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CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY
September 17—H. S. Olcott returns to Chittenden, Vt., to report on the séances of the Eddy Brothers for the New York Daily Graphic; takes with him the artist, Mr. Kappes, and intends to stay about twelve weeks (ODL, I, 1-5).
September 22—H.P.B. signs a U.S.A. Government application form expressing her intention to become naturalized.
October 14—H.P.B. goes to the Eddys’ Farm, Chittenden, Vt., and attends her first séance there, at which she calls forth the appearance of Mihalko, a servant of her aunt, Katherine A. de Witte. Came in company of a French-Canadian lady named Boudreau.
Meets Colonel Henry Steel Olcott after the noon dinner (ODL, I, 1-5; POW, 293-306).
October 15-24—A number of séances are held during which H.P.B. calls forth a considerable number of “portrait-pictures,” as she called them (POW, 310-38, 355-60; ODL, I, 8-9).
While at Chittenden, a wound she had just below the heart, incurred sometime during her travels, re-opened slightly (ODL, 1-9).
October 25—Most likely date when H.P.B. returned to New York City, her address being 124 East 16th Street (MPI-R., 255).
October 27—H.P.B. writes her first article for the Daily Graphic, entitled “Marvellous Spirit Manifestations,” which is published Oct. 30th; flays Dr. Geo. M. Beard.
November 4—First letter from Elbridge Gerry Brown, Editor of the Spiritual Scientist, in connection with H.P.B.’s article; sends her a copy of the journal.
November (early)—H.P.B. moves to 16 Irving Place, New York. Col. Olcott calls on her there after returning from Chittenden (ODL, I, 10).
liv November (early)—H.P.B. goes on a brief visit to friends in the country; when she returns, she occupies rooms at 23 Irving Place, a few doors from the Lotos Club and on the same side of the street, this being the home of Dr. and Mrs. I. G. Atwood (ODL, I, 15; L. C. Holloway in Word, XXII, 136).
November 10—H.P.B. writes her second article against Dr. Beard.
November 12—H.P.B. is interviewed by the Daily Graphic [ODL. I, 31).
November (middle)—H.P.B. writes to Col. Olcott asking him to secure for her an engagement with a New York Journal (ODL, 1, 31).
November 14—H.P.B. writes to A. N. Aksakov, telling him she has been translating into Russian Olcott’s articles in the Daily Graphic; speaks of knowing Andrew Jackson Davis (MPI-R, 256-58).
November (after 18th)—Michael C. Betanelly comes from Philadelphia to New York to meet H.P.B. and Col. Olcott; apparently falls in love with H.P.B. (ODL, I, 55; Gen. Lippitt in Religio-Phil. Journal, April 28, 1878).
November (later part)—H.P.B. leaves New York and goes to stay in Philadelphia, Penna. Her address is at first 1111 Girard St. (ODL I, 34). She seems to have gone there mainly to investigate the genuineness of the Holmes as mediums.
December (first two weeks or so)—H.P.B. attends various séances with the Holmeses, as appears from her own articles written during that time.
December 13—H.P.B. and Col. Olcott are both at Hartford, Conn., in connection with Olcott’s forthcoming book, People from the Other World; she stays there but a couple of days (MPI-R, 259).
January 4—Col. Olcott arrives in Philadelphia and joins H.P.B. at 1111 Girard St. He intends to investigate the mediums Holmeses, for which purpose a Committee is formed (ODL, I, 35; POW, 452).
January 11—On that date, and on the following two days, private séances are held with Mrs. Holmes, at which H.P.B. herself performs certain phenomena (ODL, I, 322; POW, 459-65).
January 15-19—Col. Olcott is at Hartford, Conn.
January 19-25—Seances held every day (POW, 469-78). Col. Olcott holds his last one on the 25th (POW, 476-78).
Iv Jan. 29-Feb. 2—Col. Olcott is at Havana, a village in Schuyler Co., N.Y., to investigate the mediumship of Mrs. Eliza J. Compton (ODL, I, 35; POW, 483-88).
January (last days)—H.P.B. hurts her leg and injures her knee (Corson, Letter No. 1, Feb. 9, 1875). At about this time she moves over to the former address of the Holmeses, 825 North 19th St., Philadelphia, after they had gone away.
