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Rochester, New York: Charles H. McDonell, Printer, 1852. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Octavo. xiv, 15-256pp. Original light yellow wraps with decorative ruling and black lettering on cover and spine. With an introduction by B. Franklin. Amy and Isaac Post were early converts to the 19th century Spiritualism, a religious movement that believes that the dead have the ability to communicate with the living. It had about 8 million followers by the end of the 19th Century. In 1848 the couple joined with Kate and Margaret Fox who had acquired the ability to communicate with spirits. Isaac Post too was acknowledged as a medium. The spirits contacted with the communication recorded in writing by Post included George Washington, Emanuel Swedenborg, John C. Calhoun, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and William Penn. In 1842 the Posts became instrumental in founding the abolitionist Western New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Lloyd Garrison was one of the cofounders. They had been hosting… Read More