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Letter from George Addison Baxter to Archibald Alexander (April 25, 1833)

Letter from George Addison Baxter to Archibald Alexander (April 25, 1833)

1816-1860, Correspondence, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Other Bodily Exercises & General References, Presbyterians, Uncategorized

“[T]he bodily exercise, and the disorders to which it gave rise were of unspeakable injury to the church in that day….”

Published Letter in the Methodist Magazine (October 15, 1820)

1816-1860, Dancing Exercise, Magazines & Newspapers, Methodists

“The character of this revival is the least mixed with what is called irregularities or extravangancies of any that I ever saw. We have had nothing of what is called the jirks or dance among us….”

Newspaper Article from the Chicago Evening Post (March 15, 1873)

1861-1899, Anonymous/Unknown, Dreams, Trances & Visions, Magazines & Newspapers, Other/Unknown, Running Exercise

“Will wonders never cease?”

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