Accession: 952.93.038
Editorial Title: Marietta L. B. Stow to Mary Baker Eddy, February 17, 1886
Author: Marietta L. B. Stow 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: February 17, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Marietta L. B. Stow on embossed lined paper from San Francisco, California.
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
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I sent you an order for two sets of your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, yesterday, & now feel called upon to inform you of the progress of Mind Cure in this city. Mrs. Root, who studied with Mrs. Rice, I think. has taught, & caused to be instructed in her class – during her absence – as many As Written: may as 300 pupils, I should judge. Her charge for five lessons, a course, is $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. Mrs. Wolfe, a BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts student, charges $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. Mrs. Harris, also a Boston student charges $5Editorial Note: $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021.. Two Miss Bennets (two classes), pupils of Mrs. Root, $5Editorial Note: $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021.. Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Bowles, (He is one of the Bowles BrothersAs Written:Bros. bankers, who failed As Written: fiailed in ParisEditorial Note: Paris, France & elsewhere in 1874As Written:74.) pupils of Mrs- Root, $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. A Dr. Dunlap, who picked up gratuitously in Mrs. Roots class all he knows of Divine Science, she says, has a MetaphysicalAs Written:Meta – College & charges $50Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,437.54 in 2021. a course. He can probably count his students on the fingers of one hand, Rev. Joseph Adames, a congregational minister, who is excommunicated on account of his heresy As Written: heracy in mind cure, & his wife, Mrs. Dr Adams are teaching in OaklandEditorial Note: Oakland, California, five miles from here, across the bay, for $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021., Mrs. M. E. Bucknell, M.D., who is now teaching Mrs. Root's class, during her absence in Los AngelesEditorial Note: Los Angeles, California, has a class in OaklandAs Written:O., also, where she resides, $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. She says this science was discoveredAs Written:discouvered & formulated by Dr. Quimby, of Portland, MaineAs Written:Me., her old home. She don't As Written: dont approve of women clergy womenAs Written:clergewomen. I have never As Written: nevr heard your name spoken in class or at public meetings by one of the teachers, & I have been in daily attendance for the last three months. Last sunday I got the loan of the first VolumeAs Written:Vol. of your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy & have read it & re-read it. this is why I want them. To say I, for one, a m proud of you is faint praise. I have not attended any church regularly for years, simply because I am tired of the "He" in church & State. How I have suffered at the hands of the "He" directly & indirectly let the papers I send you tell. Be sure & read the brief sketch of my life in "N. E. R."Editorial Note: Belva Ann Lockwood and Marietta L. B. Stow's National Equal Rights journal & a "Night Behind the Bars" in "W. H. of I."Editorial Note: Women's Herald of Industry, of which Stow was the editor. — which is not dead, but lying fallow for a season. My pupils set the type of the paper & I am a poor speller & proofreader, hence the typeAs Written:typ - errors. Now, Mrs. Eddy, we, some of Mrs. Root's pupils, are making an effort to have a Simon-pureAs Written:Simon pure woman's church here, after the plan of yoursAs Written:your's in Boston, & I write you just how everything is here so that you will know just how to assist us with your counselsAs Written:councils. We shall be a child of yours. Mrs. Root takes no interest in it. We have held Seven meetings already, & they have been announced, under "Church Notices" as "The First Christian Science Church of San FranciscoEditorial Note: The current First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was not officially formed until 1895.." & understood to be a woman's church & movement, which has caused As Written: caued some of the "bretheren," who want to rule & head everythingAs Written:evythg, tear their hair. Now what we want to do is to be followers, not leaders, of the woman who dared, Mrs. Eddy, of Boston, See?

I have sowed so much, for others to reapJohn 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. John 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. that I am a monomaniac upon justice. I forgot to mention "Chainey & Kimball." They charge $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.., & have done the causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. infinite harm by their "affinity" lives. Mrs. Root, unfortunately, has a perfectly worthless agent, John Arnoup, whose wife, in Oakland,, supports As Written: suports herself & children by going out by the day, sewing, washing & scrubbingAs Written:schrubbing. Such things kill. I want nothing to do with any woman, in this work, who is tangled up with some vile man that smirches the whole effort. There are capable women enoughAs Written:enogh that would do all an agent can do - & that would leave no "trail of the serpent." over the work & causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science.. Any advice, from your large experience, in regard to our church plan will be most gratefully receivedAs Written:receved, & any printed sermons, if you have them. Please command me for any service which I can render you here & believe me

Truly yours,
Mrs. J, W, Stow,
952.93.038
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Strictly confidential, & personal.

