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- GLC#
- GLC03107.05326-View header record
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1815/02/02
- Author/Creator
- United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, fl. 1815
- Title
- A Declaration of the Society of People (Commonly called Shakers)
- Place Written
- New Lebanon, [Oh.]
- Pagination
- 20 p. ; Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 15.4 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
"Shewing their reasons for refusing to aid or abet the cause of war and bloodshed by wearing arms, paying fines, hiring substitutes, or rendering any equivalent for military service." The pamphlet was printed by E. & E. Hosford.
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