A Brief Exposition of the Established Principles and Regulations of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers

by Calvin Green, Seth Y. Wells

$100 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1851. Reprint edition. Octavo 19.5cm . Stab-sewn pamphlet in white printed paper wraps; 30pp. Spine reinforced; ownership markings at top of title page in ink and pencil; rubbed at edges, overall: Good. With a list of 18 existing Shaker communities. First written to contest a bill in the New York legislature, but later published as a way to introduce Shakers in their proper character, as citizens of

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