Editorial May 25, 1907 Issue

MRS. EDDY'S AFFIDAVIT

Editor with contributions from Mary Baker G. Eddy, Allen Hollis

This affidavit was later republished in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany: My. 137:1-138:31

The following affidavit, in the form of a letter from Mrs. Eddy to Judge Robert N. Chamberlin of the Superior Court, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court, Saturday, May 18. The Boston Globe, referring to this document, speaks of it as, "in the main, an example of crisp, clear, plain-speaking English." The entire letter is in Mrs. Eddy's own handwriting and is characteristic in both substance and penmanship:—

Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., May 16, 1907.
Hon. Judge Chamberlin, Concord, N. H.

Respected Sir:—It is over forty years that I have attended personally to my secular affairs, to my income, investments, deposits, expenditures, and to my employees. I have personally selected all my investments, except in one or two instances, and have paid for the same.

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