I sent you an order for two sets of your booksEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, yesterday, & now feel called upon to inform you of the progress of Mind Cure in this city. Mrs. Root, who studied with Mrs. Rice, I think. has taught, & caused to be instructed in her class – during her absence – as may Corrected: many as 300 pupils, I should judge. Her charge for five lessons, a course, is $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. Mrs. Wolfe, a BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts student, charges $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. Mrs. Harris, also a Boston student charges $5Editorial Note: $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021.. Two Miss Bennets, (two classes), pupils of Mrs. Root, $5Editorial Note: $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021.. Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Bowles, (He is one of the Bowles Bros.Expanded:Brothers [?] Unclear or illegible  bankers, who fiailed Corrected: failed in ParisEditorial Note: Paris, France & elsewhere [?] Unclear or illegible  in 74Expanded:1874.) pupils of Mrs- Root, $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. A Dr. Dunlap, who picked up gratuitously in Mrs. Roots class all he knows of Divine Science, she says, has a Meta –Expanded:Metaphysical College & charges $50Editorial Note: $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,437.54 in 2021. a course. He can probably count his students on the fingers of one hand, Rev. Joseph Adames, a congregational minister, who is excommunicated on account of his heracy Corrected: heresy in mind cure, & his wife, Mrs. Dr Adams are teaching in OaklandEditorial Note: Oakland, California, five miles from here, across the bay, for $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021., Mrs. M. E. Bucknell, M.D., who is now teaching Mrs. Root's class, during her absence in Los AngelesEditorial Note: Los Angeles, California, has a class in O.Expanded:Oakland, also, where she resides, $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.. She says this science was discouveredCorrected:discovered & formulated by Dr. Quimby, of Portland, Me.Expanded:Maine, her old home. She dont Corrected: don't approve of women clergewomenCorrected:clergy women. I have nevr Corrected: never heard your name spoken in class or at public meetings by one of the teachers, & I have been in daily attendance for the last three months. Last sunday I got the loan of the first Vol.Expanded:Volume of your bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy & have read it & re-read it. this is why I want them. To say I, for one, are m proud of you is faint praise. I have not attended any church regularly for years, simply because I am tired of the "He" in church & State. How I have suffered at the hands of the "He" directly & indirectly let the papers I send you tell. Be sure & read the brief sketch of my life in "N. E. R."Editorial Note: Belva Ann Lockwood and Marietta L. B. Stow's National Equal Rights journal & a "Night Behind the Bars" in "W. H. of I."Editorial Note: Women's Herald of Industry, of which Stow was the editor. — which is not dead, but lying fallow for a season. My pupils set the type of the paper & I am a poor speller & proofreader, hence the typCorrected:type - errors. Now, Mrs. Eddy, we, some of Mrs. Root's pupils, are making an effort to have a Simon pureCorrected:Simon-pure woman's church here, after the plan of your'sCorrected:yours in Boston, & I write you just how everything is here so that you will know just how to assist us with your councilsCorrected:counsels. We shall be a child of yours. Mrs. Root takes no interest in it. We have held Seven meetings already, & they have been announced, under "Church Notices" as "The First Christian Science Church of San FranciscoEditorial Note: The current First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was not officially formed until 1895.." & understood to be a woman's church & movement, which has caued Corrected: caused some of the "bretheren," who want to rule & head evythgCorrected:everything, tear their hair. Now what we want to do is to be followers, not leaders, of the woman who dared, Mrs. Eddy, of Boston, See?

I have sowed so much, for others to reapJohn 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. John 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. that I am a monomaniac upon justice. I forgot to mention "Chainey & Kimball." They charge $10Editorial Note: $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021.., & have done the causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science. infinite harm by their "affinity" lives. Mrs. Root, unfortunately, has a perfectly worthless agent, John Arnoup, whose wife, in Oakland,, suports Corrected: supports herself & children by going out by the day, sewing, washing & schrubbingCorrected:scrubbing. Such things kill. I want nothing to do with any woman, in this work, who is tangled up with some vile man that smirches the whole effort. There are capable women enoghCorrected:enough [?] Unclear or illegible  that would do all an agent can do - & that would leave [?] Unclear or illegible  no "trail of the serpent." on over the work & causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science.. Any advice, from your large experience, in regard to our church plan will be most gratefully recevedCorrected:received, & any printed sermons, if you have them. Please command me for any service which I can render you here & believe me

Truly yours,
Mrs. J, W, Stow,
 
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San Francisco, California Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. Boston, Massachusetts $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021. $5.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $143.75 in 2021. Paris, France $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. $50.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $1,437.54 in 2021. Oakland, California $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. Los Angeles, California $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Belva Ann Lockwood and Marietta L. B. Stow's National Equal Rights journal Women's Herald of Industry, of which Stow was the editor. The current First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was not officially formed until 1895. $10.00 in 1886 is the equivalent of $287.51 in 2021. The cause of Christian Science. The cause of Christian Science.