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(MITCHILL). MAIS, CHARLES. The Surprising Case of Rachel Baker, Who Prays and Preaches in Her Sleep: With Specimens of Her Extraordinary Performances. New-York: Whiting and Watson, 1814. 2nd ed. 8vo. 32 pp. Old plain wraps bound into an old calf binding. A number of small marginal repairs in creases. $275.00
Austin 1186. S & S 32003. Addressed to doctors Mitchill, Mott, et al, for their explanation of the phenomenon, and with the minutes made by Dr. Mitchill. An uneducated girl of nineteen, Baker was found to express an "enlightened theology" while in state of dreaming or somnium which was thought to be far beyond her abilities while in a waking state. Republished the following year as well, as part of Devotional Somnium...