History of the Shakers at New Lebanon by Isaac Newton Youngs, 1780-1861

Book Title

History of the Shakers at New Lebanon by Isaac Newton Youngs, 1780-1861

Type of Work

Book

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Publication Date

2017

Editor

Glendyne R. Wergland, Christian Goodwillie

Publisher

Richard W. Couper Press

City

Clinton, NY, USA

Series

Shaker Studies

ISBN

9781937370220

Abstract

Shaker Brother Isaac Newton Youngs served his community at New Lebanon, New York, as a tailor, clockmaker, mapmaker, mechanic, inventor, musician and hymn writer, lens-grinder, stonecutter, button maker, bookkeeper, journalist, tinsmith, printer, pipe fitter, joiner, and blacksmith. He built a sundial, made tools including a weaver’s reed, turned clothespins, made knitting needles, and laid floors. He was also an architect and roofer. Few aspects of life at New Lebanon were outside of Youngs’s sphere of activity. Therefore, it is fitting that he undertook to write a comprehensive history of his community, systematically treating all facets of Shaker life and culture. Youngs’s A Concise View Of the Church of God and of Christ, On Earth is printed here for the first time in unabridged form. The editors have carefully transcribed and annotated the text, and have selected illustrations to complement Youngs’s descriptive text. Additionally, appendices supplying vital statistics, and information on the occupations of New Lebanon Shakers (many of which were compiled by Youngs) are included. Finally, a selection of Youngs’s poetry rounds out a rich portrait of the lives and talents of Brother Isaac Newton Youngs, and his beloved Shaker brethren and sisters, as they labored humbly in the creation of a unique world where work was worship, and heaven was all around them.

277 pages

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History of the Shakers at New Lebanon by Isaac Newton Youngs, 1780-1861

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