A true picture of the world, and a looking-glass for all men / [Joanna Southcott].
- Joanna Southcott
- Date:
- [1809]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A true picture of the world, and a looking-glass for all men / [Joanna Southcott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![^ i.nv Ii3.i m of lie r, orwhether she wasadrunk- ard ? he said no, never ; for he knew her well, but never knew the least harm of her, and be- lieved she would not hurt a worm. But he did not think she zvas inspired, nor could he believe it.” Mrs. Wilcocks said she knew Joanna for years, who worked for her, that she never was a drunk- ard, but a good woman, and scarce drank anvi thin a\” o Mrs. Turner said, “ she knew Joanna, and very] frequently saw her, and she always believed her to be a worthy good woman, and so far from, being a drunkard, would scarce drink at all.” Mrs. Hicks (a builder’s wife) said, “ she knew Joanna Southcott well, who worked for her many-: years, she never was a drunkard, but always was a sober good inoffensive woman. And she never heard any harm of her, or believed any.” I went to Mr. Wills and asked him if he ever knew Joanna Southcott to be a drunkard ? He said, no, never; for he never saw, or heard she was! so, and believed she never was. (Joanna lived five years with Mr. Wills.)-—Mrs. Burrows said, “ Joanna Southcott lived with her between two and three years, was an honest, faithful, good, servant, and came of a good family. Never would have parted with her, but as Mrs. Burrow had a large family of her own, and Joanna wished to have more time to herself on Sundays, occa- sioned our separation, far, very far, from her loving drink, or being a drunkard. The above families where I lived and worked are not believers in my visitation ; but answered to my character from what they knew of me, which was inquired into, on account of the false accusation put in the newspapers against me. Mrs. Graves’s character of me 1 have in her own hand writing, which I here insert.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22042040_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
