1805-1809, American Antiquarian Society, Books, Essays & Treatises, Other/Unknown, Thomas Brown
“People of every age, sex, sect, and condition appeared to be more or less affected with the disagreeable operations of these exercises, not only at their meetings, but in their daily employments….”
1810-1815, 1816-1860, American Antiquarian Society, Barking Exercise, Dancing Exercise, Falling Exercise, Laughing Exercise, Magazines & Newspapers, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Presbyterians, Running Exercise
“The phenomenon of…suddenly falling or sinking down, under religious exercises, has not been uncommon in times of great excitement…. But the bodily agitation called the jerks is a very different affection….”
1816-1860, Autobiographies & Biographies, Christians/Disciples of Christ, Dancing Exercise, Falling Exercise
“[O]ccasionally I attended [revival meetings in 1817], & witnessed the disorders of Jerking, dancing, swooning….”
