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Besides the above-mentioned writing actually executed by this wonderful medium baby of about a year old, which…

Date of account: Published 1885
Source: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism
Reference: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism · selected passage 51
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Besides the above-mentioned writing actually executed by this wonderful medium baby of about a year old, which I have in my possession, and of which I regret that it cannot be photographed, I have before me also a photographic copy, of _carte de visite_ size (sent me by Mr. Jencken), of a piece of writing executed by his infant fingers at the age of five months and eighteen days (of course controlled by Spirit power), in these words: _I love this little boy. God bless his mama. J. B. F._ And below, _I am happy_ (the last syllable of "happy" being scrawled very indistinctly). Below it is the following attestation by Mr. Jencken's hand: "Written by the infant boy of Mrs. Jencken on the 11th March, 1874, aged five months and eighteen days. Mr. Jencken, Mrs.

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