AuthorShakers.
TitleTestimonies of the life, character, revelations and doctrines of Mother Ann Lee, and the elders with her, through whom the word of eternal life was opened in this day of Christ's second appearing, collected from living witnesses, in union with the church ...
Edition2d ed.
PublishedAlbany, N.Y., Weed, Parsons & co., printers, 1888.
Descriptionix, 302 p. 21 cm.
General NoteLettered on cover: Precepts of Mother Ann Lee and the elders.
"[Collected] by Rufus Bishop, in 1812, and revised by Seth Y. Wells ... sometimes called 'The secret book of the elders'."--MacLean, J. P.
A bibliography of Shaker literature, 1905.
Second edition revised by Giles B. Avery.
First edition published, Hancock, 1816.
SubjectsLee, Ann, 1736-1784.
Lee, William, 1740-1784.
Shaker women -- Biography.
Shakers.
Whittaker, James, 1751-1787.
Other AuthorsBishop, Rufus.
Wells, Seth Y. (Seth Youngs)
Avery, Giles B. (Giles Bushnell), 1815-1890. ed.
Related TitlesThe secret book of the elders.
Precepts of Mother Ann Lee and the elders.
LC Card Number22-13795
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: BX 9793 L477 T2 1888
mq170601: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
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