Sarah Tamlin

One of the very early American rapping mediums, soon after the famous Rochester rappings of the Fox sisters. E. W. Capron visited Tamlin and attended one of her séances at which raps were heard. A table moved in various directions and "was held down to the floor so that it required the whole strength of a man to move it from its position." At that time, the phenomenon of raps spread like a contagion. Harriet Bebee, a girl of sixteen, visited Tamlin and on returning to her own home twenty miles away, the raps broke out again in her presence. And, according to Capron's account, about fifty mediums were soon operating in private circles.

Sources:

Capron, E. W. Modern Spiritualism: Its Facts and Fanaticisms.N.p., 1855.