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In a small hamlet in New York State, in the township of Arcadia 30 miles east of Rochester, New York. Hydesville is now widely considered the birthplace of modern nineteenth century Spiritualism.

In the house of John D. Fox, his wife Margaret, and their daughters Leah, Margaretta and Kate, a lot of mysterious rappings [or in the air knockings] first took place on March 31, 1848. The two Fox sisters, Kate and Margaretta (aged 11 and 13, eventually joined by the third older sister Leah who was living in Rochester, asked questions to which the raps responded intelligently. A wide spectrum of neighbours were called in and one person showed great ingenuity in connecting the letters of the alphabet to the responses of the raps. The raps [or in the air knockings] were a forerunner of the technique of Spirit Communication in Spiritualism.

In 1915 the old Fox house was purchased by B. F. Bartlett of Cambridge, Pennsylvania, who had it dismantled and removed to the Lily Dale Spiritualist camp in western New York. In 1955 the building was totally destroyed by fire.

During the week of December 4-7, 1927, an International Hydesville Memorial and Spiritualist Congress was held at Rochester, and it was voted to erect a 25-foot monument to commemorate the advent of Spiritualism at Hydesville.

In 1948 a centennial celebration of the Hydesville events was also held at Lily Dale.