Shaker collection of records concerning the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing 1676-1937 (bulk 1792-1937)

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Shaker collection of records concerning the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing 1676-1937 (bulk 1792-1937)

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Members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, a millenial religious sect originating in England among the Society of Friends in the 18th century, were popularly known as Shakers. Correspondence, covenants, diaries and journals, financial and legal papers, hymns and hymnals, church orders and instructions, poetry, spiritual communications, inspirational writings and drawings, essays, biographical and historical sketches, memoirs, and other papers primarily relating to and emanating from Shaker communities at Enfield, Conn., Pleasant Hill and South Union, Ky., Canaan and New Lebanon, N.Y., and Union Village, Ohio, reflecting many aspects of Shaker belief, life, history, and custom.

500 items; 40 containers plus 2 oversize; 15.2 linear feet; 32 microfilm reels

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356038

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Youngs, Isaac N.

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Mount Lebanon, N.Y. Shaker clock-maker. From the description of Diaries, 1834-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155495035 ...

Pelham, R. W. 1797-1873.

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Meacham, Joseph, 1742-1796

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Green, Calvin

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Darrow, David, 1750-1825

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McNemar, Richard, 1770-1839

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American author and historian. From the description of Letter, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86171881 Richard McNemar, a one time Presbyterian minister, served as an Elder in the Shaker religious sect. He lived at the Union Village, Ohio, community. From the description of [A robber hymn. ca. 1809.] (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84304601 ...

Houston, Matthew, 1764-1848

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Shakers

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The South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society was located in Logan County, Kentucky, southwest of Bowling Green. From the description of South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Society records, 1769-1922 (1804-1916) [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 45232375 The United Society of Believers, also known as the Shakers, of South Union, Logan County, Ky., was established by missionaries from Ohio and Upper Kentucky who arrived in the Gaspar River area in 1807. T...

Jackson, Rebecca, 1795-1871

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Pelham, R. W. (Richard W.), 1797-1873

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Avery, Giles B. (Giles Bushnell), 1815-1890

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Shaker, of Mount Lebanon, N.Y. From the description of A brief illustration of the principles on which the United Society is founded, ca. 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31817504 From the description of A brief illustration of the principles on which the United Society is founded, ca. 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80568930 Mount Lebanon, N.Y. Shaker. From the description of Diary, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155494181 Giles ...

Shaker Collection (Library of Congress)

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Youngs, Isaac N. (Isaac Newton)

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Shaker, of Mount Lebanon, N.Y.; b. 1793; d. 1865. From the description of A short treatise on the process of cutting by the square and plumb rule : with some general observations on the business of tayloring, etc., 1828 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940639 Isaac Newton Youngs was a Shaker, residing in the New Lebanon, N.Y. Shaker community. He was known for his clock making. From the description of A concise view of the church of God and of Christ on eart...

Wells, Seth Y. (Seth Youngs)

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Seth Youngs Wells was a Shaker and was superintendent of the schools at the time he wrote this address. From the description of [A circular address to the Society at Watervliet, N.Y. concerning the education of children]. 1832. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770376752 ...

Liddell, Susanna C., 1824-

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