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the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-09-29
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 · 1853-09-29 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-09-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “spirit rapping”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... World's T« mperanc« convention, the spirit rapping conven tion, the whole world's conv n ion, tin moral reform convention, and, I: re we must stop, but the lint is not yet com plete. As delegates to the e various gatherings came, persons o.' every col or, every shade of opinion in morals and religion: rie.', socialist Graham bread ist, in fact, N'si v v.-ry name under the whole ILavvtis— Sometimes they ia*t, qu-'r.V-d abou' their organizations and finaly would break up in a disgra,-efu! r. w some times the lookers on would kit k op a muss and the mating have to disperse, and once in a while they wov.ld get a long without any ...

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