Comments on the Shakers from various sources in The New Hampshire Historical Society Library: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Title:
- Comments on the Shakers from various sources in The New Hampshire Historical Society Library: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Author:
- New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, NH).
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1952.
- Physical Description:
- p.19-23 : some illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1952 Vol.8 (March 1952) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses Shakers in New Hampshire, focusing on their industry and their economic activities. It examines their work in farming and gardening, particularly commenting on Shaker herb gardens. The author also explores their work in making furniture and clothes. Other topics include Shaker publishing and their periodical "Manifesto," printed at the shaker village in Canterbury, New Hampshire. The article also notes that the Shakers were fiscally independent and refused government pensions.
- Subjects:
- Shaker furniture. , Collective settlements.
- Organizations:
- Shakers.
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