February 16—H.P.B. writes her second letter to Prof. Hiram Corson, wherein the important statement is made: “I am here, in this country sent by my Lodge, on behalf of Truth in modern Spiritualism, and it is my most sacred duty to unveil what is, and expose what is not. Perhaps, did I arrive here 100 years too soon . . .” (Corson, Letter No. 2).
February 19—Col. Olcott is at Hartford, Conn, again; writes from there his art.: “The American Katie King” (Spir. Scientist, Meh. 4, 1875).
March 1—Col. Olcott is still at Hartford, Conn., in connection with his forthcoming book.
March 11—Approximate date when Col. Olcott’s book, People from the Other World comes out; publ. by the American Publishing Co., Hartford, Conn.
March 22—By that date, H.P.B. is at 3420 Sansom St., West Philadelphia, which was the address of Michael C. Betanelly (HPBSp., 1, 59-60).
March 24—Col. Olcott visits H.P.B. in Philadelphia.
April 3—H.P.B. marries Michael C. Betanelly, a Georgian engaged in export-import business. The ceremony takes place in the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, at Chestnut and van Pelt Streets, the Pastor being the Rev. Wm. H. Furness (acc. to Church Records); Col Olcott is in the city, but not present as a witness (ODL, I, 56).
April 4 (16 o.s.)—A. N. Aksakov writes to Col. Olcott asking him to find an American medium to be sent to Russia (ODL, I, 79-80).
April 17—Most likely date when the famous Circular from the Brotherhood of Luxor is written, with Col. Olcott as amanuensis; publ. in the Spiritual Scientist, April 29th (ODL, I, 74-76, 102; facsimile in HPBSp., I, pp. 18-19).
April (middle)—H.P.B.’s injured leg has been cured by “John King” but the trouble returns owing to lack of rest (HPBSp., I, 71-77).
Ivi April 20—Approximate time when Col. Olcott returns to New York from Philadelphia.
April 26—H.P.B. is at Riverhead, Suffolk Co., Long Island, N.Y., in connection with her pending lawsuit; her case is tried on that date by a jury, the judge being C. E. Pratt (HPBSp., II, 175). H.P.B. wins the suit and returns at once to Philadelphia.
April (or earlier)—H.P.B. was apparently translating into Russian Buckle’s Hist, of Civilization and Darwin’s Origin of Species, while her lawsuit was pending, ace. to statement of her lawyer Ivins (Ransom, 71 fn.).
April—It is at about this time that A. P. Sinnett, then in London on leave from India, becomes convinced of the reality of spiritualistic phenomena (unpubl. Autobiography).
May 1—The most likely time when Col. Olcott received his first letter from Master Serapis (LMW, II, Letter No. 12).
May 13—“Important Announcement” publ. in the Spiritual Scientist concerning the formation of Col. Olcott's “Miracle Club.” (ODL, I, 25, 34).
May (middle)—Likely time when Col. Olcott was taken in as a Neophyte by the Brotherhood of Luxor from whom he received a letter (facsimile in LMW, II, Letter No. 3).
May 21—H.P.B. entrusted with the task of teaching Col. Olcott, but wishes it had been Robert More instead. Her leg is worse and is becoming paralyzed (HPBSp., I, 37 et seq.).
Mav 26—Betanelly writes to Col. Olcott that H.P.B.’s leg is getting paralyzed and may require amputation. Precipitated message on it from “John King” says he will cure it (Adyar Archives).
May 26—Approximate date when H.P.B. sends Betanelly away (HPBSp.. I, 80).
May or June—Approximate time when, in the words of Col. Olcott, “a certain wonderful psycho-physiological change happened to H.P.B. that I am not at liberty to speak about, and that nobody has up to the present suspected . . .” (ODL, I, 17-18).
Also approximate time when Col. Olcott was transferred to the Indian Section of the Brotherhood.
June 3—The Spiritual Scientist (Vol. II, p. 151) announces H.P.B.’s very serious illness. On June 10 (p. 166) it says that the crisis was reached at midnight, June 3rd, and that H.P.B. is now recovering. Her attendants thought her to be dead, as she lay cold, pulseless, and rigid; her injured leg had swollen to twice the natural size and had turned black; her physician had given her up; but within a few’ hours the swelling subsided and she revived.
Ivii June 15—Judgment in H.P.B.’s case against C. Gerebko filed in the office of the clerk, County of Suffolk, N. Y.
