American Communal Society Quarterly | Vol 15 | No. 3

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From the Editor

Reconsidering the Shaker Tree of Life: Cultural Antecedents & Fresh Interpretations
Carol Medlicott

An Attempt to Have a Law Enacted by the General Court in Boston to Allow Heirs to Inherit Property Previously Dedicated to the Shakers
Stephen J. Paterwic

Document One: Citizens of York County, Maine, Petition to the General Court of Massachusetts, May 1817

Document Two: Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Shakers’ Letter to the General Court of Massachusetts, January 2, 1818

Document Three: Massachusetts’ Shaker Communities Letter to the General Court of Massachusetts, January 1818

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