Research Catalog

Title

History of the Shakers at New Lebanon / by Isaac Newton Youngs, 1780-1861 ; edited by Glendyne R. Wergland and Christian Goodwillie.

Author

Youngs, Isaac N. (Isaac Newton)

Publication

Clinton, N.Y. : Richard W. Couper Press, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wergland, Glendyne R.
• Goodwillie, Christian

Description

277 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Presents one individual's recollections of Shaker events since the founding of the order, especially in relation to New Lebanon, New York. Some chapters relate to Shaker industries and crafts, and others pertain to the manner of dress and of building, music, education, and diet. The account was begun in 1856, but the final chapter is "The church as it is, or was: December 31st, 1860." This chapter includes the layout of buildings of the First and Second Orders at New Lebanon, New York.

Series Statement

[Shaker studies ; no. 12]

Uniform Title

• Concise view of the Church of God and of Christ, on earth
• Shaker studies ; no. 12.

Alternative Title

Concise view of the Church of God and of Christ, on earth

Subject

• Youngs, Isaac N
• Shakers
• Shakers > History
• Shakers > New York (State) > New Lebanon
• Religious communities > New York (State) > New Lebanon

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Series statement from publisher's website.
• "Youngs's A Concise View of the Church of God and of Christ, on Earth is printed here for the first time in unabridged form. The editors have carefully transcribed and annotated the text"--Back cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biography (note)

• Isaac Newton Youngs was a Shaker, residing in the New Lebanon, New York, Shaker community. He was known for his clock making.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Isaac Newton Youngs's Concise view / by Glendyne Wergland -- Scribes in Israel : Shaker Church histories and the Concise view / by Christian Goodwillie -- Editorial methodology -- Isaac Newton Youngs's abbreviations and Shaker terminology -- Eulogy to Isaac Newton Youngs / by Elisha Blakeman -- A concise view of the Church of God and of Christ, on earth / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- Information on the locations of New Lebanon families prior to the gathering of the Shaker community in 1787 / by Alonzo Hollister -- New Lebanon, New York, Shaker Covenant, 1795 -- A statement of those who have worked in some of the principal occupations of the Brethren, since the gathering of the Church / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- A collection of the names & ages of the Brethren & Sisters at Lebanon & Watervliet, [Savoy, Cheshire, Wilmington, Saybrook, and Hancock], 1819 / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- Names of the Brethren and the Sisters in the First and Second Order, April 1835 -- A list of the names of all who resided in the Church ... 1840 ... [and] their occupation / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- New Lebanon Shakers, 1845 / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- New Lebanon Church family Shakers, 1850 / by Isaac Newton Youngs -- New Lebanon Church family Shakers, 1860 -- Sister's work in the Second Family, 1860 -- Selected poems of Isaac Newton Youngs.

ISBN

• 9781937370220
• 1937370224

OCLC

• 984165534
• SCSB-12337273

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library