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herald of the times (newport, r.i.) 1849-1856 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-05-12
Location: newport, rhode island, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: herald of the times (newport, r.i.) 1849-1856 · 1853-05-12 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-05-12 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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The Spirit Rapping periodicals, and the persons who dealin this miserable delueion as a trade, will no deubt great ly rejoice over this new and dist nguish ed dwciple. We expect to be told that a man whose sanity nobody particular ly doubts, who has been a United States Senator Irom the great State of New York, and Governor of a North- Western Territory to boot, would not give in his adhesion to the Spirits,” unless they were Spirite,”"—just ag a well known Judge, on the Bench, in thie city. and another grave Senator ([rom Rhode leland) have already been pointed to, triumphantly, as evidence that the learned,” as well as ...

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