Nettie colburn maynard biography of williams
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Things That Go BUMP in the Parlor: Spiritualism, Lincoln, and a Happy Hallowe&#;en
The tall, thin man with the sad face folded himself into an uncomfortable Italianate armchair in the Red Room of the Executive Mansion. &#;So this is our &#;little Nettie&#; is it, that we have heard so much about? Well, how do you do it?&#; At this point, twenty-one-year-old Nettie Colburn claimed that she lost all consciousness of her surroundings and passed under control of a spirit guide.
Meeting President Lincoln must have been unnerving for young Nettie, but apparently, her spirit guide did not care and proceeded to give the President advice about the Emancipation Proclamation on that cold December night in In fact, Nettie&#;s spirit guides gave data and advice to both Mrs. Lincoln and her husband several times during the years she resided in Washington during the Civil War. Mrs. Lincoln was often identified as believing in Spiritualism, seeking contact with her deceased sons and fam
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On this President&#;s Day let&#;s take a look at some of the little known spiritual dalliances of our former first ladies.
Jane Pierce, wife of Franklin Pierce, was obsessed with death and illness from a very ung age. She often wrote metaphysical letters to her family members discussing mortality and the afterlife. When she suffered the tragic loss of their son Bennie prior to her husband&#;s inauguration in March , however, she made it her mission in life to reconnect with him.
The family had been traveling bygd train in Massachusetts when the train derailed and their bil was overturned. The 11 year old boy&#;s skull was crushed, a sight Jane could never recover from fully. Consumed with grief and guilt, Jane sought out the help of the Fox sisters, three sisters from New York who played an important role in the development of spiritualism. In fact, it can be said that they pioneered spirit communication. Leah, Margaret, and Kate Fox had made a career out of speaking with the de
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I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity. Sydney Biddle Barrows, to Marian Christy, ''Mayflower Madam' Tells All,' Boston Globe, There is a reason why they call prostitution the oldest profession. Its been around since probably man first walked upright, and the debate on whether or not to legalize it as raged almost as long. Recently with the Eliot Spitzer trial and now the alleged suicide of the 'DC Madam,' Deborah Jeane Palfrey, prostitution is once again in the news. But there was a time when the idea of high class call girl rings or escort services was still something of a shocker. Recognize the woman on the left? If you don't, then you weren't around or old enough in when Sidney Biddle Barrows was once of the biggest stories in the news. She was dubbed The Mayflower Madam because her ancestors had come over on The Mayflower. The Biddles in Philadelphia are an old Mainline family, the type that only have their names in
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