June (middle)—Betanelly is back; writes to Gen. Lippitt that H.P.B. is still very ill; sometimes appears to be “dead”; a great puzzle to doctors (HPBSp., I, 93-96).
June—Most of the month H.P.B. is undergoing some grave trial, most likely an initiation, as would appear from Master Serapis’ letters to Col. Olcott (LMW, II, Nos. 9, 12, 16; HPBSp., II, 179; Path, IX, 269-70, 297).
June 30—Col. Olcott is in Boston for the purpose of investigating the remarkable mediumship of Mrs. Thayer. He is guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houghton in the suburb of Roxbury. H.P.B. is much better; plans to join him there (ODL, I, 93; HPBSp., 1, 97 et seq.).
July 4, 6, 7—Col. Olcott attends private séances at the Houghtons.
July 7(?)—H.P.B. writes Gen. Lippitt she is leaving for Boston, on a mission to set right damage done to R. D. Owen by Dr. Child (HPBSp., II, 180).
July 9-10—Approximate time when H.P.B. writes her article entitled “A Few Questions to ‘Hiraf’,” which she calls her “first occult shot.” Publ. July 15 and 22 (ODL, I, 103 et seq.).
July 21—Another séance held at the Houghtons in Boston (ODL, I, 93 et seq.).
July (end)—Most likely time when Col. Olcott returns to New York. H.P.B. seems to have planned going back to Philadelphia, but was dissuaded from doing so by higher authority, as is evident from letters received by Col. Olcott from Master Serapis (LMW, II, Nos. 10 and 11). It was suggested to him to take H.P.B. to New York and to watch over her very closely, as she was undergoing great trials.
August—H.P.B. settles at 46 Irving Place, New York; she and Col. Olcott investigate Mrs. Young’s phenomena (ODL, I, 85-88).
August—Approximate time when William Quan Judge meets H.P.B. (Path, VI, p. 66).
August 30—Col. Olcott’s first extended written contribution along occult lines, “The Immortal Life,” is published in the New York Tribune (ODL, I, 110 ct seq.).
Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 4—Gathering held in H.P.B.’s rooms, 46 Irving Place, New York. In H.P.B.’s own words: “On that evening the first idea of the Theos. Society was discussed.” (Vide. Rev. Dr. J. H. Wiggin’s account, The Liberal Christian, Sept. 4, 1875; H.P.B.’s comments in Scrapbook, Vol. I, pp. 54-55; ODL. I. 114-15).
Iviii September 7, Tuesday—Meeting at H.P.B.’s rooms, for the purpose of hearing a lecture by George H. Felt, engineer and architect, on the subject of “The Lost Canon of Proportion of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.” About 17 people present. During the discussion which followed, a suggestion is made that a Society be formed to pursue and promote such occult research. (ODL, I. 115-21, and Lucifer, XII, April, 1893, p. 105, though the two accounts differ somewhat in details; NCM, 296).
September 8, Wednesday—Another meeting at H.P.B.’s rooms, during which a Society is more definitely organized, sixteen persons handing in their names for that purpose. Mr. Felt lectures again. Committee of three is appointed to draft a Constitution and Bylaws (ODL, I, 121-22; facsimile of Minutes, Path, IX, frontispiece for April, 1894, and page 1; Theos., XIV, Nov. 1892, pp. 71-75, for Col. Olcott’s account of participants; also Ransom, 110-15).
September 13—Another meeting at the same address, during which the name of The Theosophical Society is agreed upon (Hist. Retr.. p. 2). Mr. Felt gives another lecture (ODL.. I. 126).
September 15—H.P.B. goes to Albany, N. Y .. intending to go from there to visit the Corsons at Ithaca, N. Y. (Letter of Col. Olcott to Prof. Corson, Sept. 14th, Corson, 24).
September 17—Most likely date when H.P.B. arrived at the home of the Corsons, to stay for some weeks (Corson. 25).
September 20—H.P.B. writing to A. N. Aksakov from Ithaca, N. Y. says she is now writing a large work which, on the advice of “John King,” will be called Skeleton Key to Mysterious Gales (MPI-R, 274).
October 12(?)—H.P.B. returns to New York at about this time.
October 14—Seance with Dr. H. Slade in New York. at which Col. Olcott makes some experiments if (Vide his aec. in The Spiritualist, Jan. 28, 1876, p. 45).
