Mount Lebanon, N.Y. miscellaneous records, 1780-1928.

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Mount Lebanon, N.Y. miscellaneous records, 1780-1928.

Deeds, mortgages, leases, surveys, letters, and other real estate records, 1788-1926, concerning land in Michigan, Chicago, and New York City, as well as New York State. Agreements, bills, receipts, accounts, bonds, inventories, and letters concerning business matters, 1780-1928, including investments, the Dayton (Ohio) Furnace Company, gold prospecting in the Klondike, and Benjamin Gates' guardianship of Miriam E. Watson and Augustus Watson. Letters of F.W. Brydsall, Frederick Evans, Benjamin Gates, Isaac Youngs, and Robert White, Jr. concerning control of the gypsy moth population, women in religion, religious duties, Shaker theology, marriage and sexual union, the Quakers, spiritualism, and other topics, 1807-1870. Letter, accounts, and legal papers from the suit over the property of James Boardman who came to the Shakers from the Insane Asylum of Brattleboro, Vt., 1861-1867. Religious writings, ca. 1790-1870, and Shaker circulars on religious duties and guidelines, ca. 1850-1873. Unsigned letters objecting to Shakers and their beliefs, ca. 1840s. Petitions, letters, and memorials concerning the Shaker opposition to military conscription, 1816-1863.

ca. 1.5 cubic ft.

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Watson, Augustus.

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Evans, F. W. 1808-1893.

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Boardman, James, active 19th century

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White, Robert, Jr.

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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...

Brydsall, F. W.

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Watson, Miriam

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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 ...

Gates, Benjamin

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Dayton Furnace Company (Dayton, Ohio)

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