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Notes On Spirit Of George Washington, 1890-12, Joseph Peace Hazard Dec 1890

Notes On Spirit Of George Washington, 1890-12, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Description of "Spiritual Manifestation" of George Washington at the Philadelphia World Exhibition in 1876.


Letter To Luther Colby, 1890-11-11, Joseph Peace Hazard Nov 1890

Letter To Luther Colby, 1890-11-11, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Letter regarding the "Haunted house" in Wilmington, Delaware, which Hazard had mentioned to the Seybert Commission. Mentions Hazard's friendship with Henry Seybert. Includes account of John Ladd, a Newport carpenter-turned-"Spiritual Medium" who was summoned to Chicago to treat two "Invalids" and would be paid $2,000 for his services.


Seven Months Of Spirits, 1890-11, Joseph Peace Hazard Nov 1890

Seven Months Of Spirits, 1890-11, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Clipping describing experiences in Phelps household, including bells ringing, spoons bending, objects flying through the air. Quotes Phelps’s description of phenomena as “visitation from God.”


Letter To Henry Bede, 1890-09-20, Joseph Peace Hazard Sep 1890

Letter To Henry Bede, 1890-09-20, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Letter in which Hazard, at 83 1/2 years of age, expresses a "wish to be on the other side, so soon as I can arrange my affairs." Includes account of the "Palatine Ship", a ghost ship apparition around Block Island.


Letter To Mr. And Mrs. Samuel G. Ward, 1890-07, Joseph Peace Hazard Jul 1890

Letter To Mr. And Mrs. Samuel G. Ward, 1890-07, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Letter discussing Spiritualism within the Hazard family, including employment of healing mediums by Rowland G. Hazard. Includes account of "the Banshee" and Hazard's travels in Italy and Ireland.


Letter To Luther Colby, With Reply To Joseph Peace Hazard, 1890-04-13, Luther Colby Apr 1890

Letter To Luther Colby, With Reply To Joseph Peace Hazard, 1890-04-13, Luther Colby

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Request from Joseph Peace Hazard for recommendations for materializing mediums in the Boston area. Includes response from Luther Colby with names and addresses of materializing mediums.


A Straightforward Statement, 1890-03-15, Joseph Peace Hazard Mar 1890

A Straightforward Statement, 1890-03-15, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Clipping from “The Banner of Light,” sent by Luther Colby to Joseph Peace Hazard. Quotes another publication which refers to “the fraud-condoning concern known as the Banner of Light”; includes defense of the “The Banner of Light” as “slow to condemn those who at first sight seem to be guilty of wrong-doing, lest we should misjudge the innocent.”


Bill From Colby & Rich, 1890-02-24, Luther Colby Feb 1890

Bill From Colby & Rich, 1890-02-24, Luther Colby

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Bill listing books Joseph Peace Hazard ordered from Colby & Rich, publishers of "The Banner of Light." Titles include:

Ghosts & Other Lect.

Ingersoll's Field Dis.

Ingersoll on Blasphemy

Orthodoxy

Prose Poems

Selections

Gods Other Lectures

Vindications of T. Paine

What must we do

Crimes Against Criminals


Notes, 1890-02, Joseph Peace Hazard Feb 1890

Notes, 1890-02, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Notes on Henry Olcutt and other mediums, who have traveled to India and "passed into a sphere beyond."


Notes On Vernon Spirit, No Date, Joseph Peace Hazard Jan 1890

Notes On Vernon Spirit, No Date, Joseph Peace Hazard

Joseph Peace Hazard papers

Describes Hazard's experience hearing and feeling the ghost of his friend's deceased father, who advised Hazard on how best to help his friend.