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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart to Isabella Brittingham, 1917
About the death of Tahirah Qurrat al-ʻAyn as told to Dr. Moody, by Hasan Adib
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1919
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt; it mentions the bank account and updates about it; how Iranians make Turkish coffee and serve it; and the importance of having a school building of their own
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Letter from Qudsiyah Ashraf to Albert Windust, 1913
The letter mentions the renewal of her subscription to the Star of the West, that she thinks of the addressee often although she does not write to him much, that she is busy at school, and sends love to the addressee's family; along with the envelope
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Letter from Lutf Allah Hakim to Mrs. Platt, 1919
Mentions receiving the addressee's letter and check, receipts from sending money to Dr. Clock in Tehran, and serving the Baha’i community
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Letter from Susan Moody to Mr. A. R. Vali, 1924
The letter discusses a copy of a tablet she is sending to the addressee, along with a group photo she also included from a unity meeting. She writes of the progress the school is making, and how some of the brighter students become teachers as well as "spreaders of the Divine Message" of the Baha'i faith. She also inquires as to the employment of Dr. Coy, and indicates she is missed by those at the school.
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The letter discusses being proud of the addressee and other western Baha’i sisters for practicing their faith in the west, as well as the difficulties Tayirah faces practicing her faith in Persia because of the excess of calamities, persecutions, and lack of freedom, etc, and how faithful she has remained since she has been twelve years old
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Miss Boylan, 1910
The writer talks about arriving to Batumi; their concern about carrying medicine in the trunk of their car without having permission, but the customs officers did not find them; getting a plate full of nuts and candied fruit from ‘Abd al-Baha’, saving most of it, and giving some to their host; and a promise to their host to get a letter from the addressee that describes the details about Meshkat el Azkar [Mashriq al-Adhkar].
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Letter from a Baha’i woman from Rasht, 1910
Addressed to Isabella Brittingham and some other Baha’i women; it includes the writer's happiness regarding the unity of East and West through the Baha’i faith and discusses the importance of promoting this religion
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The writer expresses her happiness in receiving the addressee's letter, and discusses the many problems for Baha’i followers in Iran due to lack of freedom; her belief in the Baha’i faith since she was twelve years old, and the mental and physical pressure imposed on her by her family for ten years because of her belief; and mentions that several of her family members, including her husband, converted to the Baha'i faith when they heard her words.
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