A portraiture of Shakerism
Subtitle: exhibiting a general view of their character and conduct, from the first appearance of Ann Lee in New-England, down to the present time and certified by many respectable authorities
By: drawn up by Mary M. Dyer.
Contributors: Shaker Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the author
Published: 1822
Place of publication: [Concord, N.H.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Lee, Ann, 1736-1784.; Shakers -- Controversial literature.
Notes: MacLean, J.P.  Shaker lit., 494
McKinstry, E.R.  Andrews Shaker Coll., 125
Shoemaker 9366
Richmond, M.L.H.  Shaker lit., 532
Publication information from McKinstry.
"The author has endeavored while exposing to the world the dark side of the picture to give it no deeper shade than the light of truth will warrant. And although she has endured innumerable wrongs, she can say in conscious truth that her only object in giving to the world this history is that the unsuspecting may not be entrapped by the apparent virtue and rectitude of the people called Shakers."