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Things That Go BUMP in the Parlor: Spiritualism, Lincoln, and a Happy Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Meg Groeling

The tall, thin man with the sad face folded himself into an uncomfortable Italianate armchair in the Red Room of the Executive Mansion. “So this is our ‘little Nettie’ is it, that we have heard so much about? Well, how … Continue reading →

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