Garden record. 1873-1887.

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Garden record. 1873-1887.

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Manuscript primarily features information about seed production, the raising of garden produce, presumably for Shaker consumption and selling to people outside the village, and their sales patterns. It mentions the variety of crops raised: corn, lettuce, squash, cucumber, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, peas, etc. Anderson occasionally comments on how the gardeners did their work; for example, "I cultivate small beet bed with Horse and small cultivator." In addition, he writes about events at New Lebanon, making the manuscript fuller than just a gardening record. On August 10, 1873, for instance, Anderson described the Sunday meeting where a Quaker gave a talk. Sometime in 1883, Anderson was made an elder, and his entries stop in June of that year. On January 7, 1884, William Langbridge, presumably, begins keeping the record. John Beat then maintained it for a brief time, November 23, 1884-January 14, 1885, before transferring to the "Medicine D'p't." Langbridge took it up again, continuing it into May 1887.

p. 3-164 ; 30 cm.

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United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing.

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Anderson, William Rucker, 1842-1939

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Miles Anderson (1795-1896) fought in the War of 1812 and enlisted in the Georgia Militia. He married Nancy Pace in 1821 and they had nine children. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1851. He served a mission to Las Vegas with his son, William Rucker from 1856-1857. From the guide to the Miles Anderson papers, 1799-1877, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) William Anderson was born in New York City in Feb...

Langbridge, William.

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