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No. 7 Montgomery Place

Boston Mass U.S.A.

Dear Mr Wallace

I have but just read the "Spiritualist" containing your noble letter and I take this opportunity to thank you most heartily for it. I was well aware that Mr Harrison¹ would print anything that he thought would do me harm, but I scarcely expected he would forget himself to that degree that he would print an [2] article on the authority of the Boston Herald. I have posted your papers whi[ch?] shows the other side, as far as it has yet been made known. I allowed this Mad. and Hast. Davies. to live in my house and accepted these goods which were legally given to me in payment; and as it was looked upon as a permanent thing the large amount was included for our protection and her own, as her husband was running them [illeg.] as fast as he could. All went well until he met Dr ^Mack[?] [3] at Lake Pleasant (she had never seen him before). He took her away unbeknown to anyone: then friendship[?] began[?], and we have never had a word with her since. Dr Mack's Motive[sic] is very plain. He told me he thought it was a good chance to get money. The [2 words illeg.] is that when I arrested him and the court recognized the fact that he had been acting illegally he consented to settle upon my terms; the proceedings were then stopped that the papers might be made out. We are attended [4] at his Consuls' office the terms were agreed upon both for England & America the papers drawn up. ours signed and theirs taken for [2 words illeg.] to place her signature thereon. And the matter was settled, so it was considered; instead of Mack's keeping his agreement as he had sworn to do. he disappeared and has not been seen since. this being almost two weeks ago. This does not seem to be the way that honorable men act. His own Lawyer says he cannot understand it and a public statement of the [5] facts is soon to appear. From beginning to end the one idea has been to scam us at Lake Pleasant an Indignation Meeting was called and Resolutions passed denouncing the whole proceeding. I have refrained from having much printed until the matter was finished and then to make the whole thing clear but when people[?] turn [illeg.] break[?] their oath. and run away there is little or no chance for defence[sic]. As to the Massey affair, I acted as I did by the [6] advice of a number of my friends who thought that the whole thing was unworthy of notice. And this Spiritualist's columns are not the most reliable source of information therefore I ignored the whole thing. It is nice for my enemies to remember that I have never paid[?] a penny for any of my London Lectures and that are continually given our services to the B. M. A. Mrs Fletcher having [illeg.] so long [illeg.] of seances there last Spring. How soon one's good work is forgotten [7] when some bold faced enemy dares to arise, and raise the Mad dog Cry[?]. I believe in the loyalty of human hearts and I donot[sic?] cannot realize that my many dear friends will count the past as naught and forget the good I feel that I have done. Your words have given me new life and hope, and I thank you most sincerely and truly for them. and I feel that we can look the whole world in the face. and honestly say. that our motive & thought[?] was to help a sorrowing [8] suffering woman that for a fear we believed we had done so, and that this unfortunate ending is due to malicious intent and influence ^as for others who have wilfully[sic] thrown that shadow upon us that our motives might be misunderstood. We both of us join in thanking you, and our one purpose shall be to demonstrate that we have not been unworthy of your confidence

Sincerely | J. W. Fletcher² [signature]