under atablecloth, of course) to tilt thefamily card table and makethe rapping sounds. A decadelater, just about every family inthe country claimed to have amember (usually a youngdaughter) who could speakwith the dead. Congress brieflyconsidered a special commis-sion to act as liaison betweenthis… … 21 Lawrence, Robert Owen, QueenVictoria, Governor Talmadgeof Michigan and, perhaps theirmost famous clients, Presidentand Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.Spiritualists eventually evenclaimed that President Lincolnwrote the Gettysburg Addressthrough the guidance of a spiritafter having attended a seance.For…
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