October 16—Meeting of The Theosophical Society held in the drawing-rooms of Mrs. Emma Hardinge-Britien, 206 West 38th Street. New York, at 8 p.m., “to organize and elect officers.’’ H.P.B. is present, having returned from Ithaca. After discussion and alterations, the Bylaws were adopted (ODL, I. 133-34).
October 30—Meeting of the T.S. held at the same address as the previous one. The Bylaws were discussed again and the final draft adopted. The Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New Y ork. was selected as the Society’s meeting place. Officers were elected (ODL, I, 134-35; Ransom, 81-82).
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November 6—Col. Olcott goes to Boston to attend as guest the annual dinner of the Boston Press Club (Spir. Sc. III, p. 115).
November 17—Meeting of the T.S. in Mott Memorial Hall. 64. Madison Ave., N. Y., at which Col. Olcott delivers his Inaugural Address as President of the T.S. (ODL. I, 135; Minutes in Path, IX, Apr., 1894, pp. 2-3). During the Address, H.P.B. sat among the audience on the North side of the room.
November (end)—H.P.B. and Col. Olcott take two suites of rooms at 433 West 34th Street, New York, she on the first, and he on the second floor. The writing of Isis Unveiled proceeds now without interruptions (ODL, I, 203; IV, 187).
December 22—Col. Olcott lectures on “Eastern Magic and Western Spiritualism” at Brooklyn Institute. New York (Spir. Sc., Dec. 23. 1875, p. 190).
December 26—H.P.B.’s first article in the N.Y. Sun, “A Story of the Mystical,” published.
January—E. Gerry Brown begins gradually to withdraw from close collaboration with the Founders (Ransom. 71).
January 8—H.P.B., writing to Prof. H. Corson, says that her book is now finished; this is somewhat puzzling, and may refer to a first draft only (Corson, 175).
January 12—Wm. Q. Judge invited to assist in the deliberations of the Council of the T.S. Resolution drafted about the T.S. becoming a secret body; to be submitted to the Society at its next regular meeting (ODL, I, 145).
January (middle)—Mrs. E. H. Britten’s forthcoming work, Art Magic, is sent to press (Spir. Sc., Jan. 27, 1876, p. 250).
January (middle)—Approximate time of Charles Sotheran’s defection: he resigns from membership in the T.S. and writes against it; has a change of heart six months later and helps with editorial work on Isis (Ransom, 84).
January—Col. Olcott goes to lecture in Boston, Mass. (Ransom, 86). Two of the lectures are held on Jan. 30th.
lx March 8—Meeting of the T.S. Council; resolved to institute signs of recognition. At about this time the Seal of the T.S. is designed (ODL, I, 146).
March 29—Baron de Palm elected on the Council of the T.S. on the resignation of Rev. J. H. Wiggin (ODL, I, 149).
April-May—Approximate time when Mrs. Isabelle B. Mitchell, Col. Olcott’s sister, her husband and children, come to live in the same apartment house with the Founders (ODL, IV, 187; Ransom, 90; Holloway in Word, XXII, 144-45).
May—The Founders decide on Dr. H. Slade as medium to be sent to Russia, A. N. Aksakov sends $1,000 for his expenses (ODL, I, 81 et seq.).
May 20—Baron de Palm dies at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York (ODL, I, 49). A symbolic memorial service is held in the Masonic Temple, comer of 23rd St., and 6th Ave. (ODL, I, 150 et seq.).
August (?)—Sometime after de Palm’s funeral, H.P.B. and Col. Olcott moved to a flat on the corner of 47th Street and Eighth Avenue. It was here that most of Isis Unveiled was written, and it is from here that the Founders left for India (W. Q. Judge in The Path, Vol. VIII, pp. 237-39). Some called it the “Lamasery.”
August 16—Phenomenon of the passages from the Dhammapada precipitated in Col. Olcott’s room, endorsed by Serapis (ODL, I, 414-15; LMW, II, No. 23).
September—H.P.B. “ordered to write Isis.” This statement contradicts all other evidence on the subject (ML, 289).
September-October—Approximate time when the remarkable work entitled Art Magic was published, a MS. translated and prepared by Mrs. Emma Hardinge-Britten and attributed to “Chevalier Louis” (ODL, I, 185-201).
