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Letters from a Young Shaker : William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill /
In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2004.
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| Édition: | Paperback edition. |
| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in Ohio, describing his experiences and his impressions of the United Society of Believers, as the Shakers were formally called. Eventually, William S. Byrd became a convert to the society and an advocate of its beliefs and practices. His letters -- cut short by his father's death -- offer today's rea. |
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| Description: | Includes index. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (176 pages): illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780813148717 |