Philetus Burnham (1834-1896) was born in Saco, Maine, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was a paymaster at Massachusetts Mills in Lowell, a corporation he worked for from the age of 17 until his passing. Although he expressed an interest in Christian Science, there is no record of him studying with Mary Baker Eddy or uniting with the Church. At the time of his passing, he was an active member of the Kirk Street Congregational Church in Lowell.

See more letters.