Watervliet, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, 1832-ca. 1947.

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Watervliet, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, 1832-ca. 1947.

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Correspondence, pamphlets, addresses, deeds, mortgages, inventory, envelopes, poems, certificates, and songs, of/or relating to members of the Shaker community at Watervliet, N.Y. Also includes quitclaim deed (1882 Aug. 17) from Adison Brown to Galen Richmond, agent of the South Family, Watervliet; inventory (1883 Mar.), of stock, etc., belonging to the Second Family, Watervliet; letter (1877 Aug. 25) from G.A. Lomas, Watervliet, to Julia E. Smith, Glastonbury, Conn., relating to the Shaker, a periodical; letters (1898-1899) from Joseph Holden, Albany County, N.Y., to Elder William Dumont, Sabbathday Lake, Me., regarding a visit to the Enfield, Conn., community, where the membership was elderly and ill, advice to someone interested in becoming a Shaker, and the sale of property at Poland Hill, Me.; letters (1932-1936) from Anna Case, Watervliet, to R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, reflecting Shaker life, the move from Alfred to Sabbathday Lake, her visit to Alfred, the weather, family matters, and the sisters at Sabbathday Lake; list (1947) of members at Watervliet and their current addresses, including information on Mount Lebanon, N.Y., and Hancock, Mass.; and two songs, with letteral notation entitled "Sweet Union" and "Praise to Mother Ann", including a poem by Austin Buckingham.

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United Society of Shakers, Shaker Library

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Dumont, William, 1851-1930

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Wells, Seth Y. (Seth Youngs)

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Case, Anna, 1855-1938

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Whittaker, James, 1751-1787

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Barker, R. Mildred

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Smith, Julia E., 1792-1886

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Prentiss, Ephraim

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Buckingham, Austin.

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Wright, Lucy, 1760-1821 (Spirit)

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Brown, Adison

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Whittaker, Jonathan

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Richmond, Galen

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