![Excerpt from The Life and Journal of the Rev’d Christian Newcomer (September 4, 1809)](https://blog.richmond.edu/jerkshistory/files/2019/08/Newcomer1834-1080.jpg)
Excerpt from The Life and Journal of the Rev’d Christian Newcomer (September 4, 1809)
“[O]ne person fell to the ground and shook in every limb in a very remarkable manner. This singular motion they called the jerks….”
“[O]ne person fell to the ground and shook in every limb in a very remarkable manner. This singular motion they called the jerks….”