Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . APPENDIX 297 THE MEETING HOUSE RAISED In 1797 Sarah Keep sold her house and land and brought inthe product, £50. Oliver Roberson brought fourteen shillings and a yearlingcolt. Deliverance Cooper brought cloth amounting to £ Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Patience Crouch broughttwenty-four yards of check cloth and Sarah brought sundryother things, all amounting to £ Phebe Keep brought one shilling and sixpence. Deborah Jewett brought three sheep and ten dollars. Solomon Frizzle one hundred and twenty-seven pounds of
Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by Clara Endicott Sears . APPENDIX 297 THE MEETING HOUSE RAISED In 1797 Sarah Keep sold her house and land and brought inthe product, £50. Oliver Roberson brought fourteen shillings and a yearlingcolt. Deliverance Cooper brought cloth amounting to £ Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, and Patience Crouch broughttwenty-four yards of check cloth and Sarah brought sundryother things, all amounting to £ Phebe Keep brought one shilling and sixpence. Deborah Jewett brought three sheep and ten dollars. Solomon Frizzle one hundred and twenty-seven pounds ofcheese. Mehitable Grace, one pound of chocolate. Oliver Adams paid for painting of the meeting-house £ a gift to the Society. May 19, 1798. Raised the barn by the THE SHAKERS Extract from a letter written by request from a resident ofHarvard who was brought up by the Shakers: — Now, regarding the Shakers: I hear so many ideas expressedregarding Shaker customs that are not at all in keeping with theactual conditions that sometimes I almost decide
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