# The Life of Mary Baker Eddy (Wilbur)/Index

INDEX
Ackland, James, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 265, 266
Adams and Co., rejection of MS. of Science and Health by, 210, 211
Alcott, Bronson, 176; quoted, 304
—— Louisa M., meeting with Mrs. Eddy, 305; her article in the Woman’s Journal, 306; Mrs. Eddy’s reply to, 306
Aldrich, Hon. Edgar, the suit in equity, 366, 367
Allen, George H., 227
Ambrose, Abigail, wife of Mark Baker, 7; her abilities, 13; her character, 14; her death, 45
—— Deacon Nathaniel, 7
American, the New York, statement of Mrs. Eddy’s printed in, 313, 314
Amesbury, Mass., Mrs. Eddy’s sojourn in, 175-192
Appleton, Jane, wife of Franklin Pierce, 51
Arens, Edward J., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 242-245; accused of conspiracy to murder Spofford, 247-249; case not prosecuted, 249; facts of the conspiracy against, 252-258; pirates work of Mrs. Eddy, 274-276; enjoined from distributing his pamphlet, 276, 296, 297
Armstrong,Joseph, Mrs. Eddy’s publisher, 335; the suit in equity, 363; his death, 378; Mrs. Eddy’s tribute to, 379
Bagley, Miss Sarah, Mrs. Eddy boards with, 179-181; takes up healing as a profession, 181; her perversion of Mrs. Eddy’s teaching, 181; Mrs. Eddy returns to live with, 188, 189; refuses to be guided by Mrs. Eddy, 207
—— Squire Lowell, 179, 180
Bailey, Joshua, editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 295
Baker, Abigail, 12; wife of Alexander Tilton, 32, 35; son Albert born, 43; daughter Evelyn born, 44; Mrs. Eddy lives with, 49; kindness to Mrs. Eddy during her illness, 57; opposes Mrs. Eddy’s visit to Quimby, 78, 79; sends her to Hill, 79, 80; her disillusionment concerning Quimby, 107; takes Dr. Patterson to task, 119; offers Mrs. Eddy a home, 139; endeavors to dissuade her from divine healing, 139, 140; visited by Mrs. Eddy, 172
—— Albert, 12; enters Dartmouth College, 21; takes up law, 21; attracts Franklin Pierce, 25; love for his sister, Mrs. Eddy, 25, 26; he tutors Mrs. Eddy, 27, 28; nominated for Congress, 36; his sudden death, 36; pretended spirit message from, 114, 115
—— family, the, genealogy of, 3-6
—— George, 12; enters mills at Sanbornton Bridge, 32 ; becomes partner in Tilton mills, 32; increasing ​prosperity, 44; appointed to Governor’s staff, 44; marriage with Martha Drew Rand, 45; moves to Baltimore, 45; visited by Mrs. Eddy in Tilton, 172; his death, 172
Baker, George W., nephew of Mrs. Eddy, his part in the suit in equity, 363
—— Hon. Henry M.., trusteeship, 365, 392, 394
—— James, 4
—— John, first in America, 5
—— Captain Joseph, 5
—— Joseph, son of Capt. Joseph, 5
—— Mark, father of Mrs. Eddy, 4, 5; his farm at Bow, N. H., 11, 12, 14, 15; his concern for Mrs. Eddy as a child, 18, 19; official duties, 22-24; religious tenets, 23, 28, 29; in a lawsuit with Franklin Pierce, 24, 25; dines with Gov. Pierce, 25; religious views conflict with Mrs. Eddy’s, 28-31; moves to Tilton, 32; death of his wife, 45; second marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson Duncan, 45; death of, 139
—— Martha, 12; marriage with Luther Pillsbury, 35; visited by Mrs. Eddy, 172; her daughter, Ellen, healed by Mrs. Eddy, 173
—— Mary, see Mary Baker Eddy
—— Samuel, 12; becomes a contractor in Boston, 21, 32; association with George Washington Glover, 37
—— Thomas, 5
—— Thomas, son of Thomas, 5
Ballou, Hosea, 157
Baltimore, Md., 45, 51
Bancroft, S. P., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 210, 227
Banner of Light, the, Mrs. Eddy’s interview with editor of, 112
Barre, Vt., Mrs. Eddy moves to, 326
Barry, George, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 210, 227, 229; conflict with Mr. Eddy, 231; brings suit against Mrs. Eddy, 233, 234; offers to drive Dr. Kennedy out of Lynn, 245, 246
Bartlett, Miss Julia, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 265, 273, 284, 290
Barton, Vt., 283
Bates, General Erastus N., 290
Beecher, Lyman, 156
Belfast, Me., 83
Bennington, battle of, 2
Berry, Governor, 70
Besse, Francis E., sells property to Mrs. Eddy, 213, 214
Blackwell, Miss Alice Stone, conduct of Woman’s Journal, 306 ; contribution to The Christian Science Journal, 306
Blavatsky, Madame, Mrs. Eddy on theosophy of, 306
Boscawen, N. H., 35, 50
