Expanded:Answer Send me your paper, "Journal of Christ-Science," for one year. = Please accept thanks for the specimen copies of pamphlets & paper sent. = What is the lowest rates. at which you can furnish the paper to club with other papers or with magazines?

By advising you will greatly oblige,
Truly Yours,
Mrs. J. W. Stow.

P. S. Everything I possess of worldly goods, or that I may eventually possess, I make in perpetuity to industry, ofor the benefit of women; &, add my work to the gift.

Mrs. Stow.

 
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San Francisco, California Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy San Francisco, California $2.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $57.65 in 2021. $0.75 in 1886 is the equivalent of $21.62 in 2021. California $4,000.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $115,306.45 in 2021. $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021. $12,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $345,919.36 in 2021. $1,500 in 1886 is the equivalent of $43,239.92 in 2021. $7,000 in 1886 is the equivalent of $201,786.29 in 2021. Boston, Massachusetts $1.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $28.83 in 2021.