. Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? : or, curious revelations from the life of a trance medium. ve with her daughter—What im-pressions do you receive?—Mrs. Southworth recites astrange experience— You shall have my picture, shesaid—Stances with Mrs. Lincoln by appointment. IN February we returned to Mrs. Cosbys, 553 Cap-ital Line, she insisting upon having us with her aportion of the time. One day Colonel Forneys serv-ing man, Thomas, a tall, fine-looking mulatto, of ex-ceedingly dignified manners, presented himself at , with a note from Colonel Forney, inviting herand her aunt, Mrs
. Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? : or, curious revelations from the life of a trance medium. ve with her daughter—What im-pressions do you receive?—Mrs. Southworth recites astrange experience— You shall have my picture, shesaid—Stances with Mrs. Lincoln by appointment. IN February we returned to Mrs. Cosbys, 553 Cap-ital Line, she insisting upon having us with her aportion of the time. One day Colonel Forneys serv-ing man, Thomas, a tall, fine-looking mulatto, of ex-ceedingly dignified manners, presented himself at , with a note from Colonel Forney, inviting herand her aunt, Mrs. Smith, and ourselves to spend theafternoon in his parlors below. She accepted the in-vitation on behalf of all, and at the appointed hourwe were ushered into his presence by the dignifiedThomas. We were duly presented by Colonel Forneyto a small party of ladies and gentlemen, one ofwhom, I believe, was his daughter. He informed usand the company that he had a musical treat in storefor us, communicating the fact that the daughter ofhis man, Thomas, had been educated at the North, and. MRS. E- D. E. N. photograph from life, presented by her to Mrs. N. C. Maynard. NEW ACQUAINTANCES. 145 was then on a visit to her father, adding that she wasan excellent vocalist. After a pleasant conversationhe summoned Thomas, who duly presented his daugh-ter to the company. She was a very pretty mulattogirl, and clearly showed her training in her pleasantmanners and easy self-possession. At Colonel For-neys request she seated herself at the piano and withher father sang several pieces with fine effect, thecompany applauding their efforts. They then sang anumber of plantation melodies, closing with a popu-lar song just published, the final lines of the chorusbeing, It must be now that the kingdom am a cominin the year of jubiloo. In the enthusiasm of themoment the dignity of Thomas vanished, and he showedall the enjoyment and peculiarities of his race, as wasmanifest by h
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