Bow, N. H., birthplace of Mrs. Eddy, 1; family life at, 4; Mark Baker's farm at, 11, 12
Bradshaw, Sue Ella, her connection with the California Metaphysical College, 301
Brown, Miss Lucretia, 240; brings suit against Spofford, 241, 242
Bubier, S. M., Mrs. Eddy cared for at residence of, 128, 129
Bull Run, battle of, 70
Bunker Hill, battle of, 2
Burkmar, Lucius, mesmeric subject of Phineas Quimby, 84; of John Bovee Dods, 85
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, meeting with Mrs. Eddy, 305
Burnham, “Priest,” 23
Buswell, Arthur True, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 265, 266, 269, 283-286, 290; editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 285, 293; his apostasy, 293
​California Metaphysical College, the, 301
Carr, Oren, 266
Chamberlin, Judge Robert N., 366
Chandler, Senator William E., counsel for “next friends” in suit in equity, 361, 367; counsel for Mrs. Eddy’s sons, 392
Channing, William Ellery, exponent of transcendentalism, 156, 157
Charleston, S. C., 39
Charlestown, Mass., 5
Chase, Stephen A., trusteeship of, 341; the suit in equity, 363
Cheney, Russell, marriage with Mahala Sanborn, 47; living in Groton, N. H., 60
Chestnut Hill, Mass., home of Mrs. Eddy, 368, 371, 393, 395-398, 400, 404
Chicago, appeal for a teacher, 298; Mrs. Eddy’s trip to, 300; her work there, 300, 301; founding of Illinois Christian Science Institute at, 301; meeting of national association in, 316-321
Chickering Hall, meeting-place of Boston church, 340
Chippewa, battle of, 6
Choate, Mrs. Clara, her visit to Mrs. Eddy, 263, 264; sent as a precursor to Boston, 272; delivers eulogy on Mr. Eddy, 281; restores health to Mr. Frye’s mother, 287; her unwillingness to go to Chicago, 299
—— George D., 265, 269, 281
Christian Healing, publication of, 315
“Christian Science Home,” 212, 214
Christian Science Journal, The, quoted, 98, 130, 136; The Science of Man printed in, 189; quoted, 191; founding of the journal, 284, 285; its aims and scope, 291, 292, 375; its history, 293-296, 371, 372; quoted, 304; contribution of James Henry Wiggin, 310-312; Mrs. Eddy’s Chicago address printed in, 319; prints notice of dissolution of organization, 339
Christian Science Monitor, the, its germ, 371, 373; announcement in the Sentinel of, 374, 375; its first issue, 375; its mission, 375; cordially received, 376-377
Christian Science Publishing House, the, erection of, 372-375
Christian Science Publishing Society, the, occupies its new building, 372; announces the Christian Science Monitor, 374
Church of Christ, Scientist, organized in Boston, 266; early meeting, 267; rebellion of, 268-270; Mrs. Eddy’s decisive action, 271; dissolution of bonds of organization of, 339
Church Manual, 381, 382
Clark, Mrs. Ellen J., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 265
—— George, describes Mrs. Eddy’s appearance and personality, 152-154; acts as witness for Mrs. Eddy, 210; describes the first rejection of the MS. of Science and Health, 210, 211
—— George D., Mrs. Eddy boards with family of, 144
—— Miss Sarah J., editorship of the Christian Science Journal, 295
Clay, Henry, 50
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, Mrs. Eddy’s review of her edition of George Eliot, 306
Collier, George, accomplice of James Sargeant, 254, 256, 257
Concord, N. H., Mrs. Eddy retires to, 336; life in, 344-368
Congress, the Continental, New Hampshire’s delegates to, 2
​Conway, Katherine, interview quoted, 305
Conwell, Russell H., attorney for Mr. Eddy in Spofford conspiracy, 255
Corner, Mrs. Abby H., prosecuted for malpractice, 325
Corning, Charles R., 358
Corser, Bartlett, 33-35
—— Rev. Enoch, intellectual comradeship with Mrs. Eddy, 33, 34
Crafts, Hiram S., his acquaintance with Mrs. Eddy, 154; becomes her first pupil, 158-165; practises healing, 164
—— Mrs. (Hiram S.), her resentment of Mrs. Eddy’s presence, 162-165
Crosby, Ada, her devotion to Mrs. Eddy, 112, 113
Crosby, Mrs. Sarah, meeting with Mrs. Eddy, 110; visited by Mrs. Eddy, 112; her belief in Spiritualism, 113; Mrs. Eddy’s efforts to disillusion her, 113-116
Crosse, Mrs. Sarah H., editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 295; her disaffection, 295; accompanies Mrs. Eddy to Chicago, 300.
