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  2. Shakers - Wikipedia

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    The Gift to Be Simple: Songs, Dances & Rituals of the American Shakers. Dover Publications, NY. 1940. Emlen, Robert P. "The Shaker Dance Prints." Imprint: Journal of the American Historical Print Collectors Society. Volume 17.2 (Autumn 1992): 14–26. Goodwillie, Christian. Shaker Songs: A Celebration of Peace, Harmony, and Simplicity. New York ...

  3. Ann Lee - Wikipedia

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    Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784), commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing following her death.

  4. Edward Deming Andrews - Wikipedia

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    Edward Deming Andrews (March 6, 1894 – June 6, 1964) was an American historian, educator, curator, and preeminent authority on the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, best known as the Shakers.

  5. Chronology of Shakers - Wikipedia

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    The chronology of Shakers is a list of important events pertaining to the history of the Shakers, a denomination of Christianity. Millenarians who believe that their founder, Ann Lee, experienced the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the Shakers practice celibacy, confession of sin, communalism, ecstatic worship, pacifism, and egalitarianism.

  6. Small American Towns That Changed the Course of Our History - AOL

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    A Christian sect originating in England, the Shakers founded a community at Pleasant Hill in 1806. Today, they are remembered for their simple and meticulously made wooden furniture.

  7. Shaker communities - Wikipedia

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    This community, founded by the former residents of Gorham when that village closed, served as the North Family and Gathering Order of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Drake's Creek , or the Mill Family, in Warren County, Kentucky , was a venture by the South Union, Kentucky , Shakers, to establish a water-powered mill some 16 miles removed ...

  8. Amy Bess Miller - Wikipedia

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    Among the wedding presents the couple received was a table made by the Shakers, an American Christian sect. [2] This gift is credited with sparking Miller's lifelong interest in the Shakers. [ 2 ] In 1944, Miller became president of the Berkshire Athenaeum, a public library in Pittsfield, holding that position until 1979. [ 1 ]

  9. Job Bishop - Wikipedia

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    Religious leader, Shaker community founder, missionary, and furniture maker Job Bishop ( / dʒ oʊ b / JOHB ; September 29, 1760 – 1831) was an American early Shaker leader. A missionary , he founded the Shaker communities of Canterbury, New Hampshire , and Enfield, New Hampshire .