Letter from William Radford to John Preston (May 14, 1805)
“The Jerks are making their apperance again and will spread generally with the lower class of people….”
Excerpt from the Personal Narrative of Joseph Carson (ca. 1807)
“I have seen persons jerked over ground which was rocky and full of stumps, and wonderful to tell, they were never hurt. They would always beg not to be held or touched while thus affected, saying that it caused great pain….”
Letter from George Addison Baxter to Archibald Alexander (April 25, 1833)
“[T]he bodily exercise, and the disorders to which it gave rise were of unspeakable injury to the church in that day….”