Cushing, Dr. Alvin M., attends Mrs. Eddy, 127-129.
Daman, Mrs. F. A., 270
Daniels, Warren, 60
Dartmouth College, founding of, 3; Albert Baker attends, 21
Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Eddy becomes a member of, 352
Davis, Andrew Jackson, on mesmerism, 55
Day, Rev. George B., at meeting of national association in Chicago, 318
Dickey, Adam H., elected to directorship, 380, 382
Dittemore, John V., elected to directorship, 380
Dixon, Frederick, quoted, 377
Dods, John Bovee, mesmerist, 85, 86; influence on Quimby, 89
Dresser, Julius, 98; harasses Mrs. Eddy with a pamphlet, 136; his theories, 323
Duncan, Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, marriage with Mark Baker, 45
Dunshee, Mrs. Margaret J., 266, 269
Durant, S. Louise, 269
Eastaman, Captain Joseph S., 317; trusteeship, 341
Eddy, Asa Gilbert, his acquaintance with Mrs. Eddy, 229; his personality, 230; conflict with Spofford, 231; marriage with Mrs. Eddy, 232; teaching, 247; accused of conspiracy to murder Spofford, 247-249; case not prosecuted, 249; facts of the conspiracy against, 252-258; protects Mrs. Eddy’s works, 274; arraignment of Arens, 275, 276 ; his death, 277-281
—— E. J. Foster, see E. J. Foster-Eddy
—— Mary Baker, unfounded rumors concerning, xiv-xvi; birthplace, 1; her ancestry, 3-8; her birth, 12; influence of her grandmother, 13-19; her “voices,” 18-20; early schooling, 21, 22; her love for her brother Albert, 25, 26, 37; her ardent desire for learning, 27; her precocity, 27, 28; her devotion, 28; early religious views at variance with her father’s, 28-31; early illness dispelled by prayer, 30; makes a religious profession, 31; becomes the pupil of Prof. Sanborn, 33; intellectual comradeship with Rev. ​Enoch Corser, 33, 34; she subdues a lunatic, 35; her personal appearance, 36; grief over death of her brother Albert, 37; marriage with George Washington Glover, 38, 39; goes to live in Charleston, S. C., 39; her attitude toward slavery, 39, 40; goes to Wilmington, N. C., 41; her husband’s death, 41; kindness shown her by the Masons, 41, 42; she frees her slaves, 42; returns to her father’s home, 42; birth of a son, 42; her illness and recovery, 43; death of her mother, 45; contributes political articles to the Patriot, 46; teaches in the N. H. Conference Seminary, 46; unsuccessful experiment with an infants’ school, 46; separated from her son George, 47, 48; lives with her sister Abigail, 49; her political position, 52, 53; her association with Spiritualism, 55, 56; her illness, 56, 57; her marriage with Dr. Daniel Patterson, 57-59; her life in Franklin, N. H., 59, 60; moves to Groton, N. H., 60; her extreme invalidism, 62; reunited to her son George, 62; he is again taken from her, 63; beginning of her idea of Divine healing, 64; removes to Rumney, 68; her observation of the laws of hygiene, 69, 70; her suffering, 70, 71; seeking for the law of Divine healing, 72-81; she cures the blind child, 73, 74; she prepares to visit Quimby, 78; sent to Hill, 79, 80; visits Quimby, 81; the extent of his influence on her, 88; released from pain by him, 90; her faith in him, 91; imparts to him his idea of Divine healing, 91-93; endeavors to reduce this idea to a philosophic basis, 93-95; her statement concerning Quimby’s practise, 98; her idealization of Quimby, 106, 107; her efforts to liberate her husband, 108; life in Tilton, 108, 109; fears a return of her illness, 109, 110; returns to Portland, 110; her efforts to believe in “Quimbyism,” 111; defends Quimby, 112; visits Mrs. Crosby, 112; her efforts to free Mrs. Crosby’s mind from spiritualistic beliefs, 113-116; joins her husband in Lynn, 117; friendships formed, 120; social intercourse, 121, 122; her early writings, 123, 124; spiritual development, 124-127; her “fall,” 127; her miraculous recovery, 130, 131; revelation of the principle of Christian Science, 132; her last connection with Quimbyism, 134, 135; her reply to Julius Dresser’s