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Showing posts with label joanna southcott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joanna southcott. Show all posts
Friday, 2 January 2015

2nd January 1815: The funeral of Joanna Southcott

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Joanna Southcott's (new) gravestone at St John's Wood burial ground , London. Photo by David Bingham ( cc license ). See below f...
Wednesday, 31 December 2014

31st December 1814: The dissection of Joanna Southcott

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks pr...
Tuesday, 30 December 2014

30th December 1814: Joanna Southcott's followers remain convinced she will rise from the dead

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks ...
Monday, 29 December 2014

29th December 1814: Dr. Richard Recce is concerned about the remains of Joanna Southcott

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Dr. Richard Reece, though not a believer that Joanna Southcott was any kind of prophet, had medically attended upon her for several weeks ...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

28th December 1814: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin visits Garnerin's 'Phantasmagoria' in London

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By Wednesday 28th December 1814, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was back in London, after returning from her elopement to the continent with P...
Saturday, 27 December 2014

27th December 1814: The death of Joanna Southcott

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Joanna Southcott, as depicted by William Sharp in a print of an engraving from 1812. Sharp was a former radical turned millenarian conv...
Friday, 26 December 2014

26th December 1814: A report about the ailing Joanna Southcott

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The Leeds Intelligencer of Monday 26 December 1814 published an update on the ailing Joanna Southcott: JOHANNA SOUTHCOTT. The extravagant ...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

3rd December 1814: Joanna Southcott's health deteriorates

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MRS. SOUTHCOTT. Official Bulletin .—A material alteration has taken place within the last three days, in Mrs. Southcott’s situation. On ...
Wednesday, 19 November 2014

19th November 1814: Joanna Southcott leaves directions as to what should happen if she dies

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Saturday Evening, Nov 19, 1814.—Joanna sent for Dr. Reece, and gave him directions what he is to do; in case she should die, she wishes him ...
Wednesday, 5 November 2014

5th November 1814: Joanna Southcott writes to the press to decry a hoax letter

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JOANNA SOUTHCOTT. The following letter appeared in the Observer of Sunday last, and made a considerable impression on the believers of ...
Tuesday, 21 October 2014

21st October 1814: Joanna Southcott publishes an address to her followers

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The Leeds Intelligencer of Monday 31st October 1814 published the following article about an address recently given by Joanna Southcott to h...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014

8th October 1814: Joanna Southcott's Accouchement

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The Leeds Mercury of Saturday 8th October 1814 re-published news about the expected birth of Shiloh to Joanna Southcott: JOHANNA SOUTHCOT...
Wednesday, 10 September 2014

10th September 1814: Letters to the press about Joanna Southcott's 'pregnancy'

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Both of these letters appeared in the Leeds Mercury of Saturday 10th September 1814, in a column entitled 'Extracted from the Courier...
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

3rd September 1814: 'Some Account of Joanna Southcott, the Pretended Propehtess'

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This 'Passport to Heaven' from 1803 was sold at Bonhams in 2007 for £2520 From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday 3rd September 181...
Thursday, 28 August 2014

28th August 1814: More news about Joanna Southcott's 'pregnancy'

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From the Leeds Mercury of 3rd September 1814: On Sunday [28th August 1814] a considerable multitude were assembled at Mr. Tozer’s Chapel,...
Thursday, 7 August 2014

7th August 1814: 'Joanna Southcott and her Crib'

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On Sunday 7th August 1814, The Examiner published  an article which discussed at length the gifts being showered upon the self-proclaimed pr...
Wednesday, 7 May 2014

7th May 1814: The Hydrographer, James Horsburgh, warns the Home Office about Joanna Southcott

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East India house 7th May 1814 My Lord Feeling and lamenting the deluded and degraded state of many of the lower orders of society in th...