Covenant of Constitution of the Church of the United Society in the town of New-Lebanon

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{"value"=>"<p>Original manuscript. 12mo., orig. quarter roan. 75 pp. [New Lebanon], April 27, 1830. Signed as approved by the New Lebanon Ministry, Ebenezer Bishop, Rufus Bishop, Mary A. Landon, Asenath Clark. The ten page preliminary \"A Brief Illustration of the Principles on which the Covenant of the United Society is founded\" tells us that preceding written Covenants were framed in 1795, 1801, 1814. Those framed in New Lebanon were for use in all the Shaker colonies. Edward Andrews, in <em>The People Called Shakers</em>, says that these books existed only in manuscript and were not intended for common perusal. He speaks of Covenants of 1839, 1841, and 1845 and prints the last. Internal evidence indicates that, despite these other revisions, the 1830 laws were the ones in force until the revision of 1911. There are the signatures and seals of 324 subscribers who signed April 27, 1830 to April 27, 1910. A scribe noted, in many cases, the subsequent history of these people.</p>"}

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75 pages

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