Excerpt from the Journal of William Williamson (June 28–29, 1804)
“Saw much of what is called the jirks…. Set out for home with anxious mind.”
Letter from Samuel M. Wallace to Anne “Nancy” Fleming (July 20, 1804)
“Those who withdrew themselves last fall from the Presbyterian Church, perhaps, go to greater lengths, than any set, or sect, of people ever did. The Tenesse exercise has got very comon among them….”
Letter from Samuel M. Wallace to Anne “Nancy” Fleming (November 2, 1804)
“The dissenters from the Presbyterian sect has increased in number considerably and still continue to be warmly engaged in religion. They are exercised with almost all the different kinds of exercise, that you have heard of in Tenesse and Kentucky….”
Minutes from the Records of the Lexington Presbytery (November 6, 1804)
“[The Presbytery] is hereby enjoined on all the members of this Presbytery to prevent as far as may be in their power, all extraordinary bodily exercises which appear voluntary & ostentatious…”
Published Letter from James Robinson to Ashbel Green (November 10–December 10, 1804)
“In Greenbriar, the first subjects of these strange exercises were two firm and steady professors of religion, men of firm nervous systems…. These strange appearances have crossed the Allegany [Mountains] and seem to be progressing pretty fast eastward….”
Letter from Annie Baxter to Anne Fleming (December 29, 1804)
“You must not beleive all you here of the bodyly affections &c amongst us. Their is so much more than the truth said that I have determined to belive nothing I do not see….”
