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Add. MS c/100/267
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Letter from Henry Sidgwick to F. W. H. Myers
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- 25 July [1875?] (Creation)
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Reports on a séance attended by him, presided over by the mediums Miss F[airlamb] and Miss Wood, and attended by himself and Miss Balfour [among others]. Refers to ghosts who 'appeared', including 'Pocky' and 'Minnie'. Refers to Miss F[airlamb] having declined to be searched. Adds that they all thought that 'the movements of the small figures just like those of [a] girl on her knees.' Claims that he is 'unconvinced of the girls['] fraud', but believes that the Hollonds are convinced of it, and that Miss Balfour is suspicious of them. Adds that 'A. J. B[alfour] was not there. Asks Myers' opinion on the matter.
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- Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843-1901), psychical researcher and essayist (Subject)
- Gleave, Annie (1856-1939) née Fairlamb, medium (Subject)
- Wood, Catharine Elizabeth (1852-1884) medium (Subject)
- Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (1845-1936), college head (Subject)
- Hollond, John Robert (1843-1912) politician (Subject)
- Hollond, Fanny Eliza (1847-1919) wife of John Robert Hollond (Subject)
- Balfour, Arthur James (1848-1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher (Subject)