November 15—Col. Olcott says that from that date there were no more meetings of the T.S. held, and no record in the Society’s Minute Book (Hist. Retr., 19).
December 6—Cremation of Baron de Palm’s body in the small town of Washington, Wash. Co., Penna.; first cremation in U.S.A. (ODL, I, 166 et seq.).
December—Most likely time when the room in Mott Memorial Hall was given up, the fees were abolished, and the Bylaws became inoperative (Ransom, 90).
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January—Approximate time when C. C. Massey and others began meeting together occasionally in London; later in the year, correspondence ensued between them and H.P.B. regarding the formation of a Branch; Miss Kislingbury urges H.P.B. to settle in London (Ransom, 100-101).
April 24 (12 old style)—Declaration of war between Russia and Turkey. This gives H.P.B. occasion to write articles in Russian for the Tiflissky Vestnik, to help wounded soldiers with the proceeds thereof (RO, Nov., 1891. p. 262; ZhBH, 15).
May 7—Betanelly writes to H.P.B.; urges her to obtain a divorce (Theos., Aug., 1959).
May 17—Acc. to a letter from J. W. Bouton to Col. Olcott, the first volume of Isis Unveiled has been set up and electrotyped; Bouton complains of the high cost of production and of H.P.B.’s constant alterations of the text (ODL, I, 216-17).
June 21—Spiritual Scientist is temporarily suspended (Vol. VI, p. 186).
July 16—Meeting of the T.S. in connection with powers to be given to Col. Olcott for the work. From this date on, the Council Minute Book records no meetings until Aug. 27, 1878, the final American entry (Hist. Retr., 19).
July—The Founders befriend 13 stranded Muslim Arabs; collect money for them and send them back home with a member of the T.S. (ODL, I, 298 et seq.; Ransom, 97).
July—Miss Kislingbury, on a visit from England, helps prepare Table of Contents for Vol. II of Isis, while Col. Olcott does the one for Vol. I (Ransom, 93).
September—Stainton Moses writes to H.P.B. regarding Capt. F. G. Irwin wanting to form a Branch in England (Ransom, 98).
September—Approximate time when the first exchange of letters takes place between the Founders and Dayananda Sarasvati Swami (ODL, I, 395; Ransom, 98).
September—Approximate time when Dr. Alexander Wilder prepares the Index for Isis Unveiled, from the advanced sheets; receives a remuneration for this (Ransom, 96).
lxii September 29—Isis Unveiled is published. 1,000 copies of first printing were exhausted within ten days; first copy off the Press secured by James Robinson, a lawyer, and taken to the newspaper for advance notice. This original ed. has a red binding with a symbolic figure of Isis in gold on the spine. As far as is known, the MSS. was destroyed (ODL. I, 225, 294; Holloway in Word, XXII, 141; MPI-R, p. 287).
October 2—Alexander Y. de Witte, H.P.B.’s cousin, badly injured in head on the Caucasian-Turkish front; dies from the effects of this in 1884; H.P.B. sees this in a vision (ZhBH, XV).
November-December—H.P.B. enters into communication with John Yarker, English Freemason in Manchester. He brings to her notice ceremonials belonging to an Order called the Sat Bhai, said to have been started by a Chobi-Brahmana pandit of Benares. Considerable correspondence ensues (Ransom, 99-100).
Dec. 11—Meeting in London of Cobb, Massey, Moses, Kislingbury, to read Col. Olcott’s Instructions concerning formation of Branch; some disagreement as to views (Ransom, 101-03).
February—The Theos. Soc. decides to make an alliance with the Ärya-Samaja of India (Ransom, 103).
February 5—Mulji Thackersey instructed to organize Bombay Branch of the T.S. (Ransom, 103).
February 8—Col. Olcott returns to New York from Boston (HPBSp., I, 112).
February 10—Col. Olcott says that J. W. Bouton offered H.P.B. $5,000 as copyright on an edition of a book in one volume, which would “unveil Isis a little more.” H.P.B. refused (ODL, I, 295 fn.).
February 11—Monsieur Harrisse draws a portrait of the Master (HPBSp., I, 113).
February 26—Col. Olcott goes to Philadelphia (Diaries).
March 7 (Feb. 23 o.s.)—First article of H.P.B.’s published in the Russian newspaper Pravda of Odessa; it is dated New York, January 1(13), 1878.
