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Joanna Southcott's answer to five charges in the Leeds Mercury : four of which are absolutely false, but as in the first charge, her accuser might have some room for cavilling, she wishes to make every allowance and give a clear answer, how that was misunderstood : and not only answer the four false charges that are brought against her, but she has brought four true charges against her adversaries, which will be seen in the following pages.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prophecies (Occultism).
- Penn Provenance:
- Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 24 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Answer to five charges in the Leeds Mercury
- Answers PU
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by A. Seale ... Sold by E.J. Field ..., E. Carpenter ..., C. Abbott ... [and 3 others in 3 other locations], [1805]
- Notes:
- Date of imprint from Wright, E.P. Southcott Coll. 27.
- "Joanna answers charges that four of her major prophecies were false ... The charges involve the prophecies concerning the end of sealing, a French invasion of England, a crop failure, and Joanna's 'awful trial'"--Wright, E.P. Southcott Coll. 27.
- Signatures: A-C⁴(-C4)
- Local Notes:
- Lea Library copy is item 3 in a vol. of 6 works by Joanna Southcott bound together with spine title: Answers.
- Lea Library copy has the bookplate of Henry Charles Lea.
- OCLC:
- 10570412
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