pamphlet, 136; deserted by her husband, 137-139; refuses to give up her mission, 139; her loneliness, 141; her purpose henceforth, 141, 142; her association with the Phillipses, 144-146; her first demonstration of Mind-science, 146-148; other demonstrations, 148-151; her appearance and personality described, 152-154; instructs Hiram Crafts in Christian Science, 158; goes to Stoughton and boards with the Crafts, 160; her relations with them, 161-165; beginning of the preparation to state Christian Science, 166, 167; preparing a new terminology, 168, 169; her visit to her sister, 172, 173; heals her niece, 173; returns to Taunton, 173; goes to Amesbury, 175; her sojourn at the house of Mrs. Webster, 176-178; boards with Miss Bagley, 179-181; meets Whittier, 180; goes to live with Mrs. Wentworth, 182; instructs her in healing, 182, 183; returns to Miss Bagley, 188; com​pletes The Science of Man, 189; her period of preparation completed, 190-192; she determines to expound Christian Science, 193; returns to Lynn, 195; boards with Miss Magoun, 196, 197; the first classes in Christian Science, 198, 199; her teaching perverted or misunderstood by her first students, 200-207; she determines to write a textbook, 206, 207; preparation of the MS. of Science and Health, 208-210; its rejection by Adams and Co., 210, 211; buys a home, 212, 213; arrangements for printing the first edition, 214, 215; her claim to authorship disputed, 216-219; classes formed to promulgate Christian Science, 222-225; first step toward a church, 226, 227; influence over her students, 228; acquaintance with Asa Gilbert Eddy, 229, 230; preparation for second edition of Science and Health, 231; marriage with Mr. Eddy, 232; restores harmony among her students, 232, 233; sued by George Barry, 233, 234; difficulties with Spofford, 235-245; correspondence with George Barry, 245, 246; the conspiracy against Mr. Eddy, 247-258; preparation for greater activity, 259, 260; she carries the work into Boston, 260, 261; home life, 262; visited by Mrs. Choate, 263, 264; description of her personal appearance, 264; her students, 265; church organized, 266; her regular sermons, 267; rebellion, 268-270; her decisive action, 271; third edition of Science and Health, 273; prepares to leave Lynn, 273; visits Washington, 274; protection of her works, 274-276; makes her home in Boston, 276; death of Mr. Eddy, 277-281; her self-control, 282; retires to Vermont for a rest, 283, 284; founding of The Christian Science Journal, 284, 285; Calvin A. Frye chosen as her steward, 285-288; her house in Boston, 288; her reception, 289; the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, 289-291; her contribution to The Christian Science Journal, 292, 293; prosecution of infringement of her copyrights, 296, 297; need of a teacher in the West, 298, 299; Mrs. Eddy’s trip to Chicago, 300; her work there, 300-302; formation of the national association, 302-304; Boston’s interest in Mrs. Eddy, 304, 305; reply to Miss Alcott’s article, 306; her appreciation of George Eliot, 306; influence on Miss Lilian Whiting, 307, 308; revision of Science and Health, 309; engages services of James Henry Wiggin, 309-313; seeks rest in New Hampshire, 314; new publications, 315; need of seclusion, 315; her Commonwealth Avenue home, 315, 316; attends meeting of national association in Chicago, 316-320; her address, 318, 319; impromptu reception, 321; her dislike of publicity, 321; resolves to withdraw from the world, 822; rebellion within the association, 323-326; her plans to safeguard the organization, 327; closes the college, 327; dissolves the organization of the Boston church, 327-329; visit from her son, George Glover, 330-333; her disappointment in him, 332, 333; adopts E. J. Foster-Eddy, 334; makes him her publisher, 335; her disappointment in him, 336; not satisfied with Barre or Roslindale, 336; retires to Concord, N. H., 336, 337; “Pleasant ​View,” 338; dissolution of the