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Sawyer, Otis,. Otis Sawyer's scrap book, 1870.

Title: Otis Sawyer's scrap book, 1870.

Chiefly historical notes on Shakers in Sabbathday Lake, Poland Hill, Gorham, and Alfred, Me.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 p. (p. 10-100 blank)

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Resurrection, 1875 Nov. 1.

Title: Resurrection, 1875 Nov. 1.

"Resurrection" by Martha J. Anderson, North Family, Mount Lebanon, N.Y., Shaker community; printed hymns with music in section entitled "Shaker Music: Inspirational Hymns and Melodies Illustrative of the Resurrection Life and Testimony of Shakers", possibly compiled by Daniel Offord and Martha J. Anderson; hymns, with words and letteral notation handwritten in ink; article by John Howard (p. 65-67) entitled "The Dependence of the Singing or Speaking Form of the Larynx upon the Respiratory Effort"; and other hymns.

ArchivalResource: 152 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. A record of the appointments and removals ... in New Gloucester and Poland ... from 1794 : (1794-1847), 1847 Nov. 2.

Title: A record of the appointments and removals ... in New Gloucester and Poland ... from 1794 : (1794-1847), 1847 Nov. 2.

Record of appointments and removals, in regular succession, of the elders, deacons, and trustees, of the Church and United Society of Believers (Shakers) in New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), Poland, and Gorham, Me., collected and recorded by Sawyer. Includes short preface relating to the gathering into Church Relation order.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Catalogue of books, pamphlets, and periodicals ..., 1882-1884.

Title: Catalogue of books, pamphlets, and periodicals ..., 1882-1884.

Catalogue forming a complete library of publications by the United Society, to which is added mss. and correspondence, collected by Sawyer. Continued (6 p.) by Sister Ada Cummings after Sawyer's death in 1884.

ArchivalResource: 44 p. (some p. blank)

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Hammond, Israel. Harvard, Mass., single-sheet manuscripts, 1821-1939.

Title: Harvard, Mass., single-sheet manuscripts, 1821-1939.

Correspondence, songs, hymns, broadsides, circulars, maps, and other papers, of Shakers at Harvard, Mass. Also includes history of the Square House (1846 Sept.), related by Abel Jewetts, Jonathan Clark, Jr., and others at Harvard, collected and written by Roxalana L. Grosvenor, regarding the residence where Mother Ann Lee and other early Shakers stayed while visiting at Harvard; letter (1848 Jan. 14) from Harvard eldresses written to Joseph Brackett, Alfred, with news from Harvard and urging him to give up bad habits such as coffee and tea; letter (1849 June 4) from Moses Tenney to Merrill Bailey, Alfred, pertaining to a trip home to Maine, the change in leadership at Harvard, health of Shirley, Mass., Shakers, and attempts to convert residents of New Bedford, Mass.; letters (1849 and 1850) from the Harvard Ministry to the Alfred Ministry, relating to Fayette Mace's wish to join the Harvard community, the death of David Crouch at Shirley, and visitors Lemuel Tomkins, Oliver Prentice, and others from Watervliet, N.Y., and other communities; and letters (1851) describing a boat trip taken by Harvard Shakers from New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), Me., to Boston, Mass. Also includes letter (1862 Dec. 22) from Elijah Myrick to Elder Otis Sawyer, New Gloucester, regarding shingles for old buildings and the deaths of Daniel Willard, Shirley, and Mary Grosvenor, Harvard; paper (1939 July 22) given by Clara Endicott Sears and the Unitarian church in Harvard on the history of Harvard Shakers; letter (1864 Nov.-1865) from William Leonard to Joshua Bussell, Alfred, relating to slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Pres. Abraham Lincoln; and letter (1834 Oct. 8) from Parmer R. Bathrick, Shirley to Isaac Brackett, Alfred, discussing the poor quality of broomcorn and the health of Eldress Olive Hatch.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Mace, Aurelia Gay, 1835-1910. The school in New Gloucester and its teachers, 1870-1873.

Title: The school in New Gloucester and its teachers, 1870-1873.

History of the school at New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake and Poland Hill, Me.), describing the way the children were taught during the early years and training given by Seth Y. Wells; eulogies of three teachers: John Coffin, Sarah Palmer, and Charity Palmer, and also for Eunice Bangs and Allen Bangs; hymns composed by Otis Sawyer; and descriptions of 7 visions.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 p.

