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Domestic broils : Shakers, antebellum marriage, and the narratives of Mary and Joseph Dyer /

In 1813, Joseph Dyer, his wife Mary, and their five children joined the Shaker community in Enfield, New Hampshire. Joseph quickly adapted to the Shaker way of life, but Mary chafed under its strictures and eventually left the community two years later. When the local elders and her husband refused...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyer, Mary M., 1780-
Otros Autores: De Wolfe, Elizabeth A., 1961-, Dyer, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief statement of the sufferings of Mary Dyer, occasioned by the society called Shakers (1818) / Mary M. Dyer
  • A compendious narrative, elucidating the character, disposition and conduct of Mary Dyer, from the time of her marriage, in 1799, till she left the society called Shakers, in 1815 (1819) / Joseph Dyer.