bonds of organization, 339; organization of the Mother Church, 340-342; elected pastor emeritus, 342; her life in Concord, 344, 345; her habits, 345, 346; visits the Mother Church, 347; receptions in Concord, 348, 349; publication of Miscellaneous Writings, 350; teaches one more class, 351; privacy of her life, 353; the new church in Boston, 354, 355; invasion of her privacy by newspaper men, 356-361; the suit in equity, 361-367; changes her residence to Chestnut Hill, 368, 371; cherishes purpose to establish a daily newspaper, 371, 372; begins publication of the Christian Science Monitor, 373-377; letter to Board of Directors, 380; letter to Board of Trustees of First Church of New York City, 381; letters in the Sentinel, 382, 384, 385; churches established in London and Edinburgh, 386-388; episode of First Church of New York City, 387-391; correspondence with Mr. Mattox, 390-391; her permission for George W. Glover and Dr. Foster-Eddy, 392, 393; her property and will, 392-394; her life at Chestnut Hill, 395-398; her death, 899-404; interment services, 404—405; her casket placed in Mt. Auburn, 406
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 4, 54, 156, 157
Evans, Dr. Warren F., 323
Fabyans, N. H., Mrs. Eddy at, 314
Farlow, Alfred, interview with, 240; head of Publication Committee, 357; the suit in equity, 363; his statement on resurrection, 406-408
Fernald, Josiah E., Mrs. Eddy’s banker, 358; trusteeship, 365
Fletcher, Richard, 21
Foley, Margaret J., 266
Foster-Eddy, Dr. Ebenezer Johnson, 290; accompanies Mrs. Eddy to Chicago, 317; adopted by her, 334; his character, 334, 335; acts as Mrs. Eddy’s publisher, 335 ; his mismanagement of a mission, 335, 336; his part in the suit in equity, 363; Mrs. Eddy’s provision for, 392
Fox sisters, the, 55
Franklin, N. H., 59, 60
Frye, Calvin A., becomes Mrs. Eddy’s Steward, 285-288; copies her MS., 314; accompanies her to Chicago, 317; his faithful services, 345, 357, 358, 398, 401, the suit in equity, 363-365; given bequest in Mrs. Eddy’s will, 394
—— Lydia, 287, 288
Fryeburg, Me., 6
Fuller, Margaret, on transcendentalism, 157
Gates, Professor Elmer, on the causative character of thinking, 278
Gestafeld, Mrs. Ursula, leadsrebellion in Chicago, 302
Glover, George W., sonof Mrs. Eddy, birth of, 42; nursed by Mahala Sanborn, 43; early training, 44; separated from his mother, 47, 48; living in Groton, N. H., 60; reunited to his mother, 62; again separated from her, 63; his later career, 63, 64; writes to his mother, 71; visits his mother, 330-333; encounters Kennedy, 331; his part in the suit in equity, 361-367; Mrs. Eddy’s provision for, 392-394; informed of Mrs. Eddy’s death, 401
—— George Washington, meets Mrs. ​Eddy, 37; their marriage, 38, 39; goes to Wilmington, N. C., 41; his death, 41
—— Mary Baker, daughter of George W. Glover, 363
Glover, Mrs. Mary Baker, see Mary Baker Eddy
Godfrey, Mrs., healed by Mrs. Eddy, 229
Good Templars, the, Mrs. Eddy’s connection with, 122
Groton, N. H., 60, 61; Mrs. Eddy’s life in, 61-66
Hale, Edward Everett, 310
Hale, John P., nominated for President, 51
Hammond, Edward H., 290
Hanna, Judge Septimus J., editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 295; first reader in the Mother Church, 347
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 4, 25; his “Life of Franklin Pierce,” 51
Herald, the Boston, prints interview supposed to concern Mrs. Eddy, xiv; prints article concerning supposed murder of Spofford, 247; interview with Mrs. Eddy, 353, 354; offers good wishes to the Christian Science Monitor, 376
—— the Newburyport, 243
—— the New York, statement of Dr. West’s printed in, 401, 402
—— the Washington, quoted, 278
Herbert, John, 68
Hering, Hermann S., 359, 363
Herold der Christian Science, Der, established, 372; its mission, 375
Hicks, Elias, leader of the Quakers, 157
Hill, Hon. Isaac, urges Mrs. Eddy to write political articles, 46
Hillsborough, N. H., 21, 32, 50
