Mary Baker Eddy to James Henry Wiggin, March 3, 1886

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Mary Baker Eddy

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James Henry Wiggin

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March 3, 1886

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March 3.

My dear Mr. Wiggin

I always have yielded and shall yield to you on punctuation where you have my meaning As Written: meanig clear It is plain that you understand it in the words referred As Written: refered to Letter to Mr. Wilson is in the wastebasketAs Written:waste basket

Enclosed As Written: Inclosed is the check for your bill but 50 ctsEditorial Note: $0.50 in 1886 is the equivalent of $14.41 in 2021. of it belongs to the Asso. to pay. I will relieve you of the trouble of collecting it

I had forgotten my promise to the Western people to give them As Written: thm in the next Mag.Editorial Note: The Christian Science Journal the article of mine– they had called for. So please pardon me this time for troubling you with a new request, namelyAs Written:namly , to keep the article that I last sent you out of your next issueEditorial Note: This is a reference to the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. James Henry Wiggin was the editor of the Journal at that time. and substitute As Written: substitue the "New Birth"Editorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy’s article, “The New Birth,” was published on pages 1-3 of the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. It was later republished on pages 15-20 of Eddy’s book, Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896.

Again Most truly

MBG Eddy

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March 3.

My dear Mr. Wiggin

I always have yielded and shall yield to you on punctuation where you have my meanig Corrected: meaning clear It is plain that you understand it in the words refered Corrected: referred to Letter to Mr. Wilson is in the waste basketCorrected:wastebasket

Inclosed Corrected: Enclosed is yourthe check for your bill but 50 ctsEditorial Note: $0.50 in 1886 is the equivalent of $14.41 in 2021. of it belongs to the Asso. to pay. I will relieve you of the trouble of collecting it

I had forgotten my promise to the Western people to give thm Corrected: them in thise next Mag.Editorial Note: The Christian Science Journal the article of mine– they had called for. So please pardon me this time for troubling you with a new request, namlyCorrected:namely , to keep the other [?] Unclear or illegible article that I last sent you out of your next issueEditorial Note: This is a reference to the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. James Henry Wiggin was the editor of the Journal at that time. and substitue Corrected: substitute the "New Birth"Editorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy’s article, “The New Birth,” was published on pages 1-3 of the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. It was later republished on pages 15-20 of Eddy’s book, Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896.

Again Most truly

MBG Eddy

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$0.50 in 1886 is the equivalent of $14.41 in 2021. The Christian Science Journal This is a reference to the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. James Henry Wiggin was the editor of the Journal at that time. Mary Baker Eddy’s article, “The New Birth,” was published on pages 1-3 of the April 1886 issue of The Christian Science Journal. It was later republished on pages 15-20 of Eddy’s book, Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896.