Letter from Samuel G. Ramsey to Anne Fleming (November 29, 1803)

1802-1804, Correspondence, Dancing Exercise, Falling Exercise, Laughing Exercise, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Presbyterians, Samuel G. Ramsey

“[W]e Are exercised in A religious way we think. This is the Genus As general name for the thing; but there Are A great many specimens of this exercise. There is the jerking; this is the most Common. In addition to this, there is the dancing, Laughing, running, walking, pointing, fighting and falling exercise….”