TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byrd,William S.
AU  - Stein,Stephen J.
TI  - Letters from a Young Shaker: William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill ; edited by Stephen J. Stein
SN  - 9780813148717
AV  - BX9793 .L488 1985
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Byrd, William S.,
KW  - Shakers
KW  - Kentucky
KW  - Pleasant Hill
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The Letters of William S. Byrd to Charles Willing Byrd; Appendixes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; 2; b
N2  - 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 --
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