WCP2997

Letter (WCP2997.2887)

[1]1

1 Bernard Villas

Upper Norwood

July 10 /[18]67

My dear Sir

I want to give an account in my next paper on passing events2 of some of the most curious of the recent[?] séances. If you have any particulars which you do not intend to publish will you let[2] me have them?

I know of Mrs Berry's and of Miss Houghton's[.]3 Were you present when the white dove was caught?

I intend in my next article to try, if by an appeal to the unproclaimed believers to unite them, and get them in a body to pronounce an opinion. You[?] must get the Stows[?] and any [3] others you know to join in this movement.

Very truly yours | B Coleman [signature]

A R Wallace Esq

1
Page 1 is numbered page 26 by the repository. Every second subsequent page has a consecutive handwritten number written in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
2
Coleman, Benjamin. 1867. Passing Events -The Spread of Spiritualism. A Proposal for Uniting the Unproclaimed Believers in Spiritualism, and Those Who Admit the Reality of the Phenomena. The Spiritual Magazine 2nd series 2(8): 342 — 351. Benjamin Coleman had contributed a monthly article under the main title "Passing Events — the Spread of Spiritualism" since 1862.
3
Houghton, Georgiana (1814-1884). British artist and spiritualist.

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Transcribed by Paterson, Gavin [2018-08-06] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-06-09]

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