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112 Stoughton and teach him. She joined the Crafts, accordingly, in the early part of 1867, and lived for some months in their home at East Stoughton—now Avon—instructing Mr. Crafts in the Quimby method of healing.

An advertisement of Hiram S. Crafts, which appeared in a Taunton newspaper, May 13, 1867. Mr. Crafts had moved from East Stoughton to Taunton, taking his wife and Mrs. Eddy with him.

Early in the spring Crafts went to Taunton, taking his wife and Mrs. Patterson with him, and opened an office. He was the first of Mrs. Eddy's students to go into practice. His advertisement in a Taunton paper is reprinted herewith. Mrs. Patterson did not practise herself, but remained with the family to teach and advise Crafts.