Our public meetings were held in Van Vechten Hall, then the principal one in Albany
- Date of account
- Published 1885
- Source
- The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism
- Reference
- The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism · selected passage 67
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
Our public meetings were held in Van Vechten Hall, then the principal one in Albany
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyOur public meetings were held in Van Vechten Hall, then the principal one in Albany. Our suite of rooms in the Delavan was the best in the house. Of course our expenses were very heavy; often amounting to $150 a week. Our regular charge was $1 each person, and, for a private séance of an hour, $5 for two or more persons. These figures had been prescribed to us. We never heard of any complaints of dissatisfaction, on the part of our visitors, with the evidences which they used to receive; and no language would suffice to tell of the hundreds of assurances of delight and gratitude, which were the better part of our compensation for the time thus absorbed, and for the fatigue and exhaustion of these labors under the direction of our friends in the spirit life.
Historical context
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Modern context
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