March 11—Artist Thomas Le Clear begins portrait of H.P.B. (Diaries).
lxiii March 20—Sworn testimony of Wm. Q. Judge concerning H.P.B.’s precipitation of the portrait of the Tiruvalluvar Yogi. Added testimonies of Dr. L. M. Marquette, Wm. R. O’Donavan and Thos. Le Clear (Hints, I, 116-19, ed. of 1909; HPBSp., I, 128; ODL, I, 367 et seq.).
April—Council of the T.S. meets and gives Col. Olcott full discretionary powers (Ransom, 104).
April 2nd or 9th (Tuesday)—Most likely dates when H.P.B. suddenly loses consciousness and does not regain it until five days later. Col. Olcott and his sister, Belle Mitchell, are with her. The Master telegraphs to Col. Olcott from Bombay, not to fear, as H.P.B. will be all right (Lucifer, XV, Jan. 1895, p. 364; Path, IX, Meh., 1895; ZhBH., p. 15).
April 5—Thomas Alva Edison sends in his signed application for Fellowship in the T.S. (ODL, I, 466; Diaries).
April 17—H.P.B., Col. Olcott and Sotheran discuss with some Freemasons about constituting the Society as a Masonic body, with Rituals and Degrees (Ransom, 103; ODL, I, 468).
April—Col. Olcott starts correspondence with High-Priest Sumangala in Ceylon (Ransom, 106).
May 3—Col. Olcott wrote his first Circular explaining the origin and plan of the T.S., etc. A packet of these is given to Dr. H. J. Billing to take to London, and another to Countess Lydia A. Pashkoff, to be taken to Japan. Objects are stated in their early form; Brotherhood of Humanity used for the first time (GB, 26; Ransom, 104; Diaries, ODL, I, 400).
May 3—First issue of Sotheran’s short lived Echo (New York) is published (Diaries).
May 16—The Founders are directed to make ready for eventual departure for India (Ransom, 106).
May 22—Letter from A. Gustam, Record. Sec’y of T.S., “To the Chiefs of the Arya Samaja,” advising them that the Council of the T.S. has accepted the proposal of the Samaja to unite with them. T.S. alters its own title to: “The Theosophical Society of the Arya Samaja of India.” (Ransom, 105-06; ODL, I, 397).
May 25—Divorce between H.P.B. and Betanelly is granted; he had sued for divorce three years after marriage on grounds of desertion; summonses were served upon H.P.B. in New York; Wm. Q. Judge acted as her counsel (ODL, I, 57).
May 27—Italian celebration in New York; unveiling of Mazzini’s bust in Central Park; banquet at Lion Park; the Founders present (Diaries).
Ixiv May—Council of T.S. decides to restore initiation fees and to send them to the Arya Samaja (Ransom, 106).
June 4—H.P.B. spends day at Hoboken, N. J., in company with Belle Mitchell and Wimbridge (Diaries).
June 16—Col. Olcott goes to Albany, N. Y. (Diaries).
June 16—H.P.B. goes to visit Belle Mitchell, returning home June 22 (Diaries).
June 24—H.P.B. takes night boat to Troy, N. Y.; goes next day to Albany, N. Y. (Diaries).
June 26—H.P.B. and Col. Olcott take night boat to New York, down the Hudson River (Diaries).
June 27—First meeting held by the British Theosophical Society, at 38, Great Russell St., London; Cobb represents Col. Olcott; С. C. Massey chosen President; Miss Kislingbury, Secretary (ED, 11; Ransom, 106-07; Hist. Retr., 11; ODL, I, 398, 473 et seq.).
June 28—H.P.B. interviewed by the New York Star, on her forthcoming naturalization.
June 30—Gen. Abner Doubleday joins the T.S. (Ransom, 106).
July 8—H.P.B. is naturalized (HPBSp., I, 114; ODL, I, 473; Ransom, 108). Col. Olcott leaves for Albany on a mutual business venture with Hartmann.
July 10—Col. Olcott is back in New York (HPBSp., I, 115).
July 13—H.P.B., Col. Olcott and Wimbridge go to East Hampton, Long Island; stop at Capt. Em. Gardiner’s Hotel (ODL, I, 454; Diaries).