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Sawyer, Otis. Total amount of pension money which might have been received from government by members who served in the war of the Revolution and subsequently joined the Society of Shakers in Alfred and New Gloucester, state of Maine. 1863.

Title: Total amount of pension money which might have been received from government by members who served in the war of the Revolution and subsequently joined the Society of Shakers in Alfred and New Gloucester, state of Maine. 1863.

"The writer has taken some pains to compile this with care believing it may be of some service to the historian of future years." The list includes the name of the men who served, the yearly pension to which each was entitled and for how long, and other amounts relating to the investment of the pension. If the pension money had been invested, it would have yielded $179,145.33 by June 1863. However, the money was never accepted from the government by the Shakers, who cited religious reasons for declining to take it. With few exceptions, there is nothing relating to the service of the men. For example, Prince Hatch was a carpenter on board an unnamed ship. Filed with the above document is another not related to the pension. Rather, it lists eleven men in the societies at West Gloucester and Alfred, Maine, as of June 1, 1863, all between the ages of 18 and 44. Beside each name is the man's age (with his birthday), where born, the occupations of most of the men, and medical or physical problems (one had a large tumor and another was a cripple). The occupations were gardener (two of these), mechanic (also 2), and farmer (3). This was probably compiled for the same reason as the list in ASC 1162.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 20-32 cm.

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Mace, Aurelia Gay, 1835-1910. The school in New Gloucester and its teachers, 1870-1873.

Title: The school in New Gloucester and its teachers, 1870-1873.

History of the school at New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake and Poland Hill, Me.), describing the way the children were taught during the early years and training given by Seth Y. Wells; eulogies of three teachers: John Coffin, Sarah Palmer, and Charity Palmer, and also for Eunice Bangs and Allen Bangs; hymns composed by Otis Sawyer; and descriptions of 7 visions.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. A record of the appointments and removals, in regular succession, of the Maine Ministry and of the elders, deacons, and trustees of Alfred, Me. : (1793-1879), a. 1879.

Title: A record of the appointments and removals, in regular succession, of the Maine Ministry and of the elders, deacons, and trustees of Alfred, Me. : (1793-1879), a. 1879.

Record, kept by Sawyer, including short preface relating to the gathering into Church Relation order.

ArchivalResource: 70 p.

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Parker, David, 1807-1867. Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1849-1926.

Title: Canterbury, N.H., single-sheet manuscripts, 1849-1926.

Chiefly correspondence (some letters with envelopes), poems, songs, greeting cards, circulars, and other papers, of members of the Shaker community at Canterbury, N.H. Also includes letters from Henry C. Blinn (1861) and Betsy J. Kaime (1864) to Otis Sawyer, SDL, reflecting daily events, the health of community members, vegetarian diets, and Kaime's safe journey home; description of the Canterbury Shaker village (1874) copied from The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg; letter (1874 Oct. 11) from Mary L. Miller to Joseph Brackett, SDL, recalling visits to Maine and describing a meeting of Shakers in Franklin, N.H., held for the "World's People"; verses and complimentary cards from Mary Whitcher to Henry Green, Alfred; and letter (1875 Sept. 19) from Alexander Cochran to Green, relating to sales trips, visiting tourists, the holding of local meetings to explain Shakerism, a visit from Henry Cummings of Enfield, N.H., and the report of James Hartley in England promoting the Shakers to the British. Also includes letters (1901-1903) from Chellis Wing, Julia J. Briggs, Mary Ann Wilson, Lucy A. Shepard, and Sarah F. Wilson to Br. Delmer Wilson, SDL, relating to new agricultural machinery at Canterbury, building repairs, grain prices, gardening, visits to SDL, the weather, etc.; plan (1903) of Canterbury Shaker village drawn by Delmer Wilson, showing 34 buildings; journal excerpt (1903) prepared by Jessie Evans, detailing the revision and reprinting of the Canterbury Shaker Music Book; Christmas letters from or to Miriam Wall, Emma King, Edith Green, and Alice M. Howland; and several letters, chiefly on daily affairs written to Mildred Barker, Alfred, by various Canterbury sisters, including Lillian Phelps, Annie Baker, and Jessie Evans.

ArchivalResource: .5 box.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Account book, 1864-1865.

Title: Account book, 1864-1865.

