Mrs. Eddy has received a letter from Florence MacAlister, Aberdeen, Scotland enclosing a copy of a communication, which has been sent to the Ladies Home JournalEditorial Note: The Ladies Home Journal had included in a November 1903 article that Eddy's great-grandfather was Sir John A. McNeill (various spellings of the name have been used)., declaring that "Sir John MacNeil was not Mrs. Eddy's great-grand-fatherCorrected:great-grandfather", and essaying to prove it.

Our Leader desires to have you authoratively Corrected: authoritatively informed that her knowledge of the facts, relating to her ancestry, as published, came to her directly through her relative, the wife of Judge Potter, nee Fannie MacNeil, daughter of General MacNeil, the hero of Lundy's Lane.

Mrs. Potter was hostess at the White House in Washington, for several years, during its occupancy by President Pierce, her uncle, and afterwards went to Scotland to visit notable relatives, upon invitations received while she presided at the White House, and on her return to this country, related driving in his private carriage with "Right Honorable Sir John Ma [?] Unclear or illegible cNeil" in EdinburgEditorial Note: Edinburgh, Scotland; she also brought home with her, the MacNieeil coa-t-of-arms for herself, and also brought and presented Mrs. Eddy with hers, inscribed with her (Mrs. Potter's) autograph, which Mrs. Eddy still has, and which I have today seen, and the correctness of the signature upon which is attested by Mrs. Leonard, who is now at Pleasant View, and who knew Mrs. Potter intimately; furtheer more, upon her return to America from Scotland, on the occasion above referred to, Mrs. Potter acquainted Mrs. Eddy fully with her relationship to this same (as Mrs. Eddy understands) "Right Honorable Sir John MacNeil."

There were several different spellings of the name MacNeil, and both Mrs. Eddy and Mrs. Potter adopted the form "MacNeil", and which Mrs. Eddy has always used.

As I telephoned you last night, iyt would be a great pity if the Ladies Home Journal should publish the letter from Scotland, and Mrs. Eddy is very glad to have your telephone message today stating, "This Journal will do in all matters relating to Mrs. Eddy's history only what she approves".

Our dear Leader is arranging to furnish, as promptly as possible, the data and evidence of the accuracy of her information upon the subject, and expects soon to communicate with you in regard thereto; sh [?] Unclear or illegible e is very grateful for your expeditious handling of it since last night.