Hopkins, Mrs. Emma, editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 293, 300; her apostasy, 294, 295
Howard, James C., 269
Human Life, quoted, 102, 224, 225, 240
Huntoon, Mehitable, 19, 20
Illinois Christian Science Institute, the, 301
International Magazine of Christian Science, the, 295
“Ipswich Witchcraft Case,” 240-243
Jarvis, Mary Ann, meeting with Mrs. Eddy, 110
Jeffersonian, the Bangor, on Quimby’s doctrine of health and disease, 86, 87
Jelly, Dr. George F., alienist in the suit in equity, 366
Johnson, William B., 324, 341, 363, 379
Kennedy, Richard, quoted, 185, 186; instructed by Mrs. Eddy, 188; his desire to aid Mrs. Eddy in her work, 193, 194; accompanies her to Lynn, 195; makes arrangements for an office, 195, 196; his unfitness for the work undertaken, 197; his perversion of her teaching, 203-207; George Barry offers to drive him out of Lynn, 245, 246; admonished by George Glover, 321
Kidder, Daniel, instructed by Mrs. Eddy, 65
—— John, 61
—— Mark, 64
Kimball, Edward A., 363
Knapp, Ira O., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 274, 314, 338, 340, 341, 363; editorial commemorating, 380
Ladd, Fred N., 358
Lang, Alfred, 340
​Leader, the Ohio, account of interview with Mrs. Eddy in, 307, 308
Legion of Honor, the, Mrs. Eddy’s connection with, 122, 123
Leonard, Mrs. Pamelia J., 345, 358
Literature, rise of American, 54
Lovewell, Hannah, wife of Capt. Joseph Baker, 5
—— Captain John, 5, 6
Lynn, Mass., 110; Mrs. Eddy’s life in, 117-160; her return to, 193-195; Mrs. Eddy’s life in, 196-273
MacDonald, Jessie, part in conspiracy against Mr. Eddy and Arens, 254, 255
Macdonald, Asa T. N., 227
Magnetism, animal, 54, 55
—— malicious animal, 240, 276
Magoun, Miss Susie, becomes Mrs. Eddy’s landlord, 195, 196
Mark, St., his gospel compared with Renan’s “Life of Jesus,” xii-xiii
Mark Twain, attack on Science and Health, 216-218
Mason, Rev. Frank, editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 295; his desertion, 295
Massachusetts Metaphysical College, founding of, 272, 289-291; closing of, 339
Mattox, Willard S., correspondence with Mrs. Eddy, 390-391
May, Judge, 248
McClure’s Magazine, statement of Richard Kennedy quoted in, 205; letters of Mrs. Eddy quoted in, 235, 236
Mclellan, Archibald, editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 296; trusteeship, 365; his announcement of the Christian Science Monitor, 374; editorial in the Monitor, 376
McNeil, Fanny, wife of Judge Potter, 6; her visits to Bow, 24
—— General John, 6
—— John, 6
—— Marion Moor, wife of Capt. John Baker, 5, 6; her care of Mrs. Eddy in childhood, 13-19
—— Sir John, 6
Meehan, M., editor of the Concord Patriot, 358
Mesmerism, 54, 55, 83-96
Mind Healing, publication of, 315
Miscellaneous Writings, quoted, 239, 374; Mrs. Eddy’s Chicago address printed in, 319; publication of, 344, 350
Monroe, Marcellus, 340
Moor, Marion, wife of John McNeil, 6
More, Hannah, 17
Morgan, Miss Martha, Mrs. Eddy’s housekeeper, 336
Morrison, Amos, 43
Morton, Joseph, 269
Moses, George H., 358
Mother Church, the, preparation for, 339; organization of, 340-342; visited by Mrs. Eddy, 347; the new church, 354, 355
Mt. Auburn, Mrs. Eddy’s tomb in, 406
National Christian Scientist Association, its formation and work, 302—304; meeting in Chicago in 1888, 316-320; adjournment of, 339
New Hampshire, her part in the history and independence of the United States, 1-4; conditions of life in, at the time of Mrs. Eddy’s birth, 9-11
New Thought Movement, 323
Newhall, Elizabeth, 227; aids in publication of first edition of Science and Health, 229
​Newman, Anna B., 269
Nixon, William G., editorship of The Christian Science Journal, 295; his apostasy, 295; trusteeship, 340
No and Yes, publication of, 315
Noyes, Dr. Rufus K., 277
Ogden, David B., appointed business manager of the Publishing Society, 379
Oliver, George, attracted by Mrs. Eddy’s conversation, 146
—— Mrs. George, see Susan Phillips
Orne, Edward A., 266
Osborne, James W., quoted, 250