July—A. Gustam resigns as Record. Sec’y; Wm. Q. Judge fills the vacancy (Ransom, 108).
August 5—Most likely time when the Founders came back from East Hampton to New York by train (HPBSp., I, 116).
August (early)—The Rules of the Arya Samaja arrive, and prove to be disappointing. The T.S. resumes its original status (ODL, I, 398; Ransom, 108: HPBSp., I, 116).
August 6—Col. Olcott goes to Albany again (HPBSp., I, 116).
August 27—Meeting of the T.S. in connection with powers delegated to Col. Olcott (Hist. Retr., 19).
Ixv September 11—E. Wimbridge prepares H.P.B.’s portrait for engraving (HPBSp., I, 117). Most likely the one which was published in the 5th thousand of Isis Unveiled.
September 16—Prince Emil von Sayn-Wittgenstein dies (Diaries).
October 9—O’Donavan works on a bronze plaque of H.P.B.; continues on the 10th and 11th (HPBSp., I, 118: ODL, I, frontispiece).
October 21—Col. Olcott returns from a trip to Philadelphia (HPBSp., I, 126).
October 22—Orders received from Serapis, through Sahib, “to complete all by the first days of December.” (HPBSp., I. 126; Ransom, 108).
October 30—Col. Olcott goes again to Philadelphia (HPBSp., I, 1301. Comes back on Nov. 2 (ditto, 135).
November 14—Master M. conveys orders from Serapis; the roundel's have to go the latest between Dec. 15 and 20 (HPBSp., I, 140).
November 20—Vedic ceremony of casting the ashes of Baron de Palm into the sea; this was done in the New York Bay, at 7:45 p.m., an Adept being present (HPBSp., I, 141).
November 21—Orders received to sail Dec. 7 or 17, and to pack up at once (HPBSp., I, 141).
November 25—Miss Rosa Bates leaves for England to await there the arrival of the Founders; two of H.P.B.’s trunks go with her to Liverpool (Ransom, 109; Vania, 40; HPBSp., I. 142-43).
November 28—Col. Olcott leaves for Fall River (HPBSp., I, 143). Returns Dec. 1st, via Providence (ditto, 146).
December 1—Orders received to sell furniture, etc., before 12th (HPBSp., I, 146).
December 2—Col. Olcott goes for the last time to Philadelphia (HPBSp., I, 147).
December 3—Col. Olcott goes to Washington, D.C. (ditto. 148).
December 9—H.P.B. goes early in the morning to meet an Adept at the “Battery,” a point in New York harbor (HPBSp., I, 153).
December 9—Approximate date on which the auction was held in H.P.B.’s apartment (HPBSp., I, 153).
December 9—Col. Olcott returns home (HPBSp., I, 154).
December 12—Col. Olcott goes to Orange to see his sister (HPBSp., I, 155).
Ixvi December 13—Col. Olcott goes to Menlo Park, to see Edison about phonograph (HPBSp., I, 156).
December 13—Col. Olcott receives from the President of U.S.A, an autographed letter of recommendation to all U.S. Ministers and Consuls abroad, and a diplomatic passport (ODL, I, 479; HPBSp., I, 156).
December 13—Orders seem to have been received at first to sail from Philadelphia, Penna., but this is evidently not carried out (HPBSp., I, 156).
December 17—Col. Olcott buys three tickets on the British steamer SS Canada. The Founders and Wimbridge go on board and spend the night there. Captain’s name is Sumner (HPBSp., I, 159; Ransom, 109).
December 18—Steamer leaves harbor of New York at 2:30 p.m.; then drops anchor off Coney Island waiting for tide (HPBSp., I, 159-60).
December 19—Pilot took steamer across the Sandy Hook bar at about 12:30 p.m. (HPBSp., I, 160; ODL, II, 1).
Autobiogr.—An Autobiography of A. P. Sinnett, dated June 3rd, 1912, with additions dated May, 1916, and Jan. 2, 1920, which exists in the form of a typewritten MS. in the Archives of the Mahatma Letters Trust in London.
Corson—Some Unpublished Letters of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. With an Introduction and Commentary by Eugene Rollin Corson, B.S., M.D. London: Rider & Co. (1929). 255 pp., facs. and ill.
Diaries—Col. Henry Steel Olcott’s Diaries in the Adyar Archives.
