Ref NoCALB/BIO/F205523
AltRefNoF205523
CollectionCalthrop Boucicault Collection
TitleA photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's A Magician among the Spirits describing a seance by the Davenport brothers at Dion Boucicault's house in 1865 and Boucicault's report on the event. Accompanied by a letter to Christopher Calthrop which gives a reference to an issue of Punch (3.6.1865) which presumably includes an account of the same event.
Date1865
Extent1 item
DescriptionA photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's A Magician among the Spirits describing a seance by the Davenport brothers at Dion Boucicault's house in 1865 and Boucicault's report on the event. Accompanied by a letter to Christopher Calthrop which gives a reference to an issue of Punch (3.6.1865) which presumably includes an account of the same event.
The letter is from the following correspondent -- Raymund ?, Carlisle
NotesPrevious reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205523
Related PersonBoucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
Davenport, Ira Erastus, Mr., 1839-1911 (spiritualist)
Davenport, William Henry, Mr., 1841-1877 (spiritualist)
Houdini, Harry, Mr., 1874-1926, magician, escapologist and author
CategoryCorrespondence
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