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the charleston daily news (charleston, s.c.) 1865-1873 — ghost apparition

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1870-06-25
Location: charleston, south carolina, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the charleston daily news (charleston, s.c.) 1865-1873 · 1870-06-25 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1870-06-25 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “ghost apparition”. 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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... never was a believer in ghosts, apparitions or the supernatural in any way. Yon remem? ber that at college I was always ready to enter into any amount of argument with men who believed more or lees in the supernatural; yon,, yourself, having Scotch blood in your veins, bad rather a leaning toward wraiths. I was niter ly. nacre iulons. Having recalled this lo yonr memory, I will gd on with my tory. Vit waa in the autumn of '66, rather better than two years ?co now. that I was staying down wit h Sir Peter aud Lady Berry at Wen? ning Park, lt was a very pleasant place to stay at; one of those ...

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