Outlook, the London, quoted, 377
Parker, Hon. Hosea W., 366
—— Theodore, 157
Patriot, the Concord, Mrs. Eddy contributes to, 46
Patterson, Dr. Daniel, his personality and character, 58, 59; marriage with Mrs. Eddy, 59; moves to Groton, N. H., 60; difficulties, 65; removes to Rumney, 68, 69; captured by Confederates and sent to Libby Prison, 70; interested in Phineas P. Quimby, 74, 75; liberated, 108; settles in Lynn, Mass., 109; resumes practise of dentistry, 119; his shallowness and vulgarity, 119, 121, 122; his desertion of Mrs. Eddy, 137-139
Patterson, Mary Baker, see Mary Baker Eddy
Pembroke, N. H., 5, 7
People’s Idea of God, publication of, 315
Philbrick, Chase, detective in Spofford conspiracy, 254
Phillips, Dorr, first demonstration of Mind-science made on, 146-148
—— Susan, wife of George Oliver, 146, 195
—— Thomas, befriends Mrs. Eddy, 144
Pierce, Franklin, 4, 6, 21; in a lawsuit with Mark Baker, 24, 25; attracted by Albert Baker, 25; nominated for President, 51; his marriage with Jane Appleton, 51
—— Governor Benjamin, 24; entertains Mark Baker, 25
Pigwacket, Me., see Fryeburg
Pike, Sarah, wife of Thomas Baker, 5
Pillsbury, Luther, 35, 38
—— Ellen, healed by Mrs. Eddy, 173; returns with her to Taunton, 173; her later antipathy toward Mrs. Eddy, 174
Pilot, the, quoted, 305
Pinkham, Hollis C., detective in Spofford conspiracy, 252-258
Palmer House, Chicago, Mrs. Eddy’s stay in, 320, 321
Plunkett, Mary H., her influence on Mrs. Hopkins, 294, 295; her hypocrisy, 322
Poetry, of Mrs. Eddy, quoted, 171
Portland, Me., 74
Potter, Judge, 6
Powers, Mrs. Carol Hoyt, 406
Poyen, Charles, 54, 55; visits Belfast, Me., 83; influence on Quimby, 89
Quimby, George A., 81; his claim concerning his father’s manuscripts, 100-105; author’s interview with, 102; refuses to aid Arens, 296
—— Phineas P., Dr. Patterson interested in, 74, 75; writes Mrs. Eddy, 80; receives visit from her, 81; his early life, 82; becomes interested in mesmerism, 83; performs mesmeric feats, 84; becomes a healer, 85, 86; his doctrine of ​health and disease, 86, 87; summary of his work, 88-90; releases Mrs. Eddy from pain, 90; receives from her his idea of Divine healing, 91-93; his confusion in this new idea, 94-96; his assumption of Mrs. Eddy’s ideas, 97; Mrs. Eddy’s statement concerning practise of, 98; death of, 100; claims concerning “manuscripts” of, 100-105; his doctrine an obstacle to Mrs. Eddy’s faith, 126, 127
Quimbyism, 82-112, 126, 134-136, 165, 182, 183, 201, 202, 207, 225, 296, 297
Rand, Martha Drew, wife of George Baker, 45; tells of Mrs. Eddy’s healing, 173
—— Susan, attendant of Mrs. Eddy, 79, 80
Rawson, Dorcas, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 210, 227, 228, 240, 266, 269
Renan, his “Life of Jesus” compared with gospel of St. Mark, xii-xiii; quoted, 221
Reporter, the Lynn, Mrs. Eddy’s contributions to, 124; account of her “fall,” 127
Retrospection and Introspection, quoted, 19, 20, 30, 48, 59, 63, 167-170, 178, 189-192, 223, 327
Rice, Miranda R., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 210, 227, 228, 269
Rochester, N. Y., 55
Roslindale, Mass., Mrs. Eddy moves to, 326
Roxbury, Mass., 5
Ruddock, Mary, 266
Rudiments and Rules of Divine Science, publication of, 315
Rumney, N. H., 68, 69
Rust, Rev. Richard S., quoted, concerning Mrs. Eddy’s mother, 14; recommends that Mrs. Eddy open an infants’ school, 46
Saco, Me., 139
Sanborn, Professor Dyer H.., his part in Mrs. Eddy’s education, 33; professor in N. H. Conference Seminary, 46
—— Mahala, nurses George Glover, 43; marriage with Russell Cheney, 47; separates George from his mother, 47, 48
Sanbornton Bridge, George Baker enters mills at, 32; revisited by Mrs. Eddy, 172
Sargeant, James I., part in conspiracy against Mr. Eddy and Arens, 249, 252-258
Sargent, Mrs. Laura, Mrs. Eddy’s companion, 338, 344, 345, 358, 397, 398; given bequest in Mrs. Eddy’s will, 394
