Accession: L12649
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Rufus H. Baker, December 28, 1899
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Rufus H. Baker 
Date: December 28, 1899
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined Pleasant View stationery from Concord, New Hampshire.
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Concord, N.H. Dec. 28 1899.
My dear Mr. Baker

Accept my thanks for the well executed engravingEditorial Note: Baker created a steel engraving of the Baker family homestead and printed copies were then made. of the Baker homesteadEditorial Note: The Baker family homestead where Mary Baker Eddy grew up was in Bow, New Hampshire. Eddy collaborated with Baker on the details to be included in the engraving.. Around the memory thereof clusters the golden days of my childhood.

I hope you will have a good or rather a big demand for itEditorial Note: Eddy permitted etchings of the engraved sketch to be advertised for sale in both The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel..

Affection craves legend and relic. Hundreds of thousands may seek this drawing of yours in future years. May it yield you a nice little income

Wishing you all the good wishes of the season

Affectionately yours
Mary Baker Eddy
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Concord, N.H. Dec. 28 1899.
My dear Mr. Baker

Accept my thanks for the well executed engravingEditorial Note: Baker created a steel engraving of the Baker family homestead and printed copies were then made. of the Baker homesteadEditorial Note: The Baker family homestead where Mary Baker Eddy grew up was in Bow, New Hampshire. Eddy collaborated with Baker on the details to be included in the engraving.. Around the memory thereof clusters the golden days of my childhood.

I hope you will have a good or rather a big demand for itEditorial Note: Eddy permitted etchings of the engraved sketch to be advertised for sale in both The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel..

Affection craves legend and relics. hHundreds of thousands may seek this drawing of yours in future years. May it yield you a nice little income

Wishing you all the good wishes of the season

Affectionately yours
Mary Baker Eddy
 
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Baker created a steel engraving of the Baker family homestead and printed copies were then made. The Baker family homestead where Mary Baker Eddy grew up was in Bow, New Hampshire. Eddy collaborated with Baker on the details to be included in the engraving. Eddy permitted etchings of the engraved sketch to be advertised for sale in both The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel.