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Appendix 5: Copy Of Statement Presented To The Legislature Of Massachusetts On Behalf Of The Societies Of Shakers In Harvard And Shirley In Said State In February 1840.

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Appendix 4: [Memoranda Concerning Military Pensions Submitted By The New Lebanon And Watervliet, New York, Shaker Communities To The New York State Legislature, 1825.]

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Appendix 7: A Few Remarks On The Subject Of Military Pensions. By Freegift Wells

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“The Price Of Blood”: Shaker Revolutionary War Veterans And Military Pensions, Christian Goodwillie

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Many Shakers fought in the Revolutionary War. Research for this article has yielded the names of more than one hundred individuals (see Appendix 1). There are surely more to be discovered. Future Shakers were present from the first battles of the war through to the last. Autobiographical narratives given later in life as evidence for pension applications, as well as stories passed down by communities, allow for the reconstruction of the Revolutionary War service of many Shaker veterans.

Appendix 8: Names Of Pensioners Who Served In The War Of The Revolution And War Of 1812 … Shaker … Societies Of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, And Maine. With Amounts Of Pensions And Bounty Lands Which Each One Relinquished To Government For Conscience Sake.

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Shaker Revolutionary War Veterans: Pension Narratives And Related Documents

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The pension narratives and associated documents published in this issue are held in M804, Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration, National Archives. Goodwillie and Cook here present selected documents from each file in annotated transcription, rendered exactly as written. We made sure to include a service narrative if one existed, as well as any testimonials that revealed additional detail about the veteran’s service. We have also included any affidavits and correspondence from Shakers who wrote in support of a pension application, or at least referenced them in the headnote.

Altogether, this special issue of ACSQ contains 28 pension …

Appendix 2: [Petition Of Massachusetts Shakers To The State Legislature, 1788.]

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Appendix 3: [Father Joseph Meacham’S Statement On Conscientious Objection.]

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Appendix 6: [Richard Mcnemar’S Memorial To The New Lebanon Ministry Concerning Military Pensions, 1833.]

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Document: The Shakers. [A Visitor’S Account Of Hancock, Massachusetts, 1858], Therese Albertine Luise Von Jakob Robinson

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Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob Robinson (January 26, 1797–April 13, 1870) was a German-American author, linguist and translator, and second wife of biblical scholar Edward Robinson. Robinson visited the Hancock, Massachusetts, Shaker community in 1858. Her account of this visit was published in Westermann’s Jahrbuch der illustrirten deutschen Monatshefte [Westermann’s Yearbook of Illustrated German Monthly Journals] no. 48 (1860): 587-91. Robinson’s account has been translated by Ariel Godwin with assistance from Joscelyn Godwin.

The “Christian German Agricultural And Benevolent Society Of Ora Et Labora”, Walter A. Brumm

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New insights into the “Christian German Agricultural and Benevolent Society of Ora et Labora,” or simply Ora Labora (pray and work), are coming to light through Hamilton College’s acquisition of a rare manuscript recently added to its Communal Societies Collection. The 1862 communal settlement was on property adjoining Wild Fowl Bay in Huron County, Michigan. The community identified itself as culturally German and religiously Christian, with a Methodist twist; a benevolent society; and economically agrarian, organized as a joint-stock company.

The manuscript letter book contains the correspondence of Emil Gottlieb Baur (1831-1894), the inspiration behind Ora Labora and one of …

Document: “The Ora Labora Colony”, Emil Bauer

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This account of the history of Ora et Labora was written by the community’s founder. It is contained in one of Baur’s manuscript copybooks in the Brumm Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Burke Library, Hamilton College. It was transcribed for publication by Mark Evans Tillson Jr.

Plans Underway For Cabins From Ora Labora Colony To Be Restored, Mike Hardy

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Planning is underway by the Pigeon Historical Society to relocate and restore two cabins originally located in the Christian German Agricultural and Benevolent Society of Ora et Labora. The colony was located near the tip of Michigan’s Thumb on Wild Fowl Bay just north of present-day Bay Port in McKinley Township. The community lasted from 1861 until 1871. At its height, the colony had over 288 German-speaking residents and about seventy-five buildings and structures.

The White Water, Ohio, Shaker Community: A Newly Discovered 1877 Visitor’S Account, Thomas Sakmyster

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White Water Village, located about twenty-five miles northwest of Cincinnati, was one of the smaller Shaker societies and was often overlooked by those seeking to learn more about the communal movement that practiced celibacy and held religious services that featured elaborate dance movements. Only three substantial accounts of visits to White Water are known to historians.

The article reprinted here by an author identified only as "Kim" was published in 1881 in the Westliche Blätter, a newspaper that catered to Cincinnati’s large community of German-Americans. The Westliche Blätter was the Sunday addition of a popular daily, the Volksblatt, …

The Shakers. A Day With The Communists Of The Whitewater Valley

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White Water Village, located about twenty-five miles northwest of Cincinnati, was one of the smaller Shaker societies and was often overlooked by travelers. The article reprinted here by an author identified only as "Kim" was published on May 22, 1881, in the Westliche Blätter, a newspaper that catered to Cincinnati’s large community of German-Americans.

A Photograph Of The 1908 Print Shop At The Israelite House Of David, Brian Ziebart

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A very important part of the early success of the Israelite House of David was the print shop. Benjamin and Mary Purnell utilized printed copies of the Star of Bethlehem to attract and convert followers of the Fifth (Wroeite) and Sixth (Jezreelite) churchs. Once they moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 1903, setting up a print shop was a top priority to facilitate the growth of the colony.

Portraits: Sister Mary Purnell And Brother Benjamin Purnell

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These portraits of Mary Purnell and Benjamin Purnell were likely made around 1933 at Mary’s City of David. They are now in the collection of Hamilton College.

The Shaker Meetinghouse: 230 Years Of Worship, Tourism, And Preservation, Christian Goodwillie

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This article traces the construction, use, and ultimate fates, of the first generation of Shaker meetinghouses in New England and eastern New York State. Of eighteen documented structures six survive, only four in situ. Over the years, three temporarily vanished, and then reappeared—one sadly to vanish again. Most have vanished completely, but their influence and legacy loom large in New England’s built heritage.

The Shakers were iconoclasts, both spiritually and architecturally. It is ironic therefore that their meetinghouses, which were deliberately designed and built to be as different as possible from those of their non-Shaker contemporaries, became icons for both …