- GLC#
- GLC03107.04100-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1834/11/18
- Author/Creator
- Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797
- Title
- to Johnston Livingston re: description of a spectacular gas experiment
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3p. : address : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Walter describes a scene he witnessed when a woman inhaled some gas as part of an experiment, and consequently lost her senses and danced around a room in a wild and hysterical fashion.
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