1 This Tablet was addressed to one Mrs. Pocohontas in Washington.
According to Fadil Mazandarani, the recipient of the Tablet was a
black woman. See "Tari-i-Zuhuu'l-Haq", vol. 8, part 2, p. 1209
(Tihran: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 132 B.E.). Additional information
provided by the Archives of the National Spiritual Assembly of the
United States indicates that Mr. Louis Gregory, in a history of the
Washington, D.C. Baha'i community, mentions a black Baha'i, Mrs.
Pocohontas Pope, who is likely the same person. Mrs. Pope learned of
the Baha'i Faith through Alma and Fanny Knobloch and Joseph and
Pauline Hannen. There is, at present no other information on Mrs.
Pope.
2 From other extracts it is evident that the limitation of membership
to men applies only to the Universal House of Justice, and not to
the National and Local Houses of Justice.
3 This passage appears in the present compilation under Section IV.,
page 21.
4 The quotation in the original letter which was taken from "Paris
Talks", p. 182, has been replaced by this revised translation.