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Joanna Southcott the prophetess exposing herself to three physicians in order to validate her pregnancy. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1814.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.

A catalogue of the Joanna Southcott collection at the University of Texas / compiled by Eugene Patrick Wright.

Memoirs of the life and mission of Joanna Southcott. Interspersed with authentic anecdotes, and elusidated [sic] by interesting documents: including the progress of her pregnancy ... Together with the opinions of Drs. Reece and Sims. To which is added, a sketch of the Rev. W. Tozer, M.J.S / [Joanna Southcott].

A woman to deliver her people : Joanna Southcott and English millenarianism in an era of revolution / by James K. Hopkins.

The case of Johanna Southcott, as far as it came under his professional observation, impartially stated / By P. Mathias.

The woman in the wilderness ... An answer to the blasphemous assertions of Joanna Southcott, respecting her pretended visitation of God ... Containing the author's last letter to Joanna / [Lewis Mayer].

Songs of faith, hope, and joy founded on the prophecies, given from 1792 / by Joanna Southcott.

An account of the trials on bills of exchange, wherein the deceit of Mr. John King and his confederates, and the pretence of lending money is exposed / [Joanna Southcott].

A true picture of the world, and a looking-glass for all men / [Joanna Southcott].

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The woman in the wilderness ... An answer to the blasphemous assertions of Joanna Southcott, respecting her pretended visitation of God ... Containing the author's last letter to Joanna / [Lewis Mayer].

Songs of faith, hope, and joy founded on the prophecies, given from 1792 / by Joanna Southcott.

An account of the trials on bills of exchange, wherein the deceit of Mr. John King and his confederates, and the pretence of lending money is exposed / [Joanna Southcott].

A true picture of the world, and a looking-glass for all men / [Joanna Southcott].