Shaker financial records, 1790-1908.

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Shaker financial records, 1790-1908.

Correspondence (6 items, 1835-1850), addressed to Nathan Freeman, relating to orders for brooms, spinning wheels, and other products made by the Alfred, Me., Shakers; account books kept by Aaron Jewitt, Seth Babbit, and Thomas Hammond, of the Harvard, Mass., community, reflecting general cash disbursements and receipts as well as the record of herb sales to various commercial companies; general accounts, many pertaining to the shoe and leather industry, of the community at Shirley, Mass., including an account book for garden seed industry kept by Oliver Burt; and other records.

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Jewitt, Aaron

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Babbit, Seth

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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...

Burt, Oliver

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Freeman, Nathan, 1782-1852

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Hammond, Thomas, 1791-1880

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