Editors' Note: Eighty years ago a Christian Scientist in North Carolina, Mary Hatch Harrison, did some valuable research into historical facts connected with the death of George Washington Glover, Mrs. Eddy's first husband. Her findings, along with additional documentation, were published in The Christian Science Journal of December 1903 with the explanation: "These letters and extracts are of absorbing interest to Christian Scientists as amplification of the facts given by Mrs. Eddy in 'Retrospection and Introspection.'" The material was also included by our Leader in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany (pp. 326-336).
Recently, in doing research into the life of Mrs. Eddy's son, George W. Glover II, Jewel Spangler Smaus uncovered documentary evidence that throws significant light on another episode in Mrs. Eddy's early life— her forced separation from her son. This evidence corroborates her account in Retrospection and Introspection and also refutes the distorted interpretations given to the episode by determinedly hostile writers.
Mrs. Smaus is the author of Mary Baker Eddy: The Golden Days.
