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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-06-02
Location: newport, rhode island, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: herald of the times (newport, r.i.) 1849-1856 · 1853-06-02 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-06-02 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 Rappers: challenge the Spirit Rapping league, from Maine to Calitornia, for £2.000 or §lO,OOO, that there is not one of them ean produce a knock on my ta ble which I cannot aceount for by natu ral caures, eonzis'ent with the weli-un derstood taws of natural philosophy.” Da. Kare, of the Arctic expedition, has recently received a gratitying evi dence of the general anterest taken an his daring undertaking. inan autog &ph letter trom the King of Denmark, Thas letter directs the authorities ol the colo mes in Greenland to atford all possible assistance to the expedition. This is the more gratilying because it was en tirely unasked and unexpected, —Boston Atlas. 3" ...

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