Accession: 962.94A.008
Editorial Title: Stephen H. Gage to Mary Baker Eddy, March 18, 1887
Author: Stephen H. Gage 
Recipient: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: March 18, 1887
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Stephen H. Gage on lined paper from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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962.94A.008
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Enclosed find $3.=Editorial Note: 3.00 for which please send me the last edition of your book called "Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy" – I have been reading from one that was loaned me for a few days and feel that it is the Bible I need, if there was a Christian Scientist in this place I should certainly go to him or her, but after making careful inquiry As Written: inquery I cannotAs Written:can not hear of one as located in this City, It seems strange that a city as large as Bridgeport (over 40,000.) should not have a representative of this glorious teaching of yours–

I have been an Invalid and great sufferer from Kidney and Neuralgic trouble for the last six or seven years, have been under the highest Medical Authorities in ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois, PhiladaEditorial Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York without receiving relief from any of them and had become thoroughly discouraged until As Written: untill I accidentally or providentially had your book placed in my hands, I now feel that I can be cured and that you can do it, but as you state positively As Written: positivly in your book that you do not receive patients will you be kind enough to refer me where I can get the needed relief and oblige

Yours Truly
S. H. Gage
962.94A.008
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

Enclosed find $3.=Editorial Note: 3.00 for which please send me the last edition of your book called the "Science and HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy" – I have been reading from one that was loaned me for a few days and feel that it is the Bible I need, if there was a Christian Scientist in this place I should certainly go to him or her, but after making careful inquery Corrected: inquiry I can notCorrected:cannot hear of one as located in this City, It seems strange that a city as large as Bridgeport (over 40,000.) should not have a representative of this glorious teaching of yours–

I have been an Invalid and great sufferer from Kidney and Neuralgic trouble for the last six or seven years, have been under the highest Medical Authorities in ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois, PhiladaEditorial Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New YorkEditorial Note: New York, New York without receiving relief from any of them and had become thoroughly discouraged untill Corrected: until I accidentally or providentially had your book placed in my hands, I now feel that I can be cured and that you can do it, but as you state positivly Corrected: positively in your book that you do not receive patients will you be kind enough to refer me where I can get the needed relief and oblige

Yours Truly
S. H. Gage
 
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