Post-mortem confessions : being letters written through a mortal's hand by spirits who, when in mortal, were officers of Harvard College : with comments by Allen Putnam / by Allen Putnam.

  • Putnam, Allen, 1802-1887.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Post-mortem confessions : being letters written through a mortal's hand by spirits who, when in mortal, were officers of Harvard College : with comments by Allen Putnam / by Allen Putnam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ness, like attempting to shut out the light of truth, which was then dawning upon the age we lived in. But it was from a desire I had that the people should not follow a bubble that would, in my opinion, burst, and that, too, in the near future. I freely and fully beg Mansfield's pardon for the course I took at the time he so kindly and freely invited my inves- tigation and criticism. I now see, as millions have, that once, perhaps innocently and honestly, they opposed one light of truth, and later were forced to admit the fact. 1 have often talked this matter over with Eustis, as to his and my doings with young Willis. We are convinced of our wrong-doings, and are now ready to proclaim such to you and the world. I now know that your friend Mansfield is all that he has professed, or all that is claimed for him by his and your friends. Tell him I sincerely beg pardon for all the pain I have in the long past caused him. ''Your friend and brother, Jan. 29, 1886. Cornelius C. Felton. Such was the response. My experiment succeeded far beyond my expectation. It. brought forth Fel- ton's free and full supplication for Mansfield's pardon for abuse bestowed upon this scribe for spirits, when he asked Felton to investigate and criticise his operations. I hope and trust that this suit for pardon will contribute to the peace of both the abuser and the abused. My questions were fully met by the responses having application to Mansfield alone. But my friend heeded my hint that more would be wel- comed. His notice of other matters indicates prob- ability that he perceived the purport of my letter to