ED—The Early Days of Theosophy in Europe, by A. P. Sinnett. London: Theos. Publ. House, 1922. 126 pp.
GB—The Golden Book of The Theosophical Society. Ed. by C. Jinarajadasa. Adyar: Theos. Publ. House, 1925. xviii, 421 pp., ill.
Hints—Hints on Esoteric Theosophy. Issued under the Authority of The Theosophical Society in 1882. Publ. anonymously, but actually written by Allan O. Hume. Nos. 1 and 2.
Ixvii Hist. Retr.—A Historical Retrospect of The Theosophical Society, 1875-1896, by Col. H. S. Olcott. Madras. 1896.
HPBSp.—H.P.B. Speaks. Edited by C. Jinarajadasa. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theos. Publ. House; Vol. I, 1950; Vol. II, 1951.
LMW—Letters from, the Masters of the Wisdom. Transcribed and Annotated by C. Jinarajadasa. With a Foreword by Annie Besant. 1st Series, Adyar, Madras: Theos. Publ. House, 1919. 124 pp.; 2nd ed., 1923; 3rd ed., 1945; 4th ed., with new and additional Letters (1870-1900), 1948. viii, 220 pp. 11nd Series, Adyar, Theos. Publ. House, 1925; and Chicago: Theos. Press, 1926.
Lucifer—London, 1887, etc.
ML—The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (from the Mahatmas M. and K. H.). Transcribed, Compiled and with an Introd, by A. T. Barker. London: T. Fisher Unwin, December, 1923; New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1923. xxxv, 492 pp.; 2nd rev. ed., London: Rider & Co., 1926; 8th impression, Rider & Co., 1948 ; 3rd and rev. ed. Edited by Christmas Humphreys and Elsie Benjamin. Adyar, Madras: The Theos. Publ. House, 1962. xliii, 524 pp. New Index.
MPI—A Modern Priestess of Isis. Abridged and Translated on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research from the Russian of Vsevolod S. Soloviov, by Walter Leaf, Litt. D., with Appendices. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., and New York: 15 East 16th St., 1895.
MPI-R—The original Russian work (as above), entitled Sovremennaya zhritza Isidi, by V. S. Soloviov. St. Petersburg, 1893; 2nd. ed., N. F. Mertz, 1904. It contains 342 pp. and is somewhat more complete than the English transl. Originally, this material appeared in the Russkiy Vestnik (Russian Messenger), Vols. 218-220, 222-223, between Feb. and Dec., 1892.
NCM—Nineteenth Century Miracles, by Emma Hardinge-Britten. Manchester, 1883.
ODL—Old Diary Leaves, by Col. Henry Steel Olcott. 1st Series. New- York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1895, vii, 491 pp., ill.
Path—The Path, Publ. and ed. at New York by Wm. Q. Judge. Vol. I—April, 1886, etc.
POW—People from the Other World, by H. S. Olcott. Hartford, Conn.: American Publ. Co., 1875. 492 pp.
Ransom—A Short History of The Theosophical Society. Compiled by Josephine Ransom. With a Preface by G. S. Arundale. Adyar, Madras: Theos. Publ. House, 1938. xii, 591 pp.
Ixviii RO—Russkoye Obozreniye (Russian Review), Moscow Monthly.
Scrapbook—H.P.B.’s Scrapbooks in the Adyar Archives.
Spir. Sc.—Spiritual Scientist publ. at Boston, Mass.
Theos.—The Theosophist. Founded by H.P.B. and Col. H. S. Olcott in October, 1879. In progress.
Vania—Madame H. P. Blavatsky, Her Occult Phenomena and the Society for Psychical Research, by K. F. Vania. Bombay: Sat Publ. Co., 1951. xiv, 488 pp.
Word—The Word. Monthly ed. by H. W. Percival. New York: The Theos. Publ. House, Vols. I-XXV, Oct., 1904-Sept., 1917.
ZhBH—Biographical Sketch of H.P.B.’s life and work, by her sister Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky, appended to the Russian edition of H.P.B.’s Enigmatical Tribes of the Blue Hills and the Durbar in Lahore, publ. by V. I. Gubinsky, St. Petersburg, 1893. Sketch covers 56 pp. An Engl, transl. by Mrs. Kirk and Mrs. Lieven appeared in The London Forum (incorp. The Occult Review), Vols. LX, LXI, LXII, 1935.