Account book, kept by Sawyer, with some entries by John B. Vance. Subjects include brooms, mowing machines, Poland Spring Water, herbs from the Alfred, Me., community, cash balances, and names of members from the Sabbathday Lake, Alfred, and Canterbury, N.H., communities serving in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 96 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. New Gloucester financial records, 1859 Oct. 31-1862 Aug. 19.

Title: New Gloucester financial records, 1859 Oct. 31-1862 Aug. 19.

Statements relating to indebtedness incurred by Ransom Gilman, a New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake) trustee, and Charles Vining, also of New Gloucester, and measures taken to repay the money.

ArchivalResource: 321 p. (p. 56-321 blank)

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. A complete register of all the deaths that have occu[r]red in the United Societies of Gorham and New Gloucester, Maine, 1881-1890?.

Title: A complete register of all the deaths that have occu[r]red in the United Societies of Gorham and New Gloucester, Maine, 1881-1890?.

Register, with preface (1882) and index, chiefly compiled by Sawyer, of deaths in the Shaker communities of Gorham and New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), with later records kept by Aurelia Mace, Ada Cummings, Delmer Wilson, R. Mildred Barker, and Arnold Hadd after Sawyer's death. Includes deaths of distinguished persons at Mount Lebanon, N.Y., and other communities and the names of Maine Shakers whose ages exceed ninety years.

ArchivalResource: 217 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Management of industries, Sabbathday Lake, 1877-1880.

Title: Management of industries, Sabbathday Lake, 1877-1880.

Account book containing descriptions of the farm, mill, herbs, and other industries at the Sabbathday Lake community, including notes by the overseer of each industry.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 p.

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Brackett, Joseph, 1797-1882,. Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, 1845-1851.

Title: Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, 1845-1851.

Chiefly correspondence and other papers, of members of the Alfred, Me., Shaker community.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. A complete register of all the deaths that have occurred in the United Societies of Gorham and New Gloucester, Maine, 1881-1884.

Title: A complete register of all the deaths that have occurred in the United Societies of Gorham and New Gloucester, Maine, 1881-1884.

Records of deaths in the Shaker communities of Gorham, New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), and Poland Hill, Me., compiled by Sawyer, with the last two deaths recorded by Eldress Mary Ann Gillespie. Includes an account of Sawyer's last illness and death.

ArchivalResource: 145 p. (p. 10-11, 39-81, 88-145 blank)

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Sawyer, Otis. [Letter], 1863 July 24, Alfred, Maine, [to] Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C.

Title: [Letter], 1863 July 24, Alfred, Maine, [to] Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C.

Otis Sawyer and Samuel Kendrick petition President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton for the discharge of two Shakers, John B. Vance and Joseph A. Gilman, from the armed services. The petition is also signed by Caleb B. Lord, justice of the peace, and Daniel Goodman, late justice of the supreme judicial court of Maine, attesting to the truth of the petition.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 32 cm.

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Shakers. Poland Hill Community (Poland, Me.). Single-sheet manuscripts, 1819-1887.

Title: Single-sheet manuscripts, 1819-1887.

Chiefly correspondence, deeds, survey, indenture, and other papers, reflecting the history of the community, with a focus on industry during the early years which changed to finances and membership during the later years. Also includes letters (1864 July) from Joseph A. Gilman, Poland to Otis Sawyer, Alfred, relating Poland Hill news, including the move of John and Betsy Kaime to Canterbury, N.H., and the community indebtedness caused by Isaiah Wentworth; diary (1871) of Joseph Gilman; list (1841 July 11) of Alfred Shakers; and extract (1887 June) from the Church journal listing members who moved from Poland Hill to Sabbathday Lake.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

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New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1875-1889.

Title: New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1875-1889.

Chiefly correspondence, but also including poetry, penmanship books, notes, and one deed, of Sabbathday Lake (New Gloucester), Me., Shakers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Resurrection, 1875.

Title: Resurrection, 1875.

"Resurrection" by Martha J. Anderson, North Family, Mount Lebanon, N.Y.; printed hymns with music in section entitled "Shaker Music: Inspirational Hymns and Melodies Illustrative of the Resurrection Life and Testimony of the Shakers", possibly compiled by Daniel Offord and Martha J. Anderson; hymns, with words and letteral notation handwritten in ink; article by John Howard (p. 65-67) entitled "The Dependence of the Singing or Speaking Form of the Larynx upon the Respiratory Effort"; and other hymns.

