Mary Whitman to Mary Baker Eddy, March 26, 1885

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723B.89.045

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Author:

Mary Whitman

Recipient:

Mary Baker Eddy

Annotator:

Calvin A. Frye

Date:

March 26, 1885

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Whitman on lined paper from Belvidere, Illinois.

Archival Note: This letter includes notations in the handwriting of Calvin A. Frye.

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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeApr 20 -
reduce 100Editorial Note: $100.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $2,647.00 in 2019. Send curriculumAs Written:cur
AnsweredAs Written:Ans Mar 31
⇉ Handshift:Mary WhitmanBelvidere IllinoisAs Written:Ills. Mar 26 / 85

Mrs Eddy
Dear Madam

I have been thinking much of your science of healingEditorial Note: Christian Science of late. Praying that if it is of God that my whole soul might be filled with it.

More than a year ago my sister went to Chicago with a view of learning the science of the ShurmensEditorial Note: Bradford Sherman and Roger Sherman asking that if it was not best that she should try to learn that the way would be hedged up when she got thereHos 2:6 ¶Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. they had gone to Boston. she then dropped As Written: draped the idea, how I should like to know what is necessary to qualify one to enter the College. How long it takes for the course, what the terms are for tuition and board & all about it

Our means are limited so have been our advantages

As I understand it all cannot As Written: can not learn the science neither can all be benefited As Written: benifited by it, am I right.

Respectfully yours

Miss Mary Whitman
Belvidere
Boone Co
IllinoisAs Written:Ills.

723B.89.045

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⇉ Handshift:Calvin A. FryeApr 20 -
reduce 100Editorial Note: $100.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $2,647.00 in 2019. Send curExpanded:curriculum
AnsExpanded:Answered Mar 31
⇉ Handshift:Mary WhitmanBelvidere Ills.Expanded:Illinois Mar 26 / 85

Mrs Eddy
Dear Madam

I have been thinking much of your science of healingEditorial Note: Christian Science of late. Praying that if it is of God that my whole soul might be filled with it.

More than a year ago my sister went to Chicago with a view of learning the science of the ShurmensEditorial Note: Bradford Sherman and Roger Sherman asking that if it was not best that she should try to learn that the way would be hedged up when she got thereHos 2:6 ¶Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. they had gone to Boston. she then draped Corrected: dropped the idea, how I should like to know what is necessary to qualify one to enter the College. How long it takes for the course, what the terms are for tuition and board & all about it

Our means are limited so have been our advantages

As I understand it all can not Corrected: cannot learn the science neither can all be benifited Corrected: benefited by it, am I right.

Respectfully yours

Miss Mary Whitman
Belvidere
Boone Co
Ills.Expanded:Illinois

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$100.00 in 1885 is the equivalent of $2,647.00 in 2019. Christian Science Bradford Sherman and Roger Sherman