Letters from a young Shaker : William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill

Letters from a young Shaker : William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill /

In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stein, Stephen J., 1940- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Byrd, William S., > 1806-1829.
Byrd, William S., > 1806-1829
Shakers > Kentucky > Pleasant Hill > Correspondence.
Shakers
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
RELIGION > Christianity > Shaker.
Pleasant Hill (Ky.) > History.
Kentucky > Pleasant Hill
History
Personal correspondence
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The Letters of William S. Byrd to Charles Willing Byrd; Appendixes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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