Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-02
LETTER
.qcl,heSse.! to lie hon. SCENTED L.. .JhtcheR, II D.
etc. IF .Ns.o- York.
Meadville, TP.1 June 81, 1916.

Lear BIZ,
l now do myself the pleasure TO give you an
accornt Of very singular Possibly may have
with something analogous IL III your researches; but
N FAR my enquiries have eNtend,d, it is without para
Mr.. WIN. Reynolds his wife. children respectable
family, originally cIzns of birmingham. in Gl.aBri-
w. setsd in the vicinity OF Oil Creek, tweryseven miles
iua Ibis village, in the year I7a7 Miss Mary REYNOLDS
81 he family other brother John Reynolds ESQ. of my
ngighbors the subject of this communications up
Tor w ye yra s she has eeb the penos" Of sc
vested with trvel oonscoVsre or, definitely
ec,uie acquaint., with Miss Reynolds soon after NV
renn,a this place, in May. 1915, when she in The
c,ercise VI her original Consciousness the last evening Of
which spent my house. The following evening,
at lr hroitrs where there considerable company
az which she was 0nr. Tony surprise, when spoke TO
her sci bad knowledge ofme. Twas, therefore, intro
dnc,d her My curcity was excited and It
sHuhed by history OF her singular ease, OF which you
Wi,pease to acerrt the subsequent conese narrative.
Air arriving At adult she occasionally afflicted
si. htsbal Of what particular technical name, have
been able satisfactorily 10 ascertain.
In the spring0f 1871, e had very visitation of
this kind Her frame was greatly convnis.1i and she
extremely III for several days. when her sight and hcacing
lett her, nomuch that she became totally blind and deaf
During twelve weeks re'n the time of the ht mentoned
she eontnnel in very feeble but the end OF FIVE
weeks, the Other visual and auditory iacn' p-r-
fvuy restored. remarkable dspensston Of Pror.
dsnce, however, awEiud her.
lue before the expiration OF tho twelve weeks one
E'ng, ben she awVke she appeared 10 have last all
collection Of every t,irg, in manner. she ever know.
ren,ainc but h.r father mother, brothers, SISTERS and
neighbours altogrter strangers To- her. She had ter
gotten of Eilagc, end did
single hitter OF the alphabet how discharge the d,rits
OF any domestic employment more than born babe
knowlge She continued FIVE weeks in thi, way, Wien,
suddenly she passed from this stond siis as for dno
,on il may he rallied, INTO her first An consciousness of
the fye weeks just elapsed totally gore, and her ORR
sinai consciousness was fully restored
Now the cloud. which had ogerspread her mental hems-
p'ere, was ti'ipad Her kindred aad friends We're Mt
onrcrrcognr. Every kind of knowlegc, which she hal
period of her life but Of the time, end Of all
which had tanSpr"d during her second tac, sue had
the distant ilcs.
FOR hree weeks the comfor ofhcrseir and Of the Fl
miiy she con,in"ei in herfrF ce h"t in her sleep the
NJ before, so nov. a knowledge, acquired in h first
Sir nrgfen and o.: the circumstances Of her hrec
vcvks lucid interval size had conception hut of the
small fund of knowledge, she had gained in the former
SECOND re she was able TO avail herself and she continued
from day to day, to add 10 Institute
From the spring of Sli, the subject Of this address has
b'en in this wonderful condition frequently changing from
her fret her scccnd, and from her SECOND her first
aote More tla" ,re quarters of her time she has been
in her seond sae. There is no periodical regularity
anal times, few weeks, few days, or only few
hours, III her gcrond 7ebu in the lapSc of five years.
she has benin no one instance, more thnn twenty days in
Whatever knowledge she acquired any tiT+e in her
second state is familiar her whenever in that state;
now she has made such proficiency She well aequaint
I'd wht''ns', and is Ia general as intelligent ia her
eOnS attn Ier n 81 Ste Sh Inns conc through the usual
process of learning toreHd, and takes much satshc
in the Of boVs ia hcr seco'm as in her first stac. Il
Is aot three years since an attempt was first made 20
Z nch her cbirCsrGphy. Her brother gave her her nme
which heha'l written, 20 copy. She readily took peii
ms ST. anu tac, TINT She actually
hnn write II, though IN very awkard manner, from
The right hand tie lift, the Hebrew mode. not
king before she ota ned tOerable skill in permanslp, &
j., her cond nGe often herself in writing poetry
in her rt Sfre this an exercise which she dOn, IT,
ever attempts tinay be remarked that she acquires all
kinds OF knowledge in her ecOrf with muc greater
facility thar would pernn before instruct a.
In her econd stGfe sine has now been introduced
persons, whom she always recognizes, when n that state,
aud no appears ENJOY the society of friends BETTER
in her rs state size has no knowledge ofthe1 her
soi TIL an acquaintance, de u1vO formed; ami IN Ike
Tnanncr, all scqnaiiranccs FORMED IN her Sccoid aoe
must be Dsincd icr first also, III order be known ia
tat.
1h, astonishing transition, Of times renrated al
ways takes place her sleep In passing from her sec0nd
her frsI aqe nothing particularly noticeable in her
sleep bnt IN passing from her GTSt To her secOud
potc, b'r sle'p profound tliat awake
uutrequeny eighteen
ho7 She has generally prescntient Of the Change,
and frqucrtiy several days hefere the event Her setter
ings Formerly IN the prospect Of The traunn from
either the The other state, eNtreme. When IN
ono state she had consciousness Of having been in
the ocr; hut Of the wonderful fact size ptrsnadtd on
Misrepresentation OF her friends. Hence when ahuut to
UNDERGO the transition, fearing she should
knuw again tins world, those who dear 10 her,
lr elins IN this respect, not unlike the feelings Of
entering the valley Of the shadow OF death; bat she has
now often passed from the other that she
dies tut anticipate the change with tlat horror or distress
sing apprehension with which, for considerable time she
w. d fodo.
tlr,rgiih Iu her second H0ie her imagination glDw her
Wit iskeen her remarks often sircud and ssrral
and er prrjiiiees, xsuceiYtd without cause, agans her
btSt friends. arc suInetmts very strong.
remain,
Dear Sir.
Your respectful humble se~r'',