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Letter regarding the "Haunted house" in Wilmington, Delaware, which Hazard had mentioned to the Seybert Commission. Mentions Hazard's friendship with Henry Seybert. Includes account of John Ladd, a Newport carpenter-turned-"Spiritual Medium" who was summoned to Chicago to treat two "Invalids" and would be paid $2,000 for his services.

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Title
Letter to Luther Colby, 1890-11-11
Creator
Hazard, Joseph Peace
Date
1890-11-11
Other Identifiers
Local: MSS-0090-b01-f06-item04
Keyword
Spiritualism ; Seybert Commission ; Mediums ; 19th century
Geographic Coverage
19th Century
Type
Correspondence
File Format
jpg
Language
English
In
Joseph Peace Hazard papers
Note
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