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Periodical:The British Spiritual Telegraph
The British Spiritual Telegraph: cover of an issue
Summary:
Summary by:
Pat Deveney
Title:
British Spiritual Telegraph, The.
Subtitle:
Being a Weekly/Monthly Record of Spiritual Phenomena.
Published:
1857-1859
Frequency:
Weekly, then monthly from September 15, 1858, and then semimonthly April to November 1859
Location:
Keighley, Yorkshire, then London, England.
Language:
English.
Editor(s):
Benjamin Morrell (?), later assisted by William Howitt.
Publisher(s):
W. Orsell, and from March 1, 1859 by F. Pitman.
Succession:
Succeeds: Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph
Succeeded by: Spiritual Magazine (London) 1860
Description:

1/1, June 27, 1857-November 1, 1859. 14-16 pp,, 1d. a copy.

Occasional Supplements on particular subjects (e.g., John Ashburner's "The Connection of Mesmerism with Spiritualism"). This is basically, in form and content, the Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph (q.v.) as it outgrew its regional status and, in its last months, moved to London, even while largely drawing its material from Yorkshire. D.W. Weatherhead is said to have continued to sponsor the journal although his name is not formally associated with it and the journal appears to have been published without the benefit of the Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph's substantial list of subscribers: this journal in its first issue announced its satisfaction with the fact that 46 people had subscribed for it. Articles on the history of spirit intercourse (William Howitt,), scrying ("The Use of the Mirror, Crystal, & Water-Vessel in Spirit Intercourse"), and on the organization of the spiritualist movement and the activities of local Spirit Power Circles and mediums.

Other Sources:LOC; Yale University.
Issues:British Spiritual Telegraph V1 1857 Index
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N1 Jun 27 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N2 Jul 4 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N3 Jul 11 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N4 Jul 18 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N5 Jul 25 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N6 Aug 1 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N7 Aug 8 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N8 Aug 16 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N9 Aug 23 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N10 Aug 30 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N11 Sep 5 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V1 N12 Sep 12 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 1857-58 Index
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N1 Oct 1 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N2 Nov 1 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N3 Dec 1 1857
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N4 Jan 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N5 Feb 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N6 Mar 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N7 Apr 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N8 May 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N9 Jun 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N10 Jul 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N11 Aug 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V2 N12 Sep 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 1858-59 Index
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N1 Sep 15 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N2 Oct 15 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N3 Dec 1 1858
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N4 Jan 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N5 Jan 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N6 Feb 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N6 Feb 1 1859 Supplement
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N7 Mar 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N7 Mar 1 1859 Alternate
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N7 Mar 1 1859 Alternate 2
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N7b Mar 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N8 Mar 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N9 Apr 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N10 Apr 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N10 Apr 15 1859 Supplement
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N11 May 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N11 May 1 1859 Supplement
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N12 May 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V3 N12 May 15 1859 Supplement
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N1 Jun 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N2 Jun 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N3 Jul 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N4 Jul 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N5 Aug 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N6 Aug 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N7 Sep 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N8 Sep 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N9 Oct 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N10 Oct 15 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N11 Nov 1 1859
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N11 Nov 1 1859 Supplement
British Spiritual Telegraph V4 N11 Ashburner