Science and Health, quoted, 72, 132, 134, 143; preparation of the MS. of, 208-210; its rejection by a publisher, 210, 211; arrangements for printing the first edition, 214, 215; the subsequent revision, 215, 216; attacks on, 216-219; preparation for second edition, 231; difficulties and failure of new edition, 235-237; quoted, 243, 244; third edition, 273; quoted, 275; revision of, 309; proofs read by James Henry Wiggin, 309-312; further revisions, 344
Science of Man, The, finished by Mrs. Eddy, 189; advertised in The Christian Science Journal, 189; reprinted in Science and Health, 190
Sentinel, the, established as a weekly, 372; announcement of the Christian Science Monitor appears in, 374, 375; its mission, 376; Mrs. ​Eddy’s letters in, 382, 384, 385, 389-391
Shannon, Miss Kate, 345
Shiloh, battle of, George Glover wounded at, 63
Sibley, Miss Alice, companion to Mrs. Eddy, 284, 285, 290
Slavery, Mrs. Eddy’s attitude toward, 39, 40; she frees her slaves, 42
Smith, Judge Clifford P., 402, 404
—— Hanover P., 290
—— Governor Hoke, letter of, 7, 8
—— Myra, Mrs. Eddy’s blind servant, 61, 62, 65, 69
Spiritualism, birth of, 54; great interest taken in, 55, 56
Spofford, Daniel H., student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 223-227 ; begins practise of healing, 230, 231; his mismanagement of the first edition of Science and Health, 235-237; his defection, 238-240; sued by Lucretia Brown for mesmerism, 241, 242; report of his murder, 247; Arens and Eddy arrested as his murderers, 247-249; facts of the conspiracy, 252-258
Stanley, Charles S., his unfitness as a student of Christian Science, 200, 203, 204
Stark, General, 2
Stevens, Oliver, District Attorney, 248, 249
Stewart, Allison V., appointed Mrs. Eddy’s publisher, 379; elected to directorship, 379
—— Rev. Samuel B., 197; unites Mr. and Mrs. Eddy in marriage, 232
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 52
Strang, Lewis C., secretary to Mrs. Eddy, 357, 358; the suit in equity, 363
Straw, Jane I., 269
Streeter, General Frank S., Mrs. Eddy’s lawyer, 358, 392; trusteeship, 365
Stuart, Elizabeth G., 269
Swampscott, Mass., Mrs. Eddy’s news-letters from, 124
Taunton, Mass., 163, 164
Thompson, Dr. E. J., talks with Mrs. Eddy about religion, 161
—— Charles P., attorney for Mrs. Eddy, 234
Tilton, Abigail, see Abigail Baker
—— Alexander, marries Abigail Baker, 32; prosperity of, 49, 50
Tomlinson, Irving C., the suit in equity, 363; trusteeship, 365
Transcendentalism, account of movement, 155-158
Transcript, the Lynn, quotes Wallace W. Wright, 201, 202
Traveler, the Boston, quoted, 320
Tuttle, George, becomes one of Mrs. Eddy’s students, 199; his unfitness, 200, 203, 204
Unitarianism, 155, 157
Unity of Good, first appearance, 315
Universalism, 155, 157
University Press, The, prints Science and Health, 310, 312
Wallace, Sir William, 6
War, the Civil, causes leading up to, 50, 51
War, French and Indian, New Hampshire’s part in, 2
War of 1812, 6
War of Independence, New Hampshire’s part in, 24
Webster, Daniel, 4, 35, 50, 51
—— Mrs. Nathaniel, Mrs. Eddy boards with, 176
Weller, Mrs. Janette E., travels with Mrs. Eddy. 314
​Wentworth, Charles, 182, 184
—— Horace, 182, 183; his unfounded allegations against Mrs. Eddy, 186-188
—— Lucy, 182; her devotion to Mrs. Eddy, 184, 185
—— Mrs. Sally, invites Mrs. Eddy to live with her, 182; instructed by her in healing, 182, 183
West, Dr. George L., called as medical examiner upon Mrs. Eddy’s death, 399; his statement, 400-401
Whiting, Mrs. Abbie, student of Mrs. Eddy’s, 284, 290
—— Lilian, interview with Mrs. Eddy, 307, 308
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 175; meeting with Mrs. Eddy, 180
Wiggin, Rev. James Henry, indexes and reads proof of 15th edition of Science and Health, 309-312; defense of Christian Science, 311, 312
Wilson, H. Cornell, 357
—— John, 310
Winslow, Charles, 150
—— Mrs. Charles, rejects healing by Mrs. Eddy, 150, 151; visited by Mrs. Eddy, 175
Wright, Wallace W., his connection with Mrs. Eddy’s teaching, 201-203, 207