Identifier: davenportbrother00bost (find matches)
Title: The Davenport brothers
Year: 1869 (1860s)
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Subjects: Davenport, Ira Erastus, b. 1839. (from old catalog) Davenport, William Henry, b. 1841. (from old catalog) Spiritualism
Publisher: Boston, W. White and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ailer what he thought of such a test.i Oh ! it was a matter for scientific investigation? said he.A very scientific investigation indeed would it be, whichshould show that the power that brought the trumpet alongto the bars of the cell-door, and then spoke through it, wasany other than an intelligent being. The thing was per-fect: the jailer did not question it at all. He knew thephenomenon was a verity, and thought it a subject forscientific investigation. So if that same veritable powerwhich brought the trumpet from the back part of the cell,and talked through it, should also slide the bolt of a lock,and let us out of the jail, would it not be a subject forscientific investigation ? And would it not also be a verycommendable and worthy subject of scientific investigation ? At evening, the mediums and myself had another inter-view with the spirit in charge, on the subject of ourimprisonment, when we received substantially the sameinstruction. Time passed on, days and weeks : we often
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THE MYSTERIOUS LIBERATION. 293 had communication with spirits on the subject of our con-finement and other matters. We held circles when ourfriends came to see us; the spirits usually talking familiarlywith the company, and manifesting themselves in a varietyof other ways. Time sped. We had much company; and many friendsbrought us presents in fruits and other nice articles of food.Here we would be glad to mention the names of a long listof friends who repeatedly visited us, and made us glad withtheir sympathy and repeated presents, if they were not sonumerous. We were informed by the spirits that our prison-doors would be opened before our time expired; and, onthe evening previous to its expiration, a voice spake inthe room, and said that I was to go out that night. Iwas told to put on my coat and hat, and be ready. Itwas oppressively warm in our small room, with the windowand door both closed; and I asked if I could be allowed tosit with my coat off, as I did not expect we should be

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