[Letters and true copies of letters sent to the New Lebanon, N.Y., community]. 1820-1831.

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Pleasant Hill, Ky. Community. [Letters and true copies of letters sent to the New Lebanon, N.Y., community]. 1820-1831.

[Letters and true copies of letters sent to the New Lebanon, N.Y., community]. 1820-1831.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441863112

Among the topics covered in this group of ten letters are the growth of the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Ky., and its persecution by "the world." Many letters relate the addition of new residents--individuals who decide to convert as well as those who simply live in the community. One resident, William Runyon, is singled out to emphasize how the power of God can cure sickness in Believers. Some mention is made regarding the addition of land to the community and the construction and use of the meetinghouse. Three of the letters are about a violent attack that occurred on June 6, 1825, when a mob tried to "rescue" Lucy Bryant from the Shakers and the subsequent legal maneuvers stemming from the incident. One of the 1825 letters discusses Mary Dyer's anti-Shaker writings. A number of the letters in this group read like an abbreviated annual report from an outlying community, in this instance Pleasant Hill, to the home ministry at New Lebanon, N.Y.

10 items ; 30-33 cm.

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