Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism - In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert by The Seybert Commission
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a-half without results.
Meanwhile the Medium wrote what purported to be messages from several Spirits upon slips of paper, the handwriting varying with each message. One message was signed Elias Hicks, another Lucretia Mott, another signed H.S. was compared with a message from Mr. Henry Seybert to Mr. T.R. Hazard the day before. The initials were somewhat different. The Commission sat in a circle, the Medium at a small table with folding leaves. One communication, signed E.H., declared that the person sitting opposite Mr. Hazard (Mr. Furness) was endowed with great Mediumistic powers. The writing failing to appear on the slate it was opened, and Dr. Leidy, having written upon a slip of paper a question, enclosed it in the slate, which was again fastened. After half an hour's waiting, no results being obtained, the Commission addressed some questions to the Medium and then adjourned. The Medium described her sensations during the automatic writing as a constriction at the wrist. She declared that she had no knowledge of what she wrote, was not distracted by noises, etc. (Mr. Furness and Mr. Fullerton, however, noticed that she, when interrupted, glanced back over what she had previously written before |
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