Lincoln and Spirutalism

[RJNorton]

I wish some of the séances cited had more corroborating sources. For example in the séance in which Charles E. Shockle was the medium Edwin Stanton's ears were allegedly pinched and Gideon Welles' beard was allegedly twitched. I would think such unusual happenings would have been included in Gideon Welles' diary. I checked his diary for April 1863. Nothing said about this...