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Excerpt from Spiritualism: Its Facts and Phases, Illustrated With Personal ExperiencesIN this 19th century, wherein so many Mechanical and Scientific luminaries shine, I am aware that an attempt to urge an argument in favour Of Supernaturalism will be met by a multitude of declamatory pooh - poohs! Nevertheless, I shall brave the storm of declamation, because I am fearless, holding by the Truth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hund...

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United States Government publications are books collectors have not sought, bibliographers have not analyzed, historians have rarely considered. But publication is a necessary part of law-making and law-enforcing, and as the historian J. H. Powell traces national printing through its first forty years (until the British fired the capital in 1814) these dry-as-dust public documents become vivid, exciting elements in the lively story of how a ne...

This volume deals with a man whose life was intimately connected with a most significant formative period in American civilization. Son of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Rush, Richard Rush was not such a dynamic personality, but in his earnest, gracious way he left almost as deep an imprint on many phases of national life. Educated as a lawyer, his first public: post was Attorney-General of Pennsylvania. This was followed in 1811 by appointment a...

A brilliant and model treatment of one of the most macabre incidents in American History."--

In this major new study, J.G. Powell presents a truly authoritative and comprehensive historical geography of Australia during the second century of immigrant occupation.

Excerpt from Spiritualism: Its Facts and Phases, Illustrated With Personal Experiences In this 19th century, wherein so many Mechanical and Scientific luminaries shine, I am aware that an attempt to urge an argument in favour of Supernaturalism will be met by a multitude of declamatory pooh - poohs! Nevertheless, I shall brave the storm of declamation, because I am fearless, holding by the Truth. The experiences upon which my arguments and p...

2016 Reprint of 1949 Edition. Two parts in one volume. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaked during the first weeks of October. Philadelphia, then the nation's capital, was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States. Two thousand free blacks lived there, as well as many recent white French-speaking ar...