[Shirley, MA: 1889].
Price:
$1,000.00
About the item
320 pp. Commercial ledger (from Southwill & Co. Stationers) in paneled leather. Near fine.
Item #376408
An unusual and distinguished artifact of a 19th century seance attended by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, W. F. Cody, Mrs. Samuel Clemens, F. B. Carpenter, Steele MacKaye and others. Much of the ledger is unused, but page 33 has the following entry:
"Record of 1st Psychologic Seance—
March 8th 1889 – commencing at 10 P.M
Ther – 74
[Moisture] – 58
Barom – 29–38
Present
Mrs. De Lany
W.F. Cody
Dr. Bradley
F.B. Carpenter
Fred S. Buckingham
Miss. Clemons [sic][i.e. Miss. Clemens]
Mrs. Stowe
Miss Hartley
Miss. Mar
Steele MacKaye"
The second blank flyleaf has the ink ownership inscription of the MacKaye family (related to author Percy MacKaye): "Mary Hazel MacKaye, Shirley, Massachusetts, April 29th, 1894 / Mrs. Steele MacKaye, Shirley, Massachusetts."
The only other entry in the entire ledger is on the final page, which lists the dates of eight financial transactions.