ArchivalResource: 152 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Introduction to the Christmas Meeting of Dec. 15th, 1845 on Chosen Land, 1845 Dec. 24-1846 Jan. 2.

Title: Introduction to the Christmas Meeting of Dec. 15th, 1845 on Chosen Land, 1845 Dec. 24-1846 Jan. 2.

Spirit communications, received by Sawyer, on Christmas Day (1845) from James Whittaker, Mother Ann Lee, and various prophets.

ArchivalResource: 64 p.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Elder Otis's figures on cost of lumber & brick for this brick house in 1883, 1883.

Title: Elder Otis's figures on cost of lumber & brick for this brick house in 1883, 1883.

Account book containing entries reflecting the costs and amount of lumber sawed at the Shaker mill and building costs for the dwellinghouse at Sabbathday Lake. Includes accounts and notes written by John Vance and Delmer Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 74 p. (many blank)

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. Fancy goods materials - sales, 1871-1925.

Title: Fancy goods materials - sales, 1871-1925.

Accounts, kept by Sawyer and Sister Lizzie M. Noyes, relating to sales trips (1871-1872), clothing, shoes made by Joshua Bussell, and goods purchased for sale work.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 p. (many p. blank)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70938412 View

Gilman, Ransom, 1819-1886. New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1859-1874.

Title: New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1859-1874.

Thirty-seven items, including many legal records (deeds, bonds, agreements, declarations of trust, etc.), poetry copybooks, necrology, receipts and extracts reflecting industry, and correspondence, chiefly focusing on business activities, of members of the Shaker community at New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), Me. Also includes resolution (24 Mar. 1862) outlining the steps necessary to "stop all leaks", pay outstanding debts, and keep from becoming indebted again; necrology, written by Otis Sawyer, reflecting 23 New Gloucester and Alfred, Me., Shaker brothers who served in the Revolution; covenant (28 Mar. 1863) written by Otis Sawyer, signed and witnessed by community members; address (1868) from the Maine Ministry to the Maine Shakers regarding conduct of trustees, deacons, and business agents; copybooks (1872-1874) containing poetry written by Prudence Stickney as a young girl; and necrology (1873-1898) including names, death dates, and ages.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Gilman, Ransom, 1819-1886. New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1846-1858.

Title: New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1846-1858.

Twenty-six items, chiefly correspondence, but also deeds, poems, and other mss., of members of the Shaker community at New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), Me.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. A record of the deaths which have occurred in the United Society of Believers in the town of Alfred, County of York, and State of Maine : dating from its earliest existence, 1847 Mar. 12.

Title: A record of the deaths which have occurred in the United Society of Believers in the town of Alfred, County of York, and State of Maine : dating from its earliest existence, 1847 Mar. 12.

Record of deaths, compiled and transcribed by Sawyer, in the Shaker community of Alfred, Me., including deaths in the Church and Second Families and Gathering Order.

ArchivalResource: 82 p.

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Chandler, Hewitt, b. 1833,. Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, 1852-1879.

Title: Alfred, Me., single sheet manuscripts, 1852-1879.

Chiefly correspondence and other papers of members of the Shaker community at Alfred.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Clark, Amaziah. Enfield, Conn., single-sheet manuscripts, 1798-1993.

Title: Enfield, Conn., single-sheet manuscripts, 1798-1993.

Correspondence, deeds, and other papers, reflecting the history of the Enfield, Conn., Shaker community. Also includes deeds (1848-1855) reflecting lands purchased by the community; letter (Oct. 11, 1848) from Jefferson White, Enfield, to Nathan Freeman, Alfred, pertaining to the shipment of several types of seeds to Alfred; assessors lists (1852-1853) from the Town of Enfield, listing assets of Shaker families; postcard (May 21, 1883), addressed to Otis Sawyer, Sabbathday Lake, Me., from Albert J. Battles, Enfield, expressing sympathy for a fire at Poland Hill, Me.; and two songs (Apr. 4, 1886), with letteral notation, entitled "Dearest Home Above Others of Fathers and Mothers" and "A March."

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Sawyer, Otis, 1815-1884. New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1840-1845.

Title: New Gloucester single-sheet manuscripts, 1840-1845.

Twenty-eight miscellaneous mss., including census records, correspondence, deeds, estate inventory, funeral hymns, and a copybook, of members of the Shaker community at New Gloucester (Sabbathday Lake), chiefly focusing on physical illness in the families and spiritual gifts being received.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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