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Biography of Mrs. J. H. Conant

the world's medium of the nineteenth century ...

Also known as Biography of Mrs. J.H. Conant, the world's medium of the nineteenth century

by Theodore Parker, John W. Day & Harry Houdini Collection DLC

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

322, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : 20 cm "I am told, and believe, that Spirit Theodore Parker outline and dictated its essential substance, and may be deemed its responsible producer. Mr. John W. Day ... minuted in shorthand what the spirit desired to put forth as a biography of his medium."--Prefatory remarks "Second edition."

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mediums” and “Spirit writings”. Retained metadata contains “Mediums” in the subject metadata and “Spirit writings” in the subject metadata.

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    • Mediums· via Open Library
    • Spirit writings· via Open Library
    • Mediums· in subject
    • Spirit writings· in subject

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the world's medium of the nineteenth century ...

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1873Boston : William White and Co.; Boston : William White and Company, Banner of light office, 14 Hanover Street; W. White and Co.; William White and Company, Banner of light office, 14 Hanover StreetEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: nycs8
  • Scanner: scribe9.capitolhill.archive.org
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL7891541W
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