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plymouth banner (plymouth, marshall county, ind.) 1852-1855 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-07-21
Location: plymouth, indiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: plymouth banner (plymouth, marshall county, ind.) 1852-1855 · 1853-07-21 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-07-21 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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... give him this credit. The spirit rapping manifestations were not reached before the Convention closed, j 'l at the end of the fourth day. So much of the design of that meeting was defeat- ed, if we are riht in our view of its de- Sign. Mr. Barker would be best replied to by repubashing in this country his work. published in England 1811, entitled "Christianity Triumphant;" a masterly i work, which we deeply regretted we did not have with us at the Convention Had we anticipated meeting him there, we should have had it with us. We will! at a .uiure nine inrniMi our reaaers wun ,limself aiui associates; whom many be some extracts ...

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