1. Mary Baker Eddy to Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy, 8 May 1894, L01898.
  2. “Laying the Corner Stone,” The Christian Science Journal, June 1894,  http://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/kxlreji69s?s=t.
  3. This is from a letter that Eddy sent to a number of students, requesting donation, probably in late 1893 and early 1894. See, for example, Eddy to Ellen L. Clark, L04668.
  4. “Laying the Corner Stone,” The Christian Science Journal, June  1894,  http://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/kxlreji69s?s=t.
  5. Eddy to Joseph Armstrong, 28 April 1894, L06541.
  6. Margaret M. Pinkham, A Miracle in Stone: The History of the Building of the Original Mother Church (Santa Barbara, CA: Nebadoon Press, 2009) 322-333.
  7. Bliss Knapp, The Destiny of The Mother Church (Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1991), 95–97.
  8. Joseph Armstrong and Margaret Williamson, Building of The Mother Church (Boston: Publishing Society, 1980), 20.
  9. “The Corner-stone Laid,” Christian Science Sentinel, July 23, 1904, http://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/i3jwfmmptu?s=t.
  10. Mary Baker Eddy, Manual of The Mother Church (Boston: The Christian Science Board of Directors), 75.
  11. “The Corner-Stone Laid in Concord,” Christian Science Sentinel, July 25, 1903, http://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/892ybehh6m?s=t.
  12. Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (Boston: The Christian Science Board of Directors), 140.