BIB_ID
301482
Accession number
MA 2097.48
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Display Date
Thursday night [1853 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 16.8-18.9 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the actor William Macready. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from Edward Bulwer Lytton to the actor William Macready. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from Weber de Vore in 1961.
Summary
Discussing mesmerism, séances and "mediums of communication between us and the spirit world." Professing his belief in their authenticity and noting "my researches have lately occupied a very interesting ground viz: inquiring into the vestiges of Ancient Magic & the old world belief in spirits, etc."
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