![]() ![]() William argued that there was “a wide realm lying between the known physical and the comparatively unknown spiritual, - a realm as yet almost entirely unexplored” (Denton, iii). Wellesley was home to two of the most prominent practitioners of spiritualism in the country at that time, William Denton (1823-1883), and his wife Elizabeth Melissa Foote Denton (1826-1916). Some of our collections even document 19th century experiments to contact eras long gone, attempts to reach out to spirits from past eras… and even other planets. Of course, here at the Wellesley Historical Society, we are always closer to the spirits of the past. ![]() ![]() With Halloween, the following All Souls Day, and the celebration of Dia de Muertos, we seem just a bit closer to the Dearly Departed. At this time of year people may be wary of things that go bump in the night. ![]()
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