New Lebanon, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, 1860-1941.

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New Lebanon, N.Y., single-sheet manuscripts, 1860-1941.

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Chiefly correspondence, inventories, circulars, poems, legal papers, receipts, invoices, and other papers, of/or relating to Mount Lebanon, the Shaker community at New Lebanon, N.Y. Also includes letter (1864) from Eliza Ann Taylor to Mary Whitcher, Canterbury, reflecting the motto "Hands to Work and Hearts to God"; sketch of a society meeting (8 p., 1865 Apr. 23), pertaining to the annual meeting led by Elder Daniel Boler; letter (1869 Apr. 19) from Betsy Bates, to Eldress Ann (Eliza Ann Taylor), Mt. Lebanon, written from the "spirit land" of her death (1869 Mar. 3); note (1869 July 10) from Sarah Bates to Esdresses Ann and Polly Langford, welcoming them home; description of Sabbath meeting at Mt. Lebanon (1870 Apr. 17); receipts (2 items, 1871-1872) of Sarah Ann Lewis, concerning fancy goods purchased at Mt. Lebanon and Bridgeport, Conn.; right of way agreement (1880 Aug. 20) giving free access to Benjamin Gates to the coal sheds at Lebanon Springs, N.Y.; letters (2 items, 1882, 1883) from Benjamin Gates to Otis Sawyer, Sabbathday Lake, concerning a new dwelling house at New Gloucester and losses in the garden seed business; account (1883) of days worked at the pill shop; and letter (1886) from A.J. White, agent for Shaker medicines in New York, N.Y., to C.H. Williams, requesting that Williams become a commission agent for the sale of Kaskine. Also includes letter (1887 June 3) from F.W. Evans, aboard steamer State of Georgia, at sea, en route to England and Scotland, describing rough seas, whales, icebergs, and lectures given while on ship; letters (1896-1898) from Joseph Holden, Mt. Lebanon, to William Dumont, Sabbathday Lake (SDL), relating to the apple crop, impending visits, health, and other subjects; letters (1904, 1910) from Alonzo G. Hollister to Br. Delmer Wilson, SDL, asking spiritual questions and reflecting on the deaths of sisters Aurelia Mace and Agnes Lee and brother Joseph Quinn; account (1913) of South Family sisters, Mt. Lebanon, managed by Eldress Sarah Collins, written on the billhead of R.M. Wagan & Co., manufacturers of Shaker chairs; and accounts and other materials on the manufacture of the chairs, rugs, medicinal extracts, and fancy goods.

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United Society of Shakers, Shaker Library

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White, A. J. (Alan John), 1930-

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Whitcher, Mary

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Collins, Sarah, Eldress

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Wilson, Delmer Charles, 1873-1961

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Holden, Joseph, 1836-1919

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Evans, F. W. 1808-1893.

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Quinn, Joseph, -1910

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