Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist? or, Curious Revelations from the Life of a Trance Medium. Together with Portraits, Letters, and Poems. Illustrated with Engravings, and Frontispiece of Lincoln, From Carpenter’s Portrait from Life.

1891 SPIRITUALISM 1st/1st Abraham Lincoln Occult Medium Séance CIVIL WAR Ghosts

Following the death of Abraham Lincoln, his widow Mary Todd, befriended a medium. Mrs. Lincoln invited Nettie Maynard to the White House for a consultation upon the death of her son. Maynard wrote a book recounting these events, as well as others including spirit poems, and the role of mediumship. Maynard describes strange phenomena, discovery of spirits, spiritualism, and séances in the Civil War, as well as a thorough description of Lincoln as President.

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MAYNARD, Mrs. Nettie Colburn

Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist? or, Curious Revelations from the Life of a Trance Medium. Together with Portraits, Letters, and Poems. Illustrated with Engravings, and Frontispiece of Lincoln, From Carpenter's Portrait from Life.

Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1891. First Edition. First Printing.

Details:

· Collation: Complete

o xxiv, 264

o 16 plates

· Reference(s): Monaghan 1088

· Language: English

· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

o Navy cloth

· Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (18.5cm x 14cm)

· Rare and desirable

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