Accession: L18528
Editorial Title: Statement by Pamelia J. Leonard, October 29, 1906
Author: Pamelia J. Leonard 
Date: October 29, 1906
Manuscript Description: Typewritten notarized statement by Pamelia J. Leonard, with a handwritten signature and one edit, on unlined paper.
Archival Note: This document includes a notary stamp in the bottom left corner and the notary signature of Josiah E. Fernald.
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I have been in the home of Mrs. Eddy off and on for the last eight years. Since the 19th day of February, 1906, when last I came to Mrs. Eddy's house, I have not been out of sight of it. I have access to all parts of the house, and go about it, and know absolutely that there are no stimulants anywhere in the house.

The statement that I have impersonated Mrs. Eddy and ridden in her carriage in her place is entirely false, for I have never stepped inside of her carriage and have never even looked inside of it.

There has not been in Mrs. Eddy's room, nor anywhere in the house, and is not now any sort of galvanic batteryEditorial Note: In the late 19th and early 20th century, galvanic batteries were promoted as a means to cure a variety of medical ailments..

At the time Mr. Hennessey claimed to identify me as being downtownAs Written:down town, I was at home at Pleasant View. Had he taken the pains to have come out here to Pleasant View, I would have gladly seen him.

I deny most emphatically that Mrs. Eddy has any such disease as cancer or that she has any other disease. As I am and have been in daily contact with Mrs. Eddy seeing her many times each day, I am in a position to know as to what I am stating. And she has not palsy at the hand. The story that a physician from BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is attending her is without foundation, as there is no physician from anywhere attending Mrs. Eddy, nor has there been while I have been in her home.

Mrs Pamelia J. Leonard
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. October 29, 1906.
Personally appeared before me Mrs. Pamelia J. Leonard who being duly sworn deposes and says that the above statement made and signed by her is true.
Josiah E. Fernald Notary Public
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I have been in the home of Mrs. Eddy off and on for the last eight years. Since the 19th day of February, 1906, when last I came to Mrs. Eddy's house, I have not been out of sight of it. I have access to all parts of the house, and go about it, and know absolutely that there are no stimulants anywhere in the house.

The statement that I have impersonated Mrs. Eddy and ridden in her carriage in her place is entirely false, for I have never stepped inside of her carriage and have never even looked inside of it.

There has not been in Mrs. Eddy's room, nor anywhere in the house, and is not now any sort of galvanic batteryEditorial Note: In the late 19th and early 20th century, galvanic batteries were promoted as a means to cure a variety of medical ailments..

At the time Mr. Hennessey claimed to identify me as being down townCorrected:downtown, I was at home at Pleasant View. Had he taken the pains to have come out here to Pleasant View, I would have gladly seen him.

I deny most emphatically that Mrs. Eddy has any such disease as cancer or that she has any other di [?] Unclear or illegible sease. As I am and have been in daily contact with Mrs. Eddy seeing her many times each day, I am in a position to know as to what I am stating. And she has not palsy at the hand. The story that a physician from BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts is attending her is without foundation, as there is no physician from anywhere attending Mrs. Eddy, nor has there been while I have been in her home.

Mrs Pamelia J. Leonard
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. October 29, 1906.
Personally appeared before me Mrs. Pamelia J. Leonard who being duly sworn deposes and says that the above statement made and signed by her is true.
Josiah E. Fernald Notary Public
 
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In the late 19th and early 20th century, galvanic batteries were promoted as a means to cure a variety of medical ailments. Boston, Massachusetts