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Newport, R.I. Aug. 16, 1885, Today, I heard the most Divine Music, through my Spiritual sense of hearing) I have heard for long time past, During many years past, I have habitually heard delightful enrapturing music, and daily (most, at night) but I have heard little thereof, during the last six or Eight months or so - Also, I [xxx] It seemed to me, as if that this nightly concussion, was such as might be provided by a very powerful man, who, with a heavy sledge - had struck something with all his might, that was very strongly made of Wood. On hearing this mighty Crash, it immediately occurred to me, that it might refer to a Private “Materializing Seance,” that my brother Thomas (who arrived in Boston only a fo from his winter sojourn int Santa Barbara, California) and myself had attended the evening before, and which was repeated, and he published accounts of in a Philadelphia Paper ( “North American,” I think - and one of the oldest and best known in that City.) These Seances were sustained by a retired, wealthy merchant of, and in the City of Boston, and had been for more than 20 years past - the experiences and proceedings of which, are all carefully recorded. The entire establishment is private, as are the mediums who have are furnished with a house in which they live and hold their Seances - and are most comfortably provided for in all respects. The purpose of their employer, is simply for investigation of this phase of The Spiritual Manifestations, of to day. My Brother Thomas and myself, were kindly permitted by the proprietor, to attend several of these seances, there. I attend numerous other Materializing Seances, during this visit to Boston - nearly all of them being private to myself, for reason that I am able to thus obtain far more interesting results, than are obtainable at Public Seances. On July 17th, 1885, Brother Thomas R. H. and myself, left Boston, and arrived his residence Vaucluse - Six mile on the Island of Rhode Island, and six miles North from Newport, R. I. that same evening, where I remained with him about a week, and then went to the City of Newport, where I remained until I left that City for Peacedale, R. I. on the 28th of Sept 1885 - where I remained until Nov 25th 1885, and on that day left Peacedale for Stamford Con. and City of New York, at my Relative, Rowland N. Hazard house 40 W. 38th St, until April 17. During this visit to New York, I constantly saw my brother Thomas, and I have now (now) no doubt, Spiritual friends arranged this order of things, on view of the death of my Brother Thomas, in that City, on March 26th, 1886 - at St Denis Hotel. I was